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Category: Policy One-Pagers

A Comprehensive Approach to Congo’s Conflict Minerals – Activist Brief

A Comprehensive Approach to Congo's Conflict Minerals - Activist Brief
Companies that produce electronics that could contain conflict minerals from eastern Congo have a responsibility to ensure that their business dealings are not inadvertently helping to fuel atrocities. This is not an easy task, but it is achievable ...

President Obama’s Immediate Sudan Challenge – Activist Brief

President Obama's Immediate Sudan Challenge - Activist Brief
This is the second installment in a series of letters to President Obama spelling out a practical roadmap to end the crisis in Sudan ...

Beyond Crisis Management in Eastern Congo (Activist Brief)

Beyond Crisis Management in Eastern Congo (Activist Brief)
The beleaguered people of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are justifiably angry. Despite the international community’s $500 million investment in 2006 elections and the world’s largest United Nations peacekeeping mission (costing more than $1 billion per year), the current round of fighting is the most destructive since 2005 and the latest chapter in more than 12 years of near continuous warfare ...

Mugabe’s Revenge: Halting the Violence in Zimbabwe (Activist Brief)

Mugabe's Revenge: Halting the Violence in Zimbabwe (Activist Brief)
Read our Activist Brief for a summary of the current situation in Zimbabwe, the current options for policymakers, and what you can do to help urge leaders to address the violence and the political crisis ...

A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA (Activist Brief)

A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA (Activist Brief)
Read our Activist Brief for a brief summary of Enough’s recommendations for a new approach to ending the Lord’s Resistance Army threat in northern Uganda ...

15 Years After Black Hawk Down: Somalia’s Chance? (Activist Brief)

15 Years After Black Hawk Down: Somalia's Chance? (Activist Brief)
Read our Activist Brief to learn more about the history of U.S. engagement in Somalia, better understand the crucial crossroad where Somalia finds itself, and how the international community should apply Enough’s 3P strategy for crisis response ...

Sounding the Alarm on Abyei (Activist Brief)

Sounding the Alarm on Abyei (Activist Brief)
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, Sudan’s unique, ground-breaking political deal that formally ended 21 years of war between the Khartoum government and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement, or SPLM, is lurching toward breakdown. A principal reason remains Khartoum’s failure to implement the CPA’s Abyei Protocol. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about the critical region of Abyei, the key players involved in the Abyei issue, and what the U.S. should be doing to prevent the breakdown of the CPA and promote peace in Sudan ...

Getting Serious about Ending Conflict and Sexual Violence in Congo (Activist Brief)

Getting Serious about Ending Conflict and Sexual Violence in Congo (Activist Brief)
Congolese women and girls in particular bear the vicious brunt of the crisis in eastern Congo, the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II with 5.4 million dead and counting. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about the current situation and what a comprehensive strategy for peace in Congo must entail ...

Is Anyone Serious about Ending the Political Crisis in Chad? (Activist Brief)

Is Anyone Serious about Ending the Political Crisis in Chad? (Activist Brief)
The lightning rebel strike on Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, in late January and early February is the latest and most dramatic consequence of two combustible situations: Sudan’s destabilizing regional policies and Chad’s internal political crisis. Read our Activist Brief for a summary of the current situation in Chad and the key players involved ...

Abyei: Sudan’s “Kashmir” (Activist Brief)

Abyei: Sudan’s “Kashmir” (Activist Brief)
Perhaps no area is more volatile and carries more serious implications for Sudan’s future than the oil-rich region of Abyei—Sudan’s “Kashmir”—that straddles the boundary between north and south Sudan. If the political crisis over Abyei is not addressed, there is little potential for peace in the entire country. There remains time to remedy the situation, however, and U.S. leadership is crucial. Read our Activist Brief to learn more about Abyei, U.S. policy imperatives toward this crucial region, and what you can do to make a difference ...