5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Returnees Face Security Threats along Road to Abyei
The convoy of 95 buses had been on the road for a week when it ran into problems. Mawien Tong, a 23-year-old medical student in Khartoum, was trying to link up with his family in the South and was on one of the lead buses in the convoy that came under attack ...
Top Abyei Official: Disarmament Key to Peace
On the sidelines of a high-level meeting on security in the contested region of Abyei, Enough’s Matt Brown and Tim Freccia spoke to Abyei chief administrator Deng Arop ...
In First Hearing of New Congress, House Foreign Affairs Calls on Sudan Experts
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met this week for the first time since the start of the 112th Congress, and Sudan took center stage ...
Security Talks Bring Abyei Back from Brink of War
Following politics in Sudan can be as surreal as an M. C. Escher illustration. Just when you think you have a good grounding in the issues, the floor becomes the ceiling and your whole perception takes a 180-degree jolt. Take Ahmed Haroun. Wanted by the ICC for war crimes in Darfur, Haroun is now playing the part of peacemaker in Sudan's troubled Abyei region ...
Clooney, Prendergast Talk Sudan with MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’
MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" devoted an 18-minute segment this morning to Sudan, inviting actor George Clooney and Enough’s John Prendergast to discuss perceptions from their recent trip to Sudan and expectations of the challenges that lay ahead as the country prepares for a likely split. Watch it here ...
Obama’s LRA To-Do List Item 4: Make Certain Khartoum Doesn’t Resume Support to LRA
In a series of six blog posts, Resolve and Enough are teaming up to outline steps that President Obama should take to implement his new LRA strategy. Here's Step 4 ...
Turning Student Activism Toward Eastern Congo: Make Your Campus Conflict-Free
As responsible global citizens and consumers, we cannot allow our purchases to continue funding armed groups terrorizing communities in eastern Congo. There are solutions, and you as a university student have a powerful role to play ...
Controversial Constitutional Review a Bellwether for More Disarray in Congo?
President Kabila’s successful effort to revise the electoral law in the Congolese constitution last week sparked controversy, prompting opposition and human rights groups to warn that the changes are a threat to national unity ...
Talks Diffuse Tension in Abyei after Clashes Sour Referendum Mood
Last week, while the rest of southern Sudan was celebrating the successful start of an independence referendum, this troubled border region was embroiled in bloody clashes between southern security forces and an Arab militia long used as a proxy by the North ...
