Enough Project Considers Effects of South Sudan Oil Shutdown
South Sudan’s recent decision to shut down oil production has serious economic and political consequences for the world’s newest nation, according to a new Enough Project report. The report, What Could the Oil Shutdown Mean for South Sudan?, identifies possible effects of the oil shutdown, including increased food insecurity, reductions in government-funded development projects, layoffs or salary cuts for government employees, and escalated tensions with Sudan ...
George Clooney, Members of Congress, Human Rights and Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting at Sudanese Embassy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allyson Neville-Morgan, United to End Genocide [email protected], 202-368-9387 Matt Brown, Enough Project [email protected], 202-468-2925 Sudanese President's Food & Aid Blockade Threatens 500,000 Lives Washington, D.C. – George Clooney, President of United to End Genocide and former Congressman Tom Andrews, Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Jim Moran (D-VA) and John Olver (D-MA), Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast, and other human rights and faith leaders were arrested today for civil disobedience outside of the Sudanese Embassy while protesting the escalating humanitarian emergency in Sudan that threatens the lives ...
Enough Project Media Advisory: Beyond Kony 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Brown, [email protected], +1-202-468-2925 Please Note: Enough Policy Analyst Ashley Benner and Enough Policy Consultant Sasha Lezhnev are available for interviews about the LRA and the Kony 2012 campaign. WASHINGTON – This past week, our partner organization Invisible Children launched its “Kony 2012” campaign introducing millions of viewers to the brutal rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, and its leader, Joseph Kony. The Enough Project is committed to arresting Kony and his top commanders as part of a comprehensive strategy to end the LRA crisis and bring lasting peace to the region. In response ...
George Clooney Witnesses War Crimes in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains – New Enough Project Video
George Clooney witnessed indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the conflict-torn state of South Kordofan, Sudan during a trip last week with Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast. A four-minute Enough Project video released today, written and directed by Clooney, documents an aerial attack in the Nuba Mountains and spotlights the urgency for action to stop the targeting of civilians in Sudan ...
Campaign Aiming for Arrest of Wanted War Criminal Goes Viral
WASHINGTON DC – Nonprofit Invisible Children, in partnership with the Enough Project and Resolve, launched a year-long campaign called KONY 2012 to advocate for the arrest of indicted war criminal Joseph Kony. After launching Monday afternoon, a short film at the heart of the campaign went viral on YouTube and Vimeo and has been a trending topic across social media sites Facebook and Twitter ...
Planned Government Disarmament Campaign Risks further Destabilizing Jonglei State
JUBA, South Sudan – The government of the Republic of South Sudan should delay a disarmament campaign in Jonglei state until relations between the state’s three major communities begin to stabilize and security can be ensured, said the Enough Project. Instead, to create the necessary conditions for a future disarmament campaign, the government should immediately initiate a high-level peace process and ensure that humanitarian assistance and security reach vulnerable communities. Conducting a disarmament campaign in the volatility of the current environment will create more insecurity, lead to a further loss of credibility of the government among the affected communities, and ...
Successful London Conference Important for Future of Somalia: Enough Project Report
Today’s London Conference on the future of Somalia is widely seen as a critical moment in Somalia’s long 20-year crisis and could shape the direction of the country in the coming years, for better or for worse, according to a new Enough Project report. The report, “Somalia: What to Expect of the London Conference and Beyond,” by Somalia expert Ken Menkhaus, details the expectations of the conference and the future of Somalia after its political transition is completed in the next six months ...
Congo Peace Framework Incomplete without Follow-on Negotiations, US Envoy
The “Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region” to be signed on February 24 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia will only succeed if it is followed up by a robust peace process led by a capable United Nations mediator and strong backing from the United States. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will preside over the signing by Congo and neighboring countries ...
International Community Must Help Reform Congo’s Justice System: Enough Project Report
The United States and the international community must strongly support Congolese partners to reform the country’s justice system in order to break the flagrant cycle of impunity and promote accountability, according to a new Enough Project report ...
International Meeting on Africa’s Great Lakes Should Take Steps Towards Regional Stability: Enough Report
The International Contact Group on Africa’s Great Lakes region should focus the efforts of its meeting later this week on enacting strong consequences and accountability measures against the Congolese government for recent electoral fraud, coordinating assistance for military justice reform in Congo, creating a multilateral negotiation process for an international conflict-minerals certification scheme, and generating more troops, robust intelligence, and transport capabilities to assist in the fight to end the LRA, according to a new Enough Project report ...
