The Hill Op-ed: Kony’s army now also killing elephants
Kony is spreading his killing fields to elephants. In a bid to raise revenues from the lucrative, illicit regional ivory trade, Kony and his troops now target elephants, particularly those in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Garamba National Park, a U.N. World Heritage Site and one of the oldest, most diverse parks in Africa ...
Al Jazeera America Op-ed: South Sudan’s Salva Kiir needs to put his black hat back on
As divisive violence rocks the world’s youngest nation, the U.S. has a role in averting civil war ...
Daily Beast Op-ed: George Clooney: How to Stop An Inferno in South Sudan
After suffering so long for independence, South Sudan faces a new civil war. What the country’s leaders and the international community can do to contain the crisis ...
Enough Project Urges U.S. Government to Act on Violence in South Sudan
On December 15, violent clashes erupted on the streets of Juba, South Sudan’s capital city. While the details surrounding the spark of the violence are unclear, it is already apparent that these clashes have the potential to destabilize the entire country. Despite the operational constraints posed by the U.S. embassy’s evacuation of all non-essential staff, the United States government can and must do more to help avert a return to civil war in South Sudan. In an open memorandum the Enough Project outlines possible steps the U.S. could take in addition to what is presently being done ...
Policy Alert: Rebels Surrendering in Eastern Congo – Time for Feingold and Robinson to Act
On December 10, rebel leader Paluku Hilaire Kombi, commander of roughly 280 rebel troops, surrendered to the Congolese army. This stunning development is part of a larger defection trend that escalated after the army, along with the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade, defeated the M23 rebel group in early November. This is a very promising trend, but U.S. and U.N. Special Envoys Russ Feingold and Mary Robinson should quickly urge the Congolese government to act now to implement a new robust demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration, or DDR, program. Without this more robust program, the trend is at risk of reversing ...
The Power of Photography to Bear Witness
Award-winning photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale speaks to the role photography plays in bearing witness, bringing awareness and leading to action against to human rights abuses. His latest work "The Price of Precious" in National Geographic magazine's 125th Anniversary Collector’s Edition "Photography Issue," explores the role conflict minerals play in the violence in eastern Congo. Bleasdale photographed a rebel-controlled gold mine, and Nyabibwe, a conflict-free tin mine, both on the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Living Under Siege in Blue Nile
Since September 2011, civilians in Blue Nile have been targeted by the Sudanese government in a systematic campaign of collective punishment that intensified last January when the government led a ground campaign ...
World’s Youngest Nation Ratifies Two U.N. Conventions
In recent weeks, the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, has taken positive steps as a responsible advocate and defender of human rights ...
De Beers in Botswana: A Corporation’s Impact on Human Rights
With leading world diamond corporation De Beers moving its headquarters to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana in the coming months, it is imperative for the international community to move beyond the rhetoric of Botswana as the “African Miracle” and address the human rights violations that have stemmed from resource exploitation ...
Largest LRA Defection Since 2008
This week, Invisible Children released breaking news of the largest Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, defection since 2008 ...
