Urgent Steps to Counter Inter-Communal Violence in South Sudan
Since its independence last year, the Republic of South Sudan has successfully addressed a number of critical issues, but also has setbacks and challenges, many of which are the result of decades of war and neglect ...
Invisible Children: Building a Movement
The three founders of Enough Project’s partner organization Invisible Children, an advocacy organization dedicated to ending the Lord’s Resistance Army, share their story and what inspired them to start a nationwide movement ...
Former LRA Rebel Graduates from University, A Testament to Importance of Amnesty Law
Sam Kolo, once known as a high-ranking commander and spokesperson for the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, graduated from Gulu University last week with a degree in business administration. In an interview with the Ugandan Daily Monitor after the ceremony, Kolo said he regrets that so many of his former comrades remain in the bush. “We would be jubilating with them,” he said ...
Brewing Siege? Satellite Sentinel Project Reveals Evidence of SAF Encircling Key Nuba Area
The Satellite Sentinel Project is issuing a human security alert for the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan, Sudan, including the Kauda Valley, based on new evidence from satellite imagery and analysis presented in a report released today ...
Satellites Show Government of Sudan Paving Way for Final Assault on Nuba People of South Kordofan
In apparent preparation for a final assault against the Nuba people who live in Sudan’s southern state of South Kordofan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has cut off the main evacuation routes for refugees fleeing areas already bombarded, has encircled the remaining local civilian population in the last rebel strongholds of the Nuba Mountains, and is building roads and lengthening the closest airstrip within striking range, according to new imagery released by the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) ...
Somalia: What is al-Shabaab?
This week's post in the series Enough 101 provides an overview of the Somali militant group al-Shabaab ...
Khartoum and the International Community: Breaking the Cycle of Theft and Complacency
Ahead of last week’s negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan on a commercial oil agreement, allegations came to light that the government of Sudan is again up to its old thieving tricks. This op-ed originally appeared on Global Post ...
ICC to Try Four Kenyans in Decision Seen as Key to Preventing Future Election Bloodshed
Judges at the International Criminal Court confirmed charges against four prominent Kenyans wanted on allegations they orchestrated violence that left an estimated 1,200 people dead after the late 2007 elections. The decision marked the “first solid step” in pursuit of justice for the victims and a crucial move in deterring violence ahead of upcoming presidential elections, said an advocate in the Kenyan capital ...
South Sudan Oil Shutdown Begins, Ethiopian Prime Minister Joins North-South Talks
Over the weekend, South Sudan’s leaders began the process of shutting down oil operations in their country, following on the threat to do so during negotiations with Sudan in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa ...
New Enough Report: The Two Sudans and A Tour of the Neighborhood
After South Sudan’s independence in July 2011, the two Sudans together occupy a critical geopolitical space linking together the Sahara, the Sahel, the Horn, and the Great Lakes. The post-separation negotiations between Sudan and newly formed South Sudan are therefore vital not only for these two nations’ future bilateral relations, but also for the stability of the region at large. In Enough’s most recent paper, “The Two Sudans: A Tour of the Neighborhood,” Omer Ismail and Annette LaRocco contextualize the potential effects the post-separation negotiations could have on the nine countries neighboring the two Sudans ...
