Congolese Rape Survivor Shares her Story: “Tell Them We Need Peace”
This is an Enough Moment about a mother and rape survivor in eastern Congo, whose name has been changed to protect her identity. She describes the violent attack against her family in 2005 that claimed the life of her late husband, and how she has slowly pieced her life back together. She longs to share her story with Congo’s President Kabila, and to tell him to bring peace to Congo ...
From ‘Dragon Tattoo’ to Congo: Combatting the Scourge of Violence Against Women
Actress and activist Robin Wright recently traveled to eastern Congo with the Enough Project. Her op-ed reflecting on the trip and what advocates can do to promote peace originally appeared on the homepage of Huffington Post, along with her video trip diaries ...
NBC’s ‘Rock Center’ Hosts Satellite Sentinel Project Co-founder George Clooney
Satellite Sentinel Project’s Co-founder George Clooney appeared on NBC’s “Rock Center” with Brian Williams on January 9 to talk about celebrity, privacy, and his “other passion,” the Satellite Sentinel Project ...
Fresh FDLR Attacks in Congo Highlight Complexity of Protecting Civilians
Eight years after the official end to the war in Congo, violence endures in the eastern portion of the country as the region remains overrun with rebel groups leaving civilians to bear the brunt of weak civilian protection measures. A horrific example of this is the latest round of attacks on civilians by the FDLR rebel group took place on January 2 and 3 in a remote area of eastern Congo’s South Kivu province ...
Darfur: The Doha Peace Process, December 2010-present
This week's post in the series Enough 101 looks at the history of the Darfur conflict from late 2010 to present, building off of last week's post that covered 2003 to 2006 ...
Invitation to L.A. Award Ceremony Honoring Global Women’s Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Jewish World Watch, Enough's longtime partner in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities, will host its fifth annual "I Witness" award ceremony this week. Executive Director Fred Kramer wrote this guest post inviting readers to the event, which will honor renowned women's rights advocate Ambassador Melanne Verveer ...
5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
The LRA in Congo: U.N. Experts Offer New Details
The United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo submitted its final report last month, which includes several points about the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, worth noting ...
Game Changing Humanitarians and the Satellite Sentinel Project
In its January issue Boston magazine profiles Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Michael VanRooyen and his efforts to train a new breed of aspiring humanitarians. The article by William Wheeler, titled “The Saving Game,” focuses on Satellite Sentinel Project’s work and successes as a truly innovative game-changing tool ...
Inter-communal Violence Displaces Thousands in Jonglei State, South Sudan
Renewed inter-communal violence in the restive Jonglei state has recently displaced as many as 50,000 people in and around the town of Pibor, South Sudan. The violence began in late December, when a column of 6,000 Lou-Nuer youths approached the town, which is largely home to members of the Murle community burning smaller villages and a Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic along the way ...
