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The Wall Street Journal’s Faulty Stance on Conflict Minerals Bill

The Wall Street Journal's Faulty Stance on Conflict Minerals Bill
Reacting to a misleading editorial by the Wall Street Journal about U.S. efforts to curb the trade in conflict minerals from eastern Congo, Enough Project Executive Director John Bradshaw wrote this letter to the editor, published by the newspaper yesterday ...

Luol Deng Plays Hoops in the World’s Newest Nation

Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng, a native of South Sudan, is back in Juba to set up a basketball clinic for young South Sudanese and to celebrate independence of the world's newest nation ...

Field Dispatch: Insecurity across the Kivus

Field Dispatch: Insecurity across the Kivus
Violence is on the rise in eastern Congo, with attacks by the Rwandan FDLR rebel group increasing in recent months. Civil society representatives here in eastern Congo’s North and South Kivu provinces have continuously watched as the long-feared FDLR militia keeps a stranglehold on their villages, committing atrocities to hold their unwilling host communities subdued ...

Prendergast and Colbert Talk South Sudan

South Sudan
Last night, Enough Co-Founder John Prendergast appeared on “The Colbert Report” to talk about how the new nation of South Sudan arrived on the world stage, and the obstacles the country now has to overcome ...

A Voice for Those Affected by the LRA

A Voice for Those Affected by the LRA
Recent efforts to stop the Lord’s Resistance Army have faltered. LRA commanders are reportedly regrouping in the Congo, and Ugandans have reduced their deployment, greatly underestimating the capability of the LRA. With the LRA now in operation for more than two decades, organizations like The Voice Project are looking for new ways to promote the cause of peace. Women in northern Uganda have banded together to write songs that encourage former LRA soldiers in the bush to return to their communities. The Voice Project highlights a message sung by the women in those communities: “Come home, you are forgiven.” ...

Safe in Juba, Refugees from South Kordofan Recount Horrors

Safe in Juba, Refugees from South Kordofan Recount Horrors
Even among people with resources, relatively few Nubans are making their way out of South Kordofan. In the month and a half since the offensive there began, only about 200 or 300 Nubans have arrived in Juba. Enough met with some Nuban aid workers who were in Kadugli when the violence began, and who told harrowing stories about the first days of the crisis and how they managed to escape ...

John Prendergast on The Colbert Report

Enough Co-founder John Prendergast talks about the birth of South Sudan, the creation of its flag, and the oil curse that might plague its future ...

What Now for Darfur?

What Now for Darfur?
Late last week, the Sudanese government and the Liberty and Justice Movement, or LJM, agreed to adopt the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, as well as a separate protocol on LJM’s political participation and the integration of its limited forces into the national army. While the signing of these documents could in many ways be considered progress, there is little hope that they will lead to any sort of comprehensive and sustainable peace for Darfur ...

Discussions in Washington Spotlight Long Road Ahead for South Sudan

South Sudan
Discussions in Washington Spotlight Long Road Ahead for South Sudan
There was a myriad of events in Washington last Thursday that focused on South Sudan’s newly-gained independence, all attempting to answer one question: Now what? The lineup of Sudan-focused events included a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, a White House conference call, and panels at the United States Institute of Peace, or USIP, the Society for International Development, and the Heritage Foundation. While the panels and individuals represented different organizations and ends of the political spectrum, they all reached a strikingly similar chord on what was at stake in the two Sudans ...

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...