Op-ed: After M23, it is time to focus on DR Congo’s FDLR rebels
In early November, the Congolese army, supported by the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade, defeated the most powerful rebel group in eastern Congo - the M23 ...
Why Are South Sudanese Soldiers Carrying Bright Blue Children’s Backpacks?
Incongruous images showing soldiers wearing bright blue backpacks with the UNICEF logo front and center have been emerging from South Sudan ...
South Sudan: Satellites Show Homes Aflame in Opposition Leader’s Hometown
New DigitalGlobe satellite images acquired on February 2, 2014 confirm at least one violation of the cessation of hostilities agreement signed by South Sudan's combatant forces less than two weeks ago ...
Five Stories You May Have Missed This Week
A weekly roundup of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
Conflict-Free Smelters for All Four Conflict Minerals
This week, the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative, or CFSI, an initiative on conflict minerals of the tech industry association the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, or EICC, announced that, for the first time, there are now audited conflict-free smelters or refiners for the four identified conflict minerals: tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold ...
Sudan Hosts First-Ever Film Festival
The first ever Sudan International Film Festival , or SIFF, took place this past week in Khartoum. Bringing together filmmakers, artists, and audiences, the festival celebrated independent and alternative filmmaking ...
Report: CAR, South Sudan Turmoil Challenge Counter-LRA Mission
In recent weeks, conflicts in South Sudan and the Central African Republic have intensified regional turmoil. A new Enough Project report, “Counter-LRA Mission Challenged by Regional Turmoil,” analyzes the effect of intensifying conflict in the region and its impact on the counter-LRA mission ...
Report: Forgotten Wars: Sudan’s Periphery Smolders as Focus Turns to South Sudan
Since December, international attention and focus has shifted to South Sudan as violence and a rising humanitarian crisis intensifies in the world’s newest nation. In the north, escalating violence, displacement, and new political developments in the areas along Sudan’s periphery—Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile—are going largely unnoticed ...
Understanding Eastern Congo’s ADF-NALU Rebels
On January 17, the Congolese military began conducting military operations in northeastern Beni territory, in North Kivu province, against one of its oldest and least understood armed rebel groups: the Allied Democratic Forces - National Army for the Liberation of Uganda, or ADF-NALU ...
Daily Beast Op-ed: Government Ceasefire Is First Step Towards Peace in South Sudan
The government and the armed opposition have signed a ceasefire, in a hopeful step after weeks of bloody fighting ...
