2012 Crisis Tracker Security Brief Highlights Trends in LRA Violence
Killings by the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, in 2012 fell to a new low since 2007. Abduction remains a calling card of the LRA, with 512 cases of kidnapping over the past year ...
New Valentine’s Day Campaign Asks Jewelers to Help End Conflict Gold Trade
This Valentine’s Day, the Enough Project is launching a new campaign and video report documenting the trade in conflict gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jewelry companies, the world’s largest consumers of gold, have an opportunity to help stop the deadly trade through supply chain action ...
Activist Brief: Conflict Gold 101
Gold has emerged as the most lucrative conflict mineral for armed groups in Congo because it is easy to smuggle small quantities for large profits. This activist brief maps out the conflict-gold trade in Congo and outlines steps forward to bring an end to the deadly trade ...
Conflict Gold 101
The race to profit from gold in Congo is driving the world's deadliest violence since WWII. Creating a demand for conflict-free gold from Congo is key to stopping the violence ...
10 Years of Darfur, 100 Days for Darfur
i-ACT co-founder and director Gabriel Stauring announces a 100-day fast to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Darfur crisis. This piece is cross-posted from iAct's website ...
Attention Delaware: Senator Coons to Convene Opportunity Africa Conference
Next Monday, February 11, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and outspoken advocate for Africa, will convene his 2nd annual “Opportunity: Africa Conference” at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware ...
Financial Net Closes Around M23: U.S. Further Bans Business With Congo Rebels
The U.S. Department of Treasury recently announced the addition of two high-level M23 leaders, Eric Badege and Jean-Marie Runiga Lugerero, to its list of specially designated nationals, or SDN, already sanctioned by the U.S. government for their involvement in the rebellion rocking eastern Congo ...
5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Students to Obama: You Can Help Get Peace in Congo Back on Track
Yesterday, hundreds of students across the country, and around the world, took time out of their day to call the White House ...
Congo Activists Deliver Petition for U.S. Presidential Envoy to the White House
When the M23 rebel group seized the city of Goma in eastern Congo last November, a coalition of activists sprang into action. Activists began calling for a U.S. presidential envoy to work with leaders and stakeholders from the region to address the urgent security needs ...
