Author: Laura Heaton

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At an event focused on food security this week, Vice President Biden emphasized the role of the militant group al-Shabaab in exacerbating the famine in Somalia. But less often emphasized is the role that Somalia’s transitional government is playing in hindering the delivery of aid to those in need. “Given the bizarre and extremist behavior of Shabaab, it is not clear that the West and the United Nations can realistically do much to help the 500,000 famine victims trapped in territory under its control,” writes Somalia expert Ken Menkhaus in a new paper for Enough. “But there is no excuse ...

For months, Ryan Boyette’s name and his presence in the Nuba Mountains remained a closely-held detail, never mentioned in public reporting about the atrocities that have been unfolding in the area since June. But as Enough’s Jonathan Hutson noted to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof for his Sunday column, Boyette is “irreplaceable” through his role as a rare foreign witness to the Sudanese government’s aerial bombardments and ground attacks ...

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This evening, CNN’s The Situation Room will examine the recent announcement from the White House about plans to send 100 military advisors to Central Africa to boost efforts to end atrocities by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Host Wolf Blitzer will discuss the deployment with guests, including Enough’s John Prendergast. Tune in to CNN from 4 to 6 p.m. ET or check back here soon for the video ...

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Ever creative and irreverent, VICE magazine recently ventured to eastern Congo to put together a five-part video series, The VICE Guide to Congo. The finished product explores the artisanal mining in the region and draws on Enough’s expertise in the field: Fidel Bafilemba, our Goma-based field researcher advised the crew on their trip, and our contract photographer from South Sudan, Tim Freccia, made many of the video and still images. Watch episode 1 ...

Long a banner issue for Sudan activists, the Darfur conflict now languishes in its eighth year, with at least 60,000 people newly displaced by fighting this year alone. Multiple rounds of peace talks since 2004 have produced agreements that have done nothing to bring security to the people of Darfur and in some cases “have actually made matters worse,” according to a new policy report by Enough ...

Over the coming months, Enough will be drawing on experts and using our presence in Nairobi and Washington to focus attention on what can be done to end the current crisis and save lives. Our research will drive our public advocacy and will focus on the underlying causes that have created humanitarian crises in Somalia at abhorrently regular intervals over the past two decades ...

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