Change the Equation for Congo
Join the Enough Project for Change the Equation, a week of action to support the Conflict Minerals Trade Act (HR 4128). Check this post daily for updates on the campaign ...
Standing Up Against Censorship
This week, The New York Times and others highlighted the removal of certain censorships that prohibited technology companies from exporting their products and services to Sudan, Iran, and Cuba. But on the eve of the highly controversial Sudanese election, it's unlikely that these platforms and services will be optimized for the small percentage of Sudanese civilians that could actually make use of them ...
Enough, YouTube, And Propelling Sudan To Center Stage
Co-authored by Zack Brisson & Laura Heaton Four years ago, asking the President of the United States a meaningful question would have required serious power, uncommon access, or a lot of luck combined with being in the right place at the right time. Not anymore. Thanks to CitizenTube and the connective power of the internet, any one of us can reach the president. Yesterday, we did. Following up on last week's State of the Union address, YouTube hosted a community driven "Your State of the Union." Steve Grove, YouTube's head of news & politics, asked President Obama a wide variety ...
Stealing an Election in Slow Motion
An Enough Project strategy paper released today, "Stealing an Election in Slow Motion: Time for Real Consequences" says that Sudan’s national elections scheduled for April 2010 will be neither free nor fair absent significant international pressure on the ruling National Congress Party, or NCP, to dramatically change the electoral landscape ...
‘Five Myths About Sudan’
During Sudan's half-century of independence, few spots on Earth have witnessed as much death and destruction, with 2 1/2 million war-related fatalities during the past two decades alone ...
NPR Turns Coverage To Sudan
On yesterday's NPR program All Things Considered, Michele Kelemen highlights the growing anger on Capitol Hill over President Obama's handling of the situation in Sudan ...
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
As the Obama administration’s Sudan Policy review drags on, the government of Sudan, led by a wanted war criminal, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, clearly looks to Washington and dreams of normalizing relations ...
NPR Highlights Galvanized Women’s Movement In Sudan
Today on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, reporter Gwen Thompkins highlighted the ongoing legal case of Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein. Hussein was arrested by Sudanese authorities for immoral behavior for wearing a pair of trousers at a night club ...
Uganda’s David Kaiza Won’t Let Conflict Get in the Way of His First Novel
Ahead of Secretary Clinton's upcoming trip to Africa, NPR has beefed up their coverage of the region. This morning they ran a compelling piece on the work of Ugandan author David Kaiza. Kaiza, who hails from the Northern Ugandan town of Gulu, gained notoriety in the past for his criticism of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Expectations are high for this precocious literary figure's first novel, which he's expected to finish shortly. Applause for NPR's piece reminding us that beauty and art continue to flower everywhere, despite dark odds ...
Enough’s Leaders Live on Sudan
This week has been a busy one for Africa watchers. The Hill has been alive with hearings on different international peace related topics. This morning U.S. special envoy to Sudan Maj. Gen. Scott Gration testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and answered tough questions. Live now, Enough Co-founder John Prendergast is participating in a press call to answer the challenges raised by Gration's hearing. Coming up a little later this afternoon, Enough's executive director John Norris will testify before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the House. John Norris will be joined by Amir Osman from Save Darfur; ...
