U.N. Peace Day 2013: Peace for the DR Congo

I really didn’t know much about Congo until I met a journalist who had been there and told me about the ongoing conflicts in Congo ...
New Report: Expectations for Companies’ Conflict Minerals Reporting

Today, the Enough Project along with the Responsible Sourcing Network released a report,"Expectations for Companies' Conflict Minerals Reporting", that articulates key reporting components that are important to socially responsible investors and rights groups who have been advocates for a clean minerals trade ...
#Atma100, Building Lasting Partnerships and Empowering Women

Enough’s partner organization, The Atma Foundation, has teamed up a local Congolese organization Centre Kitumaini to create the Hand in Hand Program, which works to economically empower survivors of gender-based violence ...
AllAfrica Op-ed: Bringing Peace to the Congo – a Blueprint for Special Envoy Feingold

The clashes in the eastern Congo over the past week have once again brought into sharp focus the enduring conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese military as well as the role of the recently-deployed United Nations intervention brigade ...
Five Stories You May Have Missed This Week
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A weekly roundup of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...
President Obama Appoints Ambassador Donald Booth as Special Envoy to the Sudans

Today, President Obama announced the appointment of Ambassador Donald Booth as the new U.S. special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan ...
UN Security Council Issues Sudans Statements, Addresses Violence in Jonglei

On August 23, the U.N. Security Council issued a presidential statement addressing the ongoing situations in Sudan and South Sudan, breaking nearly a yearlong silence on the issue ...
Samantha Power Hosts Twitter Town Hall
On August 15th, 2013, recently appointed U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power asks Twitter #whatmatters in her first Twitter Town Hall ...
Report: The Recent Fighting in Eastern Congo and Its Implications for Peace

A new Enough Project infographic and accompanying table reveals how the M23 rebel group and the Congolese national army – currently the two most powerful armed actors in eastern Congo - pursue their interests through a set of relationships with other armed groups ...
Youth Activism Rises Along With Flood Waters in Sudan

In the past few weeks, heavy rainfall in Sudan has resulted in flooding in many areas of Khartoum and across the northern part of the country ...