Author: Enough Team

If those sporting “Save Darfur” t-shirts are a bit agitated these days, it's probably because the Obama Administration looks to be letting them down -- big time. Little noticed, Administration officials are headed towards making a big about-face: "changing" Sudan policy ...

For the record, I - and I'm sure many other advocates - am happy to work with Special Envoy Gration, other government officials and American companies to refine the current sanctions regime ...

Video segment of speedskater Joey Cheek talking about taking action with Darfur. Click here to watch ...

Killings and brutal sexual violence against women, girls and also men have massively increased in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of military operations in January 2009, the Congo Advocacy Coalition, a group of 88 humanitarian and human rights organizations, said today ...

Ante Up For Africa, a non-profit organization founded by Academy Award® nominee Don Cheadle, World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke and Norman Epstein with a goal of raising money and awareness for Africans in need, today announced a donation totaling $600,000 to three Darfur-related charities dedicated to helping provide relief for the people affected by the violence in that area ...

In December 2007, PetroChina was in the spotlight when Congress unanimously passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act. PetroChina will be in the Congressional spotlight again next month, when the Senate considers the nomination of Robert Hormats to be Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs. Mr. Hormats played an instrumental role in reassuring the public and the financial markets about PetroChina in preparation for its initial public offering (IPO) in 2000. Mr. Hormats’ assurances were given amidst serious, public concerns over PetroChina’s parent company, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and its extensive dealings with the Government ...

Enough Co-founder John Prendergast drew from his recent trip to eastern Congo to write a compelling op-ed about conflict minerals that appears in today's Boston Globe. Being held at gunpoint by 30 drunk and angry militia in the middle of the night on a deserted road in one of the most dangerous war zones in the world was not our plan when we started out the day. But my traveling companions and I were digging into the links between the illicit mining of Congo’s “conflict minerals’’ and a deadly war, and we didn’t expect a walk in the park. We ...

A fairly painful briefing at the State Department today as reporters quizzed Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs PJ Crowley on Gration's comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. You can see for yourself in the video below (start at around 2:30): ...

In a telling exchange from yesterday’s State Department Press Briefing, spokesman Ian Kelly underscored U.S. confusion on key questions regarding America’s Sudan policy: QUESTION: On Sudan, this morning, Scott Gration, who, as you know, is the Special Envoy for Sudan, said that there was absolutely no evidence that Sudan – the Sudanese Government was a state sponsor of terrorism. Is this the Administration’s position? And if it is, when are you going to take them off the list? MR. KELLY: Yeah. I have not seen these remarks. When I see the remarks, we’ll be happy to provide comment on it ...

“At some point we're going to have to unwind some of these sanctions,” said Special Envoy Gration as he muddied the waters during the question and answer session of his hearing today. Gration argued, "The consequences of the sanctions that result from [Sudan’s inclusion on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List], and other sanctions, are preventing us from doing the development we absolutely need to do," particularly in southern Sudan. These statements by Gration are dismaying for a number of reasons. First, there are existing clauses in sanctions legislation that allow assistance to flow to southern Sudan, and representatives from ...