D.C. District Court Upholds Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Rule
On July 23, the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC rejected the lawsuit on conflict minerals legislation, section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act ...
Bashir Leaves Nigeria As Pressure From Activists Mounts
Nigerian human rights activists came together at a press conference on July 15 to challenge their government’s decision to host International Criminal Court, or ICC, indictee, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at the African Union health summit on AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria ...
Joseph Makeer, Former Lost Boy of Sudan: If Others Keep Moving, Why Not Me?
On July 11, The Enough Project hosted Joseph Akol Makeer for a presentation at the Center for American Progress. Makeer,a former Lost Boy of Sudan, fled his home in the south with thousands of Lost Boys in 1987 who feared being killed by or recruited to fight for the Khartoum regime ...
#EP2TheHill: Enough Project Brings Human Rights Advocates to the Hill
More than 200 activists came together on June 10 for the Enough Project’s Act Against Atrocities Advocacy Day, in conjunction with One Million Bones ...
Groups Push for Unity of African States at A.U. 50th Anniversary Summit
More than 70 Heads of State will gather this week to attend the 21st Africa Union summit which coincides with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the continental institution. The summit’s theme “Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance” will unfold with a call for Africans to “realize the dream of the founding fathers for a peaceful, prosperous, and united Africa” ...