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In the latest apparent ploy to defy the International Criminal Court, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir kept First Lieutenant-General Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein on board as defense minister this week while shuffling his cabinet around to include more opposition parties. He kept the most powerful posts under his ruling National Congress Party, or NCP, including finance, oil, foreign affairs, and interior in addition to defense ...

While Congo sifts through the ballots from the presidential and parliamentary elections, a group of Washington, D.C., based policy and advocacy groups focused on human rights in the Congo gathered Tuesday with partners and policy makers on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent elections and its implications in the ongoing battle against impunity for war criminals in Congo ...

You'd think by the second decade of 21st century — with the development of international accountability and prevention mechanisms — that the use of starvation would have disappeared from the arsenal of war weapons because it bears too high a cost for the perpetrator. The people of Sudan would beg to differ, George Clooney and I write in an op-ed appearing on TIME.com today ...

The Enough Project has long advocated for the appointment of a dedicated envoy to coordinate U.S. government policy toward the Great Lakes Region, and although not at the level of envoy, the appointment of special representative for the Great Lakes region, Ambassador R. Barrie Walkley, is a promising development for U.S. engagement in the region ...

A couple of weeks ago, with elections fast approaching, some felt a renewed hope for transitional justice in Congo. A coalition of rights groups introduced “Justice Now for the DRC,” a countrywide campaign aimed at improving Congo’s justice system and securing government financial and political support for it. But the Justice Now initiative faces an uphill battle. The proposed Specialized Mixed Courts it advocates for have faced powerful opponents ever since the concept was suggested as a remedy to addressing significant shortcomings of the Congolese judicial system ...

In her first guest blog post for Enough Said, Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy, a Minnesota-based professor, wrote about her ‘Enough Moment,’ which inspired the creation of a non-profit organization called World Without Genocide. As a follow-up, and in response to a reader’s comment, Kennedy wrote this post describing her group’s use of theater in their curriculum ...

The Enough Project applauds the recent appointment of Ambassador Barrie Walkley as the Department of State's new Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and is hopeful that the appointment will spur increased engagement and commitment from the U.S. in working with regional partners to mitigate the violence, instability, and corruption that currently plagues the region ...

With the announcement of Congo’s next president expected before midnight tonight, though possibly delayed, the restive eastern part of the country is quiet but wary about what tomorrow might bring. According to the preliminary count by the national electoral commission, tallied by province, Kabila is leading in both North and South Kivu but doesn’t carry a majority in either province. But unlike in other parts of the country, a Kabila victory will likely spur a greater calm in the East than any other electoral outcome ...

Congo Rally in front of the White House on Nov. 21, 2011 ...

This week's post in the series Enough 101 looks at the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2006, when the first elections were held, and present day ...