Open NGO Letter to President Obama on South Sudan
The Enough Project joined a diverse community of 19 advocacy, faith and human rights organizations issuing an open letter to President Obama as he embarks upon his historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia. The letter urges the President to take a number of specific steps to help combat the culture of impunity to forge an enabling environment for peace negotiations ...
New Report Examines Obama Policy Legacy in Africa’s Deadliest Conflicts
July 22, 2015 -- In advance of President Obama’s historic trip tomorrow to Kenya and Ethiopia, a report published today by the Enough Project analyzes the president’s policy legacy in key conflict-affected areas in Africa ...
The Hill Op-Ed: An Evolving Obama Success Story in Africa
This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill. In it, Enough's Sasha Lezhnev and John Prendergast discuss how the Obama administration's policy has helped lead to a 90% reduction in LRA killings but that the President must follow up key issues with the African Union ...
TIME Op-Ed: President Obama Must Help Tackle Africa’s Hijacked States
This op-ed originally appeared on TIME.com and was written by Enough Project Founding Director John Prendergast. In it, Prendergast discusses how policy efforts to combat atrocities must now begin to center on how to make war more costly than peace ...
Senate Human Rights Caucus briefing: “The Crisis in Sudan: Prospects for Justice and Peace.”
On June 23, Enough Project Senior Advisor Omer Ismail spoke at the Senate Human Rights Caucus special congressional briefing on Sudan, hosted by co-chairs Senator Mark Kirk and Senator Chris Coons and the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) ...
Introducing: The Sentry
Today, the Enough Project announced the launch of The Sentry, a new initiative seeking to dismantle the networks of perpetrators, facilitators, and enablers who fund and profit from Africa’s deadliest conflicts ...
Akshaya Kumar on BBC Newsday: Six Generals Face Sanctions
Akshaya Kumar speaks to BBC Newsday on the United Nations Security Council imposing sanctions on six generals accused of fueling ongoing fighting in South Sudan ...
Akshaya Kumar @ TEDxAmericanUniversity: Because Atrocity Crimes Shouldn’t Pay
In this TEDxAmericanUniversity talk, Akshaya makes a call for the human rights movement to adopt a new vocabulary and apply a different toolbox for atrocity prevention: financial crimes enforcement ...
John Prendergast on CNN International: South Sudan’s Anniversary Marks Little to Celebrate
Enough Project's John Prendergast discusses the problems still plaguing South Sudan as the country marks its fourth Independence Day ...
Kingston-Upon-Hull Becomes First UK City to Pass Conflict-Free Resolution
On Thursday 18th June 2015, Kingtson-Upon-Hull became the first city in the UK to pass a conflict-free resolution. In this guest blog post, campaign leader Mike Riley recounts the process of assembling a student-led campaign, presenting to the council, and ultimately passing a resolution ...
