How to Get the UN/AU Hybrid Force Deployed to Darfur (Activist Brief)
Dissension, disarray, deaths, and defections within the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, leadership provide a major opportunity for negotiators to pursue a deal with LRA leader Joseph Kony, while simultaneously concluding peace negotiations being held in Juba, south Sudan. LRA defections complicate efforts to finish the hard work of negotiations, and the deteriorating Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, in south Sudan threatens to destabilize the region further ...
Human Rights Caucus Hearing Testimony
Testimony of John Prendergast Co-Chair of the ENOUGH Project ...
How to Get the UN/AU Hybrid Force Deployed to Darfur (Strategy Paper)
Serious obstacles threaten to derail the rapid deployment of the joint United Nations African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, or UNAMID. Swift deployment is critical to providing protection for vulnerable civilians, bolstering the peace process, and countering obstructionism from Khartoum ...
Press Release: Averting the Nightmare Scenario in Eastern Congo
The international community must launch a new “carrots and sticks” initiative to prevent the breakout of Congo’s third major war in the last decade, according to an ENOUGH Project strategy paper released today ...
Averting the Nightmare Scenario in Eastern Congo (Activist Brief)
The two massive wars fought in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1996 and 2002 were arguably the world's deadliest since the second World War. With almost no international fanfare, eastern Congo is on the brink of its third major war in the last decade, and little is being done to stop it. The U.S. government can help Congo escape the conflict and secure U.S. interests there (and across the continent) by taking a greater role in diplomacy to resolve the crisis in the east. As is the case with Darfur and northern Uganda, U.S. citizens who care about ...
Averting the Nightmare Scenario in Eastern Congo (Strategy Paper)
Between 1996 and 2002, the two massive wars fought in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were arguably the world's deadliest since World War II. With almost no international fanfare, eastern Congo is on the brink of its third major war in the last decade, and almost nothing is being done to stop it ...
Echoes of Genocide in Darfur and Eastern Chad
News reports suggest that internecine violence in Sudan has transitioned from genocide to anarchy. However, the promotion of anarchy and inter-communal (or, popularly, "inter-tribal") fighting is part and parcel of Khartoum’s genocidal counter-insurgency campaign ...
Let’s Make a Deal: Leverage Needed in Northern Uganda Peace Talks (Activist Brief)
The peace process for northern Uganda is faltering. The weak and isolated Lord’s Resistance Army may be primarily interested in using broad agreements on principles as a cover to buy time, build strength, and gain undue legitimacy by re-branding themselves as representatives of marginalized northern Ugandans. The United States has a crucial role to play in helping to create the conditions for peace ...
Let’s Make a Deal: Leverage Needed in Northern Uganda Peace Talks (Strategy Paper)
The peace process for northern Uganda is faltering. The weak and isolated Lord’s Resistance Army may be primarily interested in using broad agreements on principles as a cover to buy time, build strength, and gain undue legitimacy by re-branding themselves as representatives of marginalized northern Ugandans. The United States has a crucial role to play in helping to create the conditions for peace ...
Press Release: How to Protect Civilians in Eastern Chad
The aim of the proposed EU force for eastern Chad must focus on civilian protection, according to an ENOUGH Project strategy briefing released today ...
