Democratic Republic of Congo Content
Women in Congo are Working for Change from Within, Writes Congolese Activist
In a recent op-ed in the Guardian, Justine Masika Bihamba, activist and founder of Synergie des Femmes, highlights the role of Congolese women leading the fight against sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She also emphasizes that Congo needs more women in positions of political power ...
Senators Urge Trump Administration to Address Crisis in Congo
In a letter last week, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward Markey (D-MA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the Trump Administration to address the political and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
New Report Urges More Robust Strategy for Congo Crisis as Kabila Moves Toward Dictatorship
Rising instability and violence due to lack of a democratic transition brings new U.S. national security and regional threats; Enough Project calls for revved-up financial and diplomatic pressures on Kabila regime and its partners ...
New Report: Strategic Pressure: A Blueprint for Addressing New Threats and Supporting Democratic Change in the DRC.
The Enough Project's new report recommends that an effective strategy to bring Congo back from the brink of crisis should focus on strongly supporting Congolese efforts to achieve a democratic transition through a much more robust strategy of financial pressure ...
Activist Brief: “Strategic Pressure: A Blueprint for Addressing New Threats and Supporting Democratic Change in the DRC”
An effective strategy to bring Congo back from the brink of political and economic crisis should focus on achieving a democratic transition while also pushing for key structural reforms and immediate conflict mitigation steps in the Kasai region and the east ...
Strategic Pressure: A Blueprint for Addressing New Threats and Supporting Democratic Change in the DRC
Nearly nine months after signing a political deal aimed at ushering in a landmark democratic transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Joseph Kabila’s subversion of the accord places Congo at risk of much greater violence ...
Influential Republican Presses Tillerson for Deeper U.S. Sanctions on Congo
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week on the Democratic Republic of Congo. In his letter, he commends U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for her "outspoken criticism of President [Joseph] Kabila's failure to honor the constitution" and urges Tillerson to work with the Treasury Department to "target the finances of additional Congolese officials who are standing in the way of the elections that are mandated by Congo's constitution." View the letter here. Such targeting could include anti-money laundering measures and targeted sanctions. For more on these financial ...
Progress and Challenges on Conflict Minerals: Facts on Dodd-Frank 1502
Conflict minerals have fueled and continue to help sustain armed violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, linking them to the deadliest conflict globally since World War II. The four conflict minerals (gold, along with the 3Ts – tin, tantalum, and tungsten) are not the only sources of income to armed groups, but they are some of the most lucrative ...
How I Convinced My Campus and Community to Care About Conflict Minerals
Guest blogger Jacqui Johns, a Georgetown College graduate and Conflict-Free Campus Initiative leader, writes about her four years as a CFCI Campus Organizer ...
South Sudan and Uganda Exposed as Major Trafficking Hubs for Ivory, Wildlife from Congo, Region
A new report has revealed that South Sudan and Uganda act as critical waypoints for the illegal trafficking of elephant tusks, pangolin scales, hippo teeth, and other endangered wildlife coming from Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
