How Conflict Minerals Trade Threatens Communities in Eastern Congo
After more than a decade of conflict in Congo, fueled by the illegal trade in conflict minerals, new U.S. regulations governing the trade are supposed to take effect in April. But industry trade groups claim this is too fast, so they are pushing for a delay in fully implementing the regulations. They raise the specter of a de facto trade embargo in the region if companies can't comply, which would cause communities in eastern Congo to suffer. But if the past 10 years are any indication, it is clear that the extractive companies, electronics industry, and regional governments are not ...
South Sudan: Conflict Zone Widens as Militias Conduct Bold Attacks on Malakal
Upper Nile police and SPLA forces clashed with militia men led by Commander Olony in the state capital of Malakal over the weekend. As the conflict theater expands and becomes increasing inaccessible to the United Nations and humanitarian organizations, details about culpability and the impact on civilians are difficult to ascertain ...
Video: Bang the Drum for Peace in Darfur
People are still dying in Darfur. Villages are still being bombed. Women are still being subjected to sexual assaults. Tens of thousands have been displaced in the last few months. Actor Don Cheadle and I got together and talked about what can be done in this video, "Bang the Drum for Darfur." ...
International Response to Libya: Lessons from Sudan Advocacy Allow for Faster Action
Just a week after Qaddafi’s crackdown on protestors in Libya, the U.N. Security Council authorized sanctions against the regime and referred the “Brother Leader” to the International Criminal Court. Mobilizing within “weeks” to deploy pressures is lightning speed, as people familiar with the international community’s efforts to quell the Sudanese government attacks on civilians in Darfur know well ...
Video: Eye Witness Recounts Razing of Village in Abyei
The Enough Project has released a video statement from an eye witness of the razing of Maker Abior village who said he saw combatants wearing SAF uniforms as well as other armed actors ...
Face to Face with the World’s Most Brutal Conflict
Lynn Nottage’s Ruined casts a much-needed spotlight on one of the world’s deadliest wars since World War II. Eastern Congo is home to vast mineral wealth, but it is also currently one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman ...
Upsurge in LRA Attacks against Civilians in Congo
Although northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is no stranger to violence, a recent spike in civilian attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has raised international concern ...
Following Violent Clashes, Increased Military Activity Inside Abyei
New military fortifications and positions have been established inside the Abyei region by armed actors linked to both North and South Sudan, respectively, according to new satellite imagery and analysis from the Satellite Sentinel Project ...
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Goma Mayor Warns Civil Society on Conflict Minerals
At yesterday's announcement of the lifting of the mining ban in eastern Congo, in front of a crowd of some 200 people, Mayor Tumbula Rashidi of Goma issued a warning to organizations working on the conflict minerals issue. "I will ask the government to track down and sanction everyone who was behind these negative statements," he said ...
