Sudan Now Campaign Encourages Emergency Aid for Sudanese Civilians
This week, following the latest round of military attacks by the Government of Sudan, the Sudan Now campaign announced a new effort aimed at encouraging the U.S. government, the United Nations Security Council, or UNSC, and the international community to take action to protect innocent civilians. The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the current crisis in Sudan and calls for international leaders to take immediate action ...
Eastern Congo: Mostly Peaceful, but Widespread Fraud Mars Elections
Stores and schools were closed for the day as people flocked to polling stations to vote in the second presidential and legislative elections since Congo’s independence in 1960 on Monday. Voters chose from among 11 candidates to elect Congo’s fifth president and among 18,385 for the 500-seat National Assembly. In North and South Kivu, 1,463 and 881 parliamentary candidates ran for 47 and 32 seats respectively. While voting proceeded relatively peacefully in both eastern provinces, the day was marked by irregularities, logistical problems, and violence ...
Sudan’s Violations of Geneva Law Demand a Response
What are the international legal ramifications for the Sudanese government's recent assault on its people in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, and across the new international boundary in South Sudan? Lawyer and rights activist James Bair writes about the numerous ways Khartoum is violating the Geneva Conventions -- to alarmingly little effect from the international community ...
Rights Groups Call for Cessation of Sudan Military Flights, Emergency Assistance for Civilians
Following the Government of Sudan’s brutal attacks on innocent civilians, leading anti-genocide and human rights groups from the Sudan Now campaign are calling for the United Nations Security Council to demand that the Government of Sudan immediately cease conducting offensive military flights in and over the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile ...
Obama Administration Reports to Congress on LRA Efforts
Just days after Enough Project and partner organizations Resolve and Invisible Children issued the third installment of our report card grading the efforts of the Obama administration to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army, the U.S. Secretary of State released its self-assessment—a report to Congress. The administration’s report highlights that the U.S. has increased its engagement on the LRA, particularly with the recent deployment of U.S. military advisors to assist regional efforts. However, more robust and sustained involvement is needed to avoid a repeat of previous, failed military operations–particularly Operation Lightning Thunder–and a continuation of the current foundering efforts ...
Sudan Dispatch: A View from Blue Nile
In his latest field dispatch, Enough Project field researcher Nenad Marinkovic reports on recent violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, including attacks from Sudanese military forces spanning from September 1 to November 3, which resulted in a prolonged destabilization of the region ...
Update from the Refugee Camps: Video and Thoughts from Darfur Dream Team’s Trip
I have just five days left in Chad. In a few weeks, I'll be sharing an interactive trip diary with written entries, photos, and videos documenting my first visit to the Darfuri refugee camps in eastern Chad. Until then, here is a brief update on our team’s first few days ...
Oil Blockade: Sudan’s Bid to Twist Arms in Talks with South Sudan
Sudan has begun to block the oil exports of newly independent South Sudan in a move aimed at changing negotiating dynamics to its favor. The decision has prevented a total of 1.6 million barrels of oil from being exported to two buyers and comes as talks in Addis Ababa between the two countries’ ruling party representatives are taking place ...
Congo: The First and Second Wars, 1996-2003
This week's post in the series Enough 101 looks at Congolese history from 1996 to 2003, at the time of the first and second Congo wars ...
