Sheryl Crow’s Enough Moment: The Responsibility That Comes with Knowledge
Musician Sheryl Crow describes her Enough Moment and how lessons learned from inaction in Rwanda motivated her to take part in the conflict-free movement ...
Conflict-free Portland Makes Inroads with Intel
Activists in Portland, Oregon, are gaining traction with several initiatives focused on making the city investments free from conflict minerals from Congo. In this guest post by Alysha Atma, Amanda Ulrich, and Robert Hadley, the Oregon Coalition for Humanity members describe their recent successes ...
Publicizing LRA Leader Kony’s Whereabouts Could Undermine Apprehension Efforts
The Enough Project questions why the Ugandan army released sensitive information yesterday about the location of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA. Releasing information about Kony’s whereabouts could jeopardize the success of military operations aimed at apprehending him and his senior commanders ...
Forgotten Again: How the World Has Failed Abyei
On September 27, 2012, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed agreements concerning a host of issues resulting from South Sudan’s July 2011 secession. However, the success of these agreements ultimately hinges on the resolution of the remaining outstanding issues on which the two presidents were unable to agree, chief among them the final status of the disputed Abyei area. This report discusses the international community's failures on Abyei and gives recommendations for a final resolution to disputed area ...
Peace in the Sudans Hinges on the Final Status of Abyei: Enough Brief
The success of the recent agreement between Sudan and South Sudan ultimately hinges on the resolution of the remaining outstanding issues, chief among them is the final status of the disputed Abyei area, argues a new Enough Project brief ...
UPDATE: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2046 Compliance Tracker: Summary Chart
The Enough Project's United Nations Security Council Resolution 2046 Compliance Tracker. This chart was originally published on August 2, 2012 and updated on October 10, 2012 ...
Enough Media Advisory: Action Needed Now to Apprehend Joseph Kony and End the LRA
Today, Invisible Children launched the video “MOVE” as part of its Kony 2012 campaign that introduced millions of people to the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, crisis. Resolving this long-standing conflict requires further immediate and robust action by the United States government. The Obama administration must commit more diplomatic, military, intelligence, and logistical support to ensure the arrest of LRA leader Joseph Kony and his top commanders as part of a comprehensive strategy to end the LRA threat ...
Congo’s M23 Rebels Shatter Truce
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who serves as chairman of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, might have prided himself on brokering a truce between heads of state in Africa’s Great Lakes region. But it seems the move may have in fact helped the rebels gather steam since mid-August ...
Foreign Policy Op-ed: Somalia’s Sarajevo
In Somalia, a year-long military offensive by Kenyan and Somali forces has succeeded in capturing the strategic seaport of Kismayo from the jihadi group al-Shabaab. The liberation of Kismayo is a major setback for al-Shabaab, but is also a big test for the African peacekeeping force—the African Union Mission in Somalia, or AMISOM—and the new post-transition Somali government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. If the Kenyan forces win the war but lose the peace—by mishandling how the liberated city is administered by local authorities—it could create new clan conflicts, drive disaffected clans into tactical alliances with al-Shaabab, and undermine the ...
An Activist’s Guide to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Section 1502 Ruling
On August 22nd, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, voted to adopt conflict minerals regulations in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act that require companies to publicly disclose whether any of the minerals they use originated in Congo. This easy-to-understand guide is a tool to help activists understand the ruling and its provisions ...
