Democratic Republic of Congo Content
Breaking the Cycle: Delinking Armed Actors from the Gold Supply Chain in Congo and the Great Lakes Region Through Fiscal Reform and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold remains a major source of income for elements of the Congolese armed forces, armed groups, and criminal networks ...
Time for High-level EU and US Targeted Sanctions on DR Congo
It is time to increase international pressure to prevent a wider crisis in Congo. The E.U. should add a new criterion to its sanctions regime focused on corruption, which would allow the E.U. to place sanctions on high-level officials involved in large-scale corruption ...
The Center Does Not Hold in Kasai
This two-part blog series aims to shed light on wider violence in the Kasai region based on recent field reporting carried out there. The disappearances and killings of the investigators highlight the risks involved in documenting human rights violations in the area. They also emphasize the ongoing need for such reporting ...
In Kasai, A Violent Quest for Prosperity
This two-part blog series aims to shed light on wider violence in the Kasai region based on recent field reporting carried out there. The disappearances and killings of the investigators highlight the risks involved in documenting human rights violations in the area. They also emphasize the ongoing need for such reporting ...
11 Letters from Congolese Civil Society Groups in Support of the U.S. Conflict Minerals Law
In recent weeks, human rights groups and civil society members based in eastern Congo and the region issued 11 different letters in support of Dodd-Frank 1502, representing 111 organizations in total ...
Enough Project Statement on U.N. Investigators Killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Enough Project is deeply saddened by the deaths of United Nations Group of Experts investigators Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán and their interpreter, Betu Tshintela. Their driver, Isaac Kabuayi and two unidentified motorbike drivers traveling with the group are still missing. We extend our condolences to all of their families and colleagues ...
Enough Project Statement on U.N. Investigators Killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Enough Project is deeply saddened by the deaths of United Nations Group of Experts investigators Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán and their interpreter, Betu Tshintela. Their driver, Isaac Kabuayi and two unidentified motorbike drivers traveling with the group are still missing. We extend our condolences to all of their families and colleagues ...
U.S. Businesses, Investors Express Support for the Conflict Minerals Rule
In recent weeks, numerous American businesses have come out publicly in support of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Conflict Minerals Rule, pursuant to Dodd-Frank Section 1502 ...
Enough Project Comment to the SEC in Support of Conflict Minerals Rule Implementation
On January 31, Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Michael Piwowar welcomed interested parties to submit comments in response to a statement calling into question the current Conflict Minerals Rule. The Enough Project has submitted a comment in response ...
U.S. News & World Report Op-ed: Keep Minerals Conflict-Free
It was not long ago that central Africa was mired in its "first world war" that led to 5.4 million deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Slowly and painstakingly, conflict-affected areas have started to recover. But peace is fragile, and a reversion to widespread violence is never a far-off prospect ...
