Author: Enough Team

The Justice and Equality movement, or JEM, the most significant rebel group in Darfur, announced today that it has decided to halt nascent peace talks with the Sudanese government until it allows aid agencies back into Darfur. According to JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim: The movement cannot negotiate with the government of (Sudanese President Omar Hassan) al-Bashir. As Enough noted last month following the signing of a “good will” and “confidence-building” agreement in Doha between the JEM rebels and Khartoum, the Doha negotiations are a modest step forward that would need to be backed by more vigorous negotiations that include not ...

Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity work. Wangari Maathai’s opinion piece in the LA Times asks the question, “Where are Africa’s Obamas?” It also calls on Africans to view the new American president as an exemplar of the leadership the continent needs. “The time ...

As readers of this blog know, Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court on March 4th. Right after that, the Government of Sudan – at Bashir’s behest – expelled 13 non-governmental aid organizations (NGOs) from Darfur, accusing them of cooperating with the ICC investigation. These groups provide approximately 40-50 percent of the aid in Darfur. Without them, millions of people are at risk of starvation and other preventable deaths. Many of us are wondering what we can do to help address this latest crisis in Sudan, when President ...

With an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the reaction by his regime to expel 13 international humanitarian aid organizations, there have been lots of questions about activism and its influence on policy. Our newest paper, “Why Activism (Still) Matters for Sudan… And What You Can Do,” highlights how thoughtful and persistent anti-genocide activism has made a powerful difference to date and is more essential now than ever. In the statement, co-author John Prendergast urges constituents to do everything they can at this critical time in Sudan’s history: The activist movement for peace in Sudan ...

Thanks to our communications team, we have been looking at what the 20 largest papers in the United States have had to say about the arrest warrant for President Bashir. The New York Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, and Philadelphia Inquirer generally shared the sentiment that the warrant was ultimately the right thing to do. As the Inquirer argued, There are understandable fears that the arrest warrant might backfire and worsen matters. It could intensify Sudanese support for their leader, who would no longer feel motivated to negotiate a peace agreement with the Darfuris. Or it could make Bashir vulnerable ...

The U.S. Embassy announced today that all non-emergency personnel in Sudan are allowed to leave, citing the unpredictable situation on the ground following the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the expulsion of 13 international aid agencies. Read the news report from Bloomberg and the Warden’s Message from the U.S. Department of State ...

The Obama administration and the other members of the United Nations Security Council must convey a simple and direct message to Khartoum: Access for relief agencies needs to be immediately restored, or the international community will use all necessary means to restore this access,” said John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project. “The time has come for the international response to Darfur’s agony to move beyond the rhetorical, and the vulnerable people of Sudan do not have time for lengthy policy reviews ...

Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity work. On Open Democracy, noted French academic and astute east Africa observer Gérard Prunier unpacks the latest developments in Somalia and offers his prognosis for the embattled country in the wake of the election of the moderate Islamist ...

We welcome today's decision by the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ...

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir, a historic action that marks the first time the tribunal has acted against a sitting head of state. The charges stem from a July 2008 request by ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and include crimes against humanity and war crimes ...