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Author: John Prendergast

Obama On-the-Record on Sudan

Obama On-the-Record on Sudan
President Obama's recent comments on Sudan highlight the divide between his views and those of his special envoy, Scott Gration ...

Hello, I’m a Mac, and Here’s How I Help Fuel the World’s Deadliest Conflict

Hello, I'm a Mac, and I'm helping fuel the war in the Congo - currently the deadliest conflict in the world. So are PCs, cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer electronics. That's what Apple's famous "I'm a Mac ... And I'm a PC" ads don't tell you ...

The Value of Sticks AND Carrots for Sudan

The Value of Sticks AND Carrots for Sudan
Some strong reactions to the op-ed I wrote with George Clooney yesterday, published in USA Today, prompt me to follow up with some additional thoughts that we weren’t able to convey in a 600 word article ...

U.S. Must Help Stop Sudan’s Slow-Motion War

U.S. Must Help Stop Sudan's Slow-Motion War
The United States has a chance to help prevent the largest conventional war on the face of the earth in 2011, George Clooney and I wrote in this op-ed that appeared in today's USA Today ...

How We Can All Help Women in the Congo

How We Can All Help Women in the Congo
The epidemic of rape and sexual violence in the Congo takes center stage in an all-new episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, airing on Wednesday night ...

Genocide in Darfur: How Sudan Covers It Up

Genocide in Darfur: How Sudan Covers It Up
Most governments don’t acknowledge it. The Sudanese president dismisses it. Darfurians demand that it be recognized. Academics, activists, and lawyers dispute whether it is still occurring or whether it occurred at all. And if a fledgling peace process continues to move forward, then any evidence of it ever happening may well be swept under the rug ...

A Light at the End of the Tunnel in Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is not an obvious candidate to be Africa's turnaround story of the coming decade. But sometimes a situation deteriorates so badly that it catalyzes transformative responses ...

Key US Policymakers Meet To Assess Progress In Sudan

Last Friday key members of the National Security Council "deputies committee," a highly influential group of policymakers relatively unknown to the public, met to review the administration's policy on Sudan ...

Truth and Consequences for Sudan Now: An Open Letter to President Obama’s Deputies

Truth and Consequences for Sudan Now: An Open Letter to President Obama's Deputies
In this letter to the Deputies Committee, the Enough Project pushes for a course of action marked by deeper diplomatic engagement and a willingness to impose consequences on those undermining the path to peace in Sudan ...

Clinton, Gration Recognize Sudan’s CPA Anniversary

Clinton, Gration Recognize Sudan’s CPA Anniversary
At a press conference to mark the fifth anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Secretary Clinton was very forthright in stating that democratic transformation is the aim. Yet the overall message was disappointingly diluted by a few surprising remarks from both her and Special Envoy Gration, particularly when we could see clear daylight between the two ...