Root Causes of Violence in Jonglei, South Sudan
A Sudanese government-backed rebellion led by former council official David Yau Yau is currently destabilizing Jonglei state, South Sudan. The Enough Project's Laura Heaton recently visited Jonglei to look into the root causes of the conflict ...
5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
The Devastating Crisis in Eastern Congo: John Prendergast’s Testimony on the Hill
Weeks after M23’s takeover of Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo faces a humanitarian and political crisis. On Tuesday, December 11, John Prendergast spoke before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on the cycles of conflict in Congo and flawed peace process ...
Policy Brief: Issues That Must Be On the Table at Eastern Congo’s Peace Talks
Representatives of the March 23 Movement, or M23, and the government of the Congo have been meeting in Kampala this week as a part of an International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR, mediated effort to bring the latest round of fighting to an end. We've seen this political theater many times before. In a report released today, the Enough Project's Senior Policy Analyst Sasha Lezhnev and Co-founder John Prendergast suggest an alternate way forward ...
Congo Peace Process Must Address Economic, Political, and Security Issues
The existing peace process in eastern Congo must be enhanced to address the economic, political, and security issues that lie at the heart of the escalating conflict, according to a new Enough Project policy brief released today ...
‘What Is Not Said Is What Divides’: Critical Issues for a Peace Process to End the Deadly Congo War
This paper is the second in a three-part-series on the process, leverage, and substance necessary to create a path towards a viable peace in eastern Congo and the surrounding region ...
John Prendergast Testimony on the Hill: The Devastating Crisis in Eastern Congo
John Prendergast recently testified at a public hearing on the escalating crisis in eastern Congo along with The Honorable Johnnie Carson,Steve Hege, Mvemba Dizolele ...
The Day Women of the Congo Seized Control of the Internet
"From the grassroots women leaders of Congo to the women leaders of the White House," a Change.org petition penned by activist Neema Namadamu in the eastern Congo town of Bukavu has seen a surge in support in recent days. Enough Project partner organization World Pulse, a Portland, Oregon-based women's media group, worked closely the activists in Bukavu, and the World Pulse founder Jensine Larsen wrote this post about the collective effort ...
Sudan Caucus Briefing: Crisis in the Nuba Mountains
The Sudan Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives convened for a briefing on the escalating crisis in the Nuba Mountains last week. The Enough Project’s Jonathan Hutson joined panelists Jonathan Temin of the U.S. Institute of Peace, EJ Hogendoorn of the International Crisis Group, and Lauren Ploch Blanchard of the Congressional Research Service to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how the international community can work to end the suffering and address underlying causes of violence ...
29 Smelters Go Conflict Free, More Help from Aerospace Companies Needed
Last week, the electronics industry updated its list of audited conflict-free smelters to 29. This is up from 11 smelters in the Conflict-Free Smelter program, or CFS, at the start of 2012—nearly tripling the size of the program over the past year ...
