Enough Forum – Crisis and Hope in Africa: The Enough Project at ten years
This Enough Forum paper by Colin Thomas-Jensen is published as part of the Enough Project's 10th Anniversary Commemoration Week ...
NY Times Op-ed: Somalia and the Limits of U.S. Bombing
There are multiple signs suggesting that the United States will accelerate its military efforts in Somalia against al-Shabaab extremists. In a new piece in the New York Times, Jon Temin, our Director of Policy and Research, explains the risks associated with this approach, and why it may backfire ...
Wall Street Journal Op-ed: Let the Private Sector Help Tackle the Migration Crisis
In this op-ed, The Sentry co-founder George Clooney writes that businesses and charities can boost transparency and aid in resettling international refugees ...
New Brief: Breaking the Cycle on Conflict Gold
En français ci-dessous Based on our recent field research, the Enough Project published a new policy brief on gold, "Breaking the Cycle: Delinking Armed Actors from the Gold Supply in Congo and the Great Lakes Region Through Fiscal Reform and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)." Click here for the read the full brief. Summary While there has been significant progress in de-linking tin, tantalum, and tungsten from conflict actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region, artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold remains a major source of income for elements of the Congolese armed forces, armed groups, and criminal networks. Based ...
Enough Project Comment to State Department in Support of Conflict Minerals Rule
Read our statement in response to the U.S. Department of State's request for comment on supporting best practices in responsible minerals sourcing in the Great Lakes region of Africa ...
Enough’s 5 Recommended Reads | May 18
Enough's 5 Recommended Reads is a biweekly series featuring important stories you may have missed ...
Breaking the Cycle: Delinking Armed Actors from the Gold Supply Chain in Congo and the Great Lakes Region Through Fiscal Reform and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold remains a major source of income for elements of the Congolese armed forces, armed groups, and criminal networks ...
Congressmembers Urge Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Target Kleptocratic Leaders Behind War and Famine in South Sudan
Republicans and Democrats join in letter to Treasury Department calling for use of anti-money laundering measures and targeted sanctions targeting corrupt networks Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, a group of bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin, urging him to "play a leading role in utilizing the full range of financial tools at the United States' disposal to target the corrupt and kleptocratic networks at the core of South Sudan's civil war." The letter was signed by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, ...
Time for High-level EU and US Targeted Sanctions on DR Congo
It is time to increase international pressure to prevent a wider crisis in Congo. The E.U. should add a new criterion to its sanctions regime focused on corruption, which would allow the E.U. to place sanctions on high-level officials involved in large-scale corruption ...
Beyond Aid: Ending Somalia’s Cycle of Famine Requires Proactive Solutions
Today, we can see the same tell-tale signs of the 2011 famine which resulted in over a quarter million deaths. Witnessing this tragic history repeat itself before our eyes leads to the question: why is Somalia seemingly more susceptible to famine than its regional neighbors? ...
