Aaron Rodgers and UW-Madison Students Rally for Congo
On October 7, Green Bay Packers Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers partnered with the Enough Project’s Raise Hope for Congo for a rally attended by thousands of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the event, sponsored by the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative, Rodgers was joined by actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, Congolese Packers teammate Andy Mulumba, and student leaders on stage to raise awareness about the conflict in Congo, and to tell Madison students what they could do to stop key drivers of the conflict ...
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Bashir’s Right Hand Man Comes to New York
After a firestorm over Sudanese president's potential visit, his right hand man travels to New York this week as record numbers of demonstrators are being killed on Sudan's streets ...
Sudan Minister Talks About Resilience While Denying Access to Needy in South Kordofan
Today, Sudan’s Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamad takes the platform to speak on “Strengthening the Resilience of Communities” at the International Peace Institute in New York. In recent weeks, Hamad has himself challenged the resilience of the Sudanese people by supervising the government’s brutal repression of peaceful demonstrators, activists, press, and civil society organizations. Although hundreds were killed in the streets and at least a thousand remain detained by state security, Hamad, whose government shut down the internet for almost a day, still publicly claims that the grisly photos leaking out on social media are being recycled from the Egyptian ...
New Report: Striking Gold: How M23 and its Allies are Infiltrating Congo’s Gold Trade
Gold remains an important conflict mineral in eastern Congo, with approximately 12 tons worth roughly $500 million smuggled out of the country every year. A new report by the Enough Project, “Striking Gold: How M23 and its Allies are Infiltrating Congo’s Gold Trade,” documents Makenga’s current role in M23’s networks in the gold trade and puts forth policy recommendations for addressing these illicit backchannels ...
Translating Our Reports and Reaching Out to New Audiences
We're excited to announce that the Enough Project the release of an Arabic language translation of our report, “Economics of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur” ...
Think Progress: Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Joins Campaign To Raise Awareness About Technology And Congo
On homecoming week here at the University of Wisconsin, a local football star had campus celebrating ...
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Blue Denial: A Young Man’s Struggle in War-Torn Blue Nile
The new short film Blue Denial depicts the human cost of the atrocities taking place in the Blue Nile State in Sudan ...
The Internet as a ‘Miracle Solution’ for Congo
According to a new report by Freedom House, only 1.7 percent of Congolese accessed the Internet in 2012 ...
