UNC-Chapel Hill Students Push for School, State to be Conflict-Free
This post was written by guest blogger and UNC-Chapel Hill student Danielle Allyn. In the Kiswahili language, spoken by many in eastern Congo, methali (proverbs) play an important role in society. One such proverb reads Penye nia pana njia or, “Where there is a will, there is a way ...
Satellite Imagery shows Lost Boys’ Clinic and Orphanage Touched by Violence in Duk County
New Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) imagery shows at least 10 huts were burned since February 9, 2014 in Duk Payuel, in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. The area is home to the John Dau Foundation’s Duk Lost Boys Clinic and another project supported by former Lost Boy Joseph Akol Makeer: the African Heart American Soul Foundation's orphanage ...
U.S. Congress Acts on Sudan and South Sudan Conflicts
Over the past few days, Congress has been active in its response to the conflicts unfolding in both Sudan and South Sudan. In the House, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing on Sudan and South Sudan ...
Zainab Bangura, Samantha Power, and Robin Wright to Lead International Women’s Day Discussion on Women, Conflict, and the Prevention of Sexual Violence
In honor of International Women's Day, the Enough Project and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict will co-host a high-level special event on Thursday, March 6, at United Nations headquarters in New York ...
John Prendergast speaks to BBC’s Katty Kay about South Sudan Crisis
Enough Project Co-Founder, John Prendergast speaks with BBC World News America anchor Katty Kay on his latest visit to war-torn South Sudan ...
Time World: Satellite Images Show City Destroyed in South Sudan Conflict
South Sudan’s Jan. 23 ceasefire was supposed to put an end to more than a month of violence that killed roughly 10,000 people, displaced more than 800,000 others, and threatened to unravel the fragile social fabric of a fledgling state that has been independent for just 31 months ...
Congo: New Opportunity on DDR for Congo Peace Process
Goma, DRC and Nairobi, Kenya. – Ahead of the March 5-6 meeting of the International Contact Group on Congo, the Enough Project released a new report today outlining challenges to the successful implementation of the national disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, or DDR, strategy known as DDR III ...
John Prendergast BBC World News America Interview: South Sudan
The Enough Project's co-founder John Prendergast appears on BBC World News America with anchor Katty Kay to report on his latest trip to war-torn South Sudan ...
John Prendergast to Testify at House Hearing on Sudan and South Sudan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, John Prendergast, Enough Project Co-Founder, will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs along with a high-level panel of Sudan experts including the Honorable Donald Booth, Dr. Walid Phares, and Adotei Akwei ...
NGO Coalition Urges Administration: Fulfill Diplomatic Obligations in South Sudan and CAR
Over two dozen humanitarian organizations and NGOs have issued a joint appeal to Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Director of Office of Management and Budget Sylvia M. Burwell in advance of President Obama’s FY2015 Budget request to Congress, asking them to fulfill existing U.S. commitments in South Sudan and anticipate growing needs in the Central African Republic ...
