New Sentry Advisory Highlights Money Laundering Risks in African Real Estate
Today, The Sentry published an advisory detailing how kleptocrats and their networks have increasingly been using African real estate to launder the proceeds of corruption. Investigative reporting by The Sentry and others on illicit flows stemming from grand corruption has highlighted how, in cities like Nairobi, Kampala, Windhoek, Cape Town, and Johannesburg, banks and governments have not prioritized the money laundering risk in real estate, creating a growing opportunity for corrupt actors to exploit the sector. The advisory, “Looted Funds Used to Buy Real Estate,” focuses largely on the real estate sectors of Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa, which ...
The Lemkin Summit to End Genocide and Mass Atrocities Turns Five
2020 marked the fifth year of the Lemkin Summit to End Genocide and Mass Atrocities. The annual Summit brought together 150 activists and student leaders seeking to combat genocide and mass atrocities ...
The Sentry Statement: Significant Step Toward Peace in South Sudan
The formation of a power-sharing government is a significant and positive step in the South Sudan peace process. Finally, after many false starts, the hopes of millions of South Sudanese for peace and stability are within reach ...
The Sentry and Enough Project Statement: Dramatically Increased Pressure and Diplomacy Needed to Advance Peace in South Sudan
In advance of the critical IGAD-hosted meeting on the state borders dispute in South Sudan, the international community should begin preparations to dramatically increase the pressure on any spoilers in the event that the negotiations fail to generate progress ...
The Sentry and Enough Project Statement: US Should Accelerate Process to Remove Sudan from Terrorism List and Impose Network Sanctions on Spoilers Undermining Peace in the Country
The time has come to remove Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, and the United States should accelerate its ongoing process to make this determination ...
يجب على الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية التعجيل برفع اسم السودان من قائمة الدول الراعية للإرهاب وفرض عقوبات على شبكات المخرِّبين الذين يحاولون زعزعة السلام في البلاد
لقد آن الأوان لرفع اسم السودان من قائمة الدول الراعية للإرهاب، ومن ثم يجب على الولايات المتحدة التعجيل باتخاذ هذا القرار. وفي الوقت ذاته، يتعين عليها دعم جهود الإصلاح من خلال فرض عقوبات تستهدف شبكات المخرِّبين من المسؤولين والعناصر التمكينية التي تعمل على زعزعة السلام، وانتهاك حقوق الإنسان، وتقويض عملية التحول الديمقراطي ...
Solutions to Conflict Gold Smuggling from Venezuela, Congo, and Beyond: Event at the Atlantic Council
Sasha Lezhnev, Deputy Director of Policy at the Enough Project, participated in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center on December 10 titled “Venezuelan illegal mining: Transnational crime, displacement, and violence.” ...
Enough’s Sasha Lezhnev Briefs UN Security Council on Central Africa: Preventing Conflict by Focusing on Financial Issues
On December 6, Enough Project Deputy Director of Policy Sasha Lezhnev briefed the United Nations Security Council on conflict prevention in Central Africa, emphasizing the need for the Council and the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) to focus strategically on the financial aspect of crises in the region ...
Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok Recognizes the Role of Darfur Activist Movement
In 2004, a coalition of religious, political, and humanitarian organizations came together to address disturbing reports of atrocities that began emerging from Sudan’s western region of Darfur in 2003. For years, they raised awareness and advocated for international action to support the Sudanese people’s quest for peace and an end to the brutal regime headed by Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power in April 2019. Now, Sudan’s new civilian prime minister has linked the profound changes in Sudan’s governance structure to the solidarity of those international activists and organizations. Advocacy in the United States focused on the genocide in ...
رئيس الوزراء السوداني حمدوك يثمن دور حركة النشطاء حول احداث دارفور
في عام 2004، اجتمع تحالف من المنظمات الدينية والسياسية والإنسانية للتصدي للتقارير المثيرة للقلق التي بدات في الورود بشأن الأعمال الوحشية الجارية بمنطقة دارفور بغرب السودان منذ عام 2003. وعلى مدى عدة سنوات، قامت تلك المنظمات برفع مستوى الوعي ونادت باتخاذ إجراءات دولية لدعم سعي الشعب السوداني من أجل تحقيق السلام ووضع حد للنظام االعنيف الذي يترأسه عمر البشير، الذي أطيح به من السلطة في أبريل 2019. ، ولقد قام رئيس الوزراء المدني الجديد في السودان مؤخرا بربط التغيرات الجوهرية في هيكل الحكم في السودان بالتضامن الذي الذي يجمع بين هؤلاء الناشطين والمنظمات الدولية. أدت عمليات المؤازرة والدعم في الولايات ...
