Category: Reports

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, Sudan’s unique, ground-breaking political deal that formally ended 21 years of war between the Khartoum government and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement, or SPLM, is lurching toward breakdown. A principal reason remains Khartoum’s failure to implement the CPA’s Abyei Protocol. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about the critical region of Abyei, the key players involved in the Abyei issue, and what the U.S. should be doing to prevent the breakdown of the CPA and promote peace in Sudan ...

U.S.-led efforts in recent weeks to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo—the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II with 5.4 million dead and counting—have yielded a ceasefire, but the conflict is not over. The international community must follow through on recent progress with a comprehensive peace strategy for eastern Congo ...

Congolese women and girls in particular bear the vicious brunt of the crisis in eastern Congo, the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II with 5.4 million dead and counting. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about the current situation and what a comprehensive strategy for peace in Congo must entail ...

Thank you very much for the opportunity to brief the Caucus on this important and too often neglected topic. Before I begin, I, along with all of my colleagues at ENOUGH, would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Tom Lantos. Congressman Lantos was a tireless advocate for human rights. His passing is a loss not only to those of us working on these issues, but to all of the disenfranchised and oppressed people in the world who have been touched by his leadership and vision ...

In the fight to eliminate genocide and crimes against humanity, the world has recently seen the birth of two essential pillars in that foundation: the International Criminal Court and the doctrine of the "Responsibility to Protect," however, the doctrine is currently failing in Darfur, Congo, and Uganda. What does R2P mean in real life, rather than in some fancy UN document? ...

While the level of violence in the wake of December elections caught many off-guard, it is a not entirely surprising manifestation of intertwined political, economic, and ethnic divisions that have gone untended for decades ...

Chadian rebels’ lightning strike on the capital N’Djamena in late January and early February is the latest and most dramatic consequence of two combustible situations that remain on collision course: Sudan’s destabilizing policies and Chad’s internal political crisis. For the enormous danger that this political crisis poses—to international efforts to halt violence in Darfur, to long-term regional stability, and to civilians ensnared by warfare—the world is remarkably ill-equipped to address it ...

The lightning rebel strike on Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, in late January and early February is the latest and most dramatic consequence of two combustible situations: Sudan’s destabilizing regional policies and Chad’s internal political crisis. Read our Activist Brief for a summary of the current situation in Chad and the key players involved ...

Perhaps no area is more volatile and carries more implications for Sudan’s future than the oil rich region of Abyei—Sudan’s “Kashmir”—astride the boundary between North and South. If the political crisis regarding Abyei is not addressed, there is little potential for peace in the entire country ...

Perhaps no area is more volatile and carries more serious implications for Sudan’s future than the oil-rich region of Abyei—Sudan’s “Kashmir”—that straddles the boundary between north and south Sudan. If the political crisis over Abyei is not addressed, there is little potential for peace in the entire country. There remains time to remedy the situation, however, and U.S. leadership is crucial. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about Abyei, U.S. policy imperatives toward this crucial region, and what you can do to make a difference ...