International Reaction to Impending Congo Election Results Will be Critical
The Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission (CENI) is expected to announce provisional results of the country's recent elections as early as tonight, January 9. Civil society, church, and opposition leaders express serious concern that the electoral commission will announce a fraudulent result. The Catholic Church and its partners, which deployed more than 40,000 election observers throughout the country, report that opposition candidate Martin Fayulu is the clear victor, according to their data from polling stations ...
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From Novice to Change-Maker: My Reflections as a Student at the Lemkin Summit

In this blog, Ishmael Maxwell, a former Lemkin Summit participant, shares his Summit experience ...
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TIME Op-ed: Our World Runs on Resources Looted From Congo. That’s Why Democratic Elections Alone Can’t Solve the Country’s Problems
This op-ed originally appeared in TIME and was written by John Prendergast and Sasha Lezhnev ...
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Serious Concerns about the Credibility of DR Congo’s Electoral Process
Process marred by repression, major transparency issues, seriously unlevel playing field. Enough Project and The Sentry’s experts are available for comment ...
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War Crimes Suspect Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona Turned Over to the ICC: A Glimmer of Hope for Victims in CAR
Today, a Central African Republican militia commander, Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, was arrested by French authorities in Paris, pursuant to an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant ...
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In Joint Statement, NGOs Urge London Metal Exchange to Adopt Thorough Due Diligence Standards
On December 5, 2018, the Enough Project and 12 other international NGOs submitted the below letter to the London Metal Exchange (LME), urging it to adopt thorough due diligence standards into its recent Responsible Sourcing proposal ...
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Enough Project Lauds Passage of Strong, Bipartisan DR Congo Bill in U.S. House of Representatives
New legislation includes sanctions requirement targeting senior political leaders, works to counter corruption and human rights abuses, and support credible, transparent elections, free press, and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo Washington DC (November 27, 2018) -- The Enough Project applauds today's passage of the "Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018" (H.R. 6207) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Act, drafted and passed in a bipartisan effort, aims to counter corruption and human rights abuses, and to support free and fair elections, unfettered rights to free press, speech, and assembly in the Democratic Republic ...
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The International Criminal Court makes strides to address atrocities in the Central African Republic

The ICC made major strides last week in a lower-profile investigation into atrocity crimes in the Central African Republic, demonstrating its considerable power to intervene in some of the world’s worst ongoing atrocities ...
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“Bashir Shows He has No Intention of Making Concessions to the U.S.” – Enough’s Dr. Baldo
In a recent interview with Radio Dabanga, Enough Project Senior Advisor Dr. Suliman Baldo warned that President Omar al-Bashir's recent statements and actions should serve as a warning to U.S. officials that the Sudanese regime is not negotiating in good faith and places little value on their adherence to international agreements ...
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تقرير جديد: عندما تقود السياسات الرعناء الي الانتحار الاقتصادي : السودان نموذجا
واشنطن، العاصمة - إن الأزمة الاقتصادية في السودان، والتي تنطوي على تهاوي سريع في قيمة العملة الوطنية ونقص حاد للسلع الأساسية فضلًا عن الانهيار الوشيك لقطاعي الصحة العامة والتعليم، تمثل نتيجة حتمية لثلاثين عامًا من الفساد وسوء الإدارة الاقتصادية بحسب تقرير جديد لمشروع كفاية (Enough Project)، نُشر اليوم. التقرير، " عندما تقود السياسات الرعناء الي الانتحار الاقتصادي : السودان نموذجا - رغم الاقتصاد المأزوم والغارق في الفساد، نظام البشير يستميت في احكام قبضته علي السلطة" " يلقي الضوء على المسببات الهيكلية الرئيسية للانهيار الاقتصادي، ويستعرض تفاصيل السياسات الاقتصادية العقيمة والمشاركة المباشرة ف لشركات مملوكة لكبار مسؤولي الدولة وأفراد عائلاتهم وحلفائهم التجاريين في ...
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