ThinkProgress: What The Deadly Attack On A Kenya Mall Was Really About
The bloody Shabaab attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall on September 21 was an act of desperation by a jihadi group beset by internal power struggles and plummeting support ...
Five Stories You May Have Missed This Week
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A weekly roundup of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
U.S. Government Officials Voice Concern Over Bashir’s Possible Trip to the U.N.
On Monday, the U.S. State Department confirmed reports that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a war criminal indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity, had applied for a U.S. visa with the intent of attending the U.N. General Assembly Meeting in New York next week ...
AllAfrica Op-ed: What King’s Legacy Means for Africa Today
While the recent 50th anniversary commemoration of the "March on Washington" to demand rights for African Americans focused attention on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s unfinished domestic agenda in the United States, Dr. King was also strongly committed to a global human rights movement, particularly related to Africa ...
National Geographic on Conflict Minerals: Opportunity to Grow the Clean Minerals Trade in Congo
The latest issue of National Geographic magazine, the 125th Anniversary Collector’s Edition “Photography Issue,” explores the role conflict minerals play in the violence in eastern Congo ...
Activists Weigh Legal Options As US Government Considers Bashir Visa
The U.S. was put in a difficult diplomatic position this week as ICC indictee and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced his intent to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York. An agreement between the U.S. and the UN legally requires the U.S. to issue Bashir a visa and facilitate his travel. Although it might seem like restrictive international laws have created this problem, some activists see law as also offering the solution ...
Beyond Kampala: Creating a Legitimate Peace Process for Eastern Congo
This dispatch is based on research and interviews conducted by the author in Kampala, Uganda between September 11–18, 2013 at the site of Kampala Peace Talks between the Government of Congo and the M23. It is part of an ongoing Enough Project series on issues related to the peace process in Congo and the Great Lakes region ...
Clooney, Cheadle, Sudan Activists Write to Obama about Bashir Visit
WASHINGTON --- 24 Sudan experts, human rights groups, and leading voices on genocide prevention, including George Clooney, Don Cheadle, and Omer Ismail and John Prendergast of the Enough Project released a letter addressed to President Obama today, calling on the U.S. government to do everything possible to dissuade President Bashir from travelling to New York City for next week's U.N. meetings ...
Public Coalition Letter on Possible Bashir Trip
25 Sudan experts, human rights groups, and leading voices on genocide prevention, including George Clooney, Don Cheadle, John Prendergast and Omer Ismail, released an open letter addressed to President Obama, calling on the U.S. government to do everything possible to dissuade President Bashir from travelling to New York City for UN meetings ...
Can Face-to-Face Meetings in Kampala Resuscitate Dying Peace Talks Between Congo and M23?
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the rebel group M23 rebel group have renewed peace talks in Kampala, Uganda, under pressure from the regional facilitating body the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR, and the United Nations Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson ...
