Democratic Republic of Congo Content
New Report on Wildlife Trafficking Hubs in Uganda and South Sudan
After following the trail of illegally poached elephants, pangolins, and other wildlife that benefit armed groups in Garamba National Park, the Enough Project went to the region to better understand where the wildlife was trafficked to ...
Enough’s 5 Recommended Reads | June 29
Enough's 5 Recommended Reads is a biweekly series featuring important stories you may have missed ...
Chemical Watch Op-ed: Controversy Grows in US over Plans to Abolish Conflict Minerals Rule
In this piece, the Enough's Annie Callaway and Ian Schwab highlight the recent groundswell of support from Congolese groups, as well as a number of businesses, investors, and the public for maintaining the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule, in response to attempts to undermine it ...
Enough’s 5 Recommended Reads | June 15
Enough's 5 Recommended Reads is a biweekly series featuring important stories you may have missed ...
195 Congolese Civil Society Organizations Welcome Individual Sanctions Imposed by EU and US
In a joint statement on June 8, 195 Congolese civil society organizations welcomed the recent sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States on senior Congolese government officials ...
U.S. Sanctions Senior Military Advisor to Congo’s President and His Network
Today, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed Democratic Republic of Congo’s army General François Olenga Tete and a company linked to him, Safari Club, on its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List ...
Enough Project Statement on Company Deadline for SEC Conflict Minerals Reporting
Washington, DC -- The deadline closed yesterday for publicly traded companies in the United States to file their fourth annual Conflict Minerals Reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Enough Project looks forward to reviewing the reports and analyzing the progress companies have made in the last year, as well as marking any gaps in compliance. Holly Dranginis, Senior Policy Analyst at the Enough Project, said: “Transparency at this level, across industries, signals progress for corporate accountability. These reports make clear what companies are doing -- or not doing -- to find out where their minerals originate and ...
National Geographic Explorer Episode Highlights Congo Conflict Gold Smuggling
On May 29, a special episode of National Geographic Explorer, featuring Enough’s Founding Director John Prendergast and hosted by actor Ted Danson, will highlight how armed groups, Congo's army commanders, and corrupt officials profit from the deadly trade in conflict gold from eastern Congo ...
New Brief: Breaking the Cycle on Conflict Gold
En français ci-dessous Based on our recent field research, the Enough Project published a new policy brief on gold, "Breaking the Cycle: Delinking Armed Actors from the Gold Supply in Congo and the Great Lakes Region Through Fiscal Reform and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)." Click here for the read the full brief. Summary While there has been significant progress in de-linking tin, tantalum, and tungsten from conflict actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region, artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold remains a major source of income for elements of the Congolese armed forces, armed groups, and criminal networks. Based ...
Enough Project Comment to State Department in Support of Conflict Minerals Rule
Read our statement in response to the U.S. Department of State's request for comment on supporting best practices in responsible minerals sourcing in the Great Lakes region of Africa ...
