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Author: Laura Heaton

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

M23 Rebels Making Millions through Gold Smuggling from Eastern Congo

M23 Rebels Making Millions through Gold Smuggling from Eastern Congo
Weeks after delegates first arrived in the Ugandan capital of Kampala for talks aimed at ending the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo, preconditions for the negotiations are just being finalized. But as details about M23-linked gold smuggling from the conflict area underscores, the group maintains an extensive and lucrative network throughout the region, which undermines any hopes that the Kampala process alone will bring about lasting stability ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

Darfur Violence, 10 Years and Counting, Highlighted in Living Sudan Archive

Darfur Violence, 10 Years and Counting, Highlighted in Living Sudan Archive
"The words of the government of Sudan representatives, promising further peace initiatives, are undermined by actions on the ground that show an ongoing commitment to crimes against civilians as a solution to the government's problems in Darfur," said ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to the U.N. Security Council last month. Longtime Sudan specialist and Smith College professor Eric Reeves stresses the same conclusion, without having to conform to diplomatic pressures, in his extensive, recently released archive of state-sponsored violence across Sudan over the past five years ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

‘Sometimes We See Ourselves As Apart’: South Sudan’s Response to Violence in Jonglei

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'Sometimes We See Ourselves As Apart': South Sudan's Response to Violence in Jonglei
Amid the host of challenges the South Sudanese people have faced, intercommunal violence has often been treated by South Sudanese leaders and the international community as a lesser priority for attention. This paper examines the government's efforts to prevent and mitigate violence and outlines recommendations for lasting peace in Jonglei state ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

5 Stories You May Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You May Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday (or on occasion, on Saturday) ...

Video: Former ICC Chief Ocampo Discusses Court with Enough’s John Prendergast

Video: Former ICC Chief Ocampo Discusses Court with Enough’s John Prendergast
To commend the historic work of the International Criminal Court under the leadership of its first chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Jewish World Watch selected Ocampo as the recipient of the group’s 6th annual I Witness Award. Following Ocampo’s remarks, the former chief prosecutor sat down with Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast for a public interview about the work of the ICC and the specific cases that the court initiated during Ocampo’s tenure ...