Field Dispatch: The Need for a Single Peace Process in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
This report is based on recent field research conducted by Enough Project field staff in Uganda, at the site of the Kampala Peace Talks, and on the front lines of combat between the Congolese military and M23 rebels near the area of Mutaho, just north of Goma, North Kivu province. It addresses the escalating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and calls for a single, coordinated peace process to ensure peace in the region ...
Jonglei Civilians Urgently Need Protection and Assistance
Violence in Jonglei, South Sudan’s largest state, has rapidly increased in scope and scale ...
House Letter on the Lord’s Resistance Army to President Obama
An open letter by House Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Ed Royce (R-CA) calls on President Obama to support counter-LRA operations. The letter asks the President to remain committed to working with regional forces to protect civilians until the LRA is defeated ...
The Rise of Africa: Continent to Lead Future Population Growth
A recent report by the United Nations Population Division provides demographic data and worldwide population projections for the 22nd century, including statistics for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The 100-year prediction shows Africa’s population eventually matching that of Asia’s by the year 2100 ...
Five Stories You May Have Missed This Week
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A weekly round up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Invisible Children Launches #ZeroLRA
Yesterday, Invisible Children, a partner organization of the Enough Project, launched its newest campaign against the Lord’s Resistance Army ...
Report: Four Steps to Defuse Congo’s Escalating Crisis
Following renewed fighting between the Congo’s national army, or FARDC, and the M23 rebel group, the U.N. Security Council will meet to debate the escalating conflict ...
4 Steps to Defuse Congo Crisis, Prevent Regional Conflict: Enough Project
GOMA, DR CONGO – In advance of the U.N. Security Council’s special session on Africa’s Great Lakes region, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair on July 25, the Enough Project has released a new policy paper, “Four Steps for the U.S. and U.N. to Defuse Congo’s Escalating Crisis: Preventing Wider Conflict.” ...
Four Steps for the U.S. and U.N. to Defuse Congo’s Escalating Crisis: Preventing Wider Conflict
The Enough Project has released this policy paper in advance of the July 25, 2013 Ministerial meeting of the U.N. Security Council. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will preside over the meeting to push for implementation of a peace accord signed in February 2013 by 11 African nations and four international organizations. The aims of the accord are to end the cycles of conflict and crisis in eastern Congo and to support an effective peace process in Africa's Great Lakes region ...
7 Things You Need to Know About South Sudan’s Government Crisis
On July 23, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree dismissing his longtime vice president, Dr. Riek Machar, along with all the ministers and deputy ministers in his cabinet ...
