Author: Enough Team

We welcome the introduction of the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 in the United States Senate. Senators Brownback, Durbin, and Feingold, the original co-sponsors of the bill, have demonstrated important leadership and welcome dedication to the cause of peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and should be congratulated for their efforts ...

Enough’s latest strategy paper, “Finishing the Fight Against the LRA,” argues that the United States should take the lead in supporting a new Ugandan military operation against the ruthless Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, by providing solid planning, intelligence, coordination, and logistical support—and by taking greater responsibility for the execution and outcomes of the operation. Operation Lightning Thunder, the joint military operation recently undertaken against the LRA, did not succeed in its goal of ending the LRA threat. Instead, it sparked harsh reprisals by the LRA against civilians in northeastern Congo, the site of the LRA’s current atrocities in central ...

The Enough Project’s Co-founder, John Prendergast, will testify tomorrow at a 2:30 pm Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones, Spotlight: DRC and Sudan.” ...

Operation Lightning Thunder did not end the threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, and sparked harsh reprisals by the LRA against civilians in Congo. Given the U.S. role in this operation and its appalling consequences for civilians, the Obama administration now has a responsibility to help finish the job and finally bring an end to the LRA’s devastating reign of death and destruction in central Africa ...

Following last month’s hostage drama off the coast of Somalia, President Barack Obama is under increasing political pressure to address the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden. Yet, while short-term measures to curb pirate attacks are certainly necessary, the Obama administration must not allow the politics of the piracy problem to distract it from putting in place a long-term strategy to help Somalis forge a state that, with measured external support, can fight piracy, promote peace and reconciliation, and combat terrorism ...

This Friday, acclaimed documentary, The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, is premiering in Washington, D.C. on the opening night of the new Politics on Film Festival. Director Pamela Yates and Producer Paco de Onís will be present for a Q&A following the screening. Here’s a brief description of The Reckoning: Late in the 20th century, in response to repeated mass atrocities around the world, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC)—the first permanent court created to prosecute perpetrators (no matter how powerful) of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The Reckoning ...

For all those who submitted questions for the ICC Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, his answers are now available in podcast form. There wasn’t time to cover all your questions, but I got in those that you asked repeatedly – such as why the Bashir arrest warrant wasn’t issued under seal (I find his response to this persuasive), and what citizens can do to support the enforcement of the ICC arrest warrant (as you would expect - tell your reps you want to see the Court's decision respected). You will hear the prosecutor’s frustration that the advocacy community is being diverted ...

Today, on President Obama’s 101st day in office, Enough, together with the Save Darfur Coalition and the Genocide Intervention Network, released an open letter to President Obama, the third installation in a series of open letters to the president spelling out a practical roadmap to end the crisis in Sudan. The letter, “President Obama and Sudan: A Blueprint for Peace,” puts forth a blueprint for achieving President Obama’s objective of a comprehensive peace for all of Sudan. The president himself articulated this objective at a recent White House meeting with Special Envoy for Sudan, Major General Scott Gration, and leading ...

Darfur advocacy groups – including the Enough Project, the Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network – today released an open letter to President Obama that outlines the steps his administration should take to forge a multilateral peace strategy for Sudan ...

From President Obama's appointment of a special envoy for Sudan to the expulsion of 16 aid groups from Darfur, the past several weeks have brought both welcome first steps and the development of a potential humanitarian disaster to the situation in Sudan. Many activists have grown understandably and increasingly frustrated given the seeming lack of urgency and relative silence from the Obama administration in addressing the looming humanitarian crisis in Darfur ...