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CNN Op-ed: Rwanda the key to Congo’s peace

CNN Op-ed: Rwanda the key to Congo's peace
The escalation in recent days of eastern Congo's brutal war demonstrates that unless its root causes are addressed in a broader peace process, violence could intensify and Rwanda could be drawn more directly into the fray, regionalizing the war ...

USA Today Op-ed: George Clooney: Sudan could become a second Syria

USA Today Op-ed: George Clooney: Sudan could become a second Syria
The last two times the Sudan government perpetrated horrific attacks against civilian populations in the disputed territory of Abyei, a Connecticut-sized political football contested by both Sudan and South Sudan, we visited with the survivors after the fact ...

Daily Beast Op-ed: Clooney’s Satellites Detect Sudan Threat

Daily Beast Op-ed: Clooney's Satellites Detect Sudan Threat
Satellite surveillance can do more than document abuses after they happen. By combining information from citizen journalists with analysis of troop movements visible in imagery captured from 300 miles away in space, we can alert the world of the potential for an attack on civilians in Sudan, even before troops fully deploy ...

Sudan Tribune Op-ed: Sudanese recreate the spirit of the first revolution in Sudan

Sudan Tribune Op-ed: Sudanese recreate the spirit of the first revolution in Sudan
It seems as though Sudan’s peaceful protest movement, which took on a more subdued tone after the state security forces’ mass detentions and shoot-to-kill policies, has been lost in translation as well ...

Sudan Tribune Op-ed: Abyei’s Anticipated Referendum

Sudan Tribune Op-ed: Abyei's Anticipated Referendum
The gate into the town of Abyei, located on the contested border between Sudan and South Sudan, is raised. An Ethiopian peacekeeper sits in the shade of a bunker laced with razor wire. He’s devoid of rifle or helmet ...

Daily Beast Op-ed: Is Sudan’s Uprising the Beginning of the End of Omar al Bashir?

Daily Beast Op-ed: Is Sudan's Uprising the Beginning of the End of Omar al Bashir?
Unrest in Sudan is rattling the dictator’s ruthless regime. Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast on why these protests mean serious trouble for the tyrant of Darfur ...

Foreign Policy Op-ed: Persona Non Grata

Foreign Policy Op-ed: Persona Non Grata
For the first time ever, attendees at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week may include a sitting head of state who is the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for genocide and crimes against humanity ...

AllAfrica Op-ed: What King’s Legacy Means for Africa Today

AllAfrica Op-ed: What King's Legacy Means for Africa Today
While the recent 50th anniversary commemoration of the "March on Washington" to demand rights for African Americans focused attention on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s unfinished domestic agenda in the United States, Dr. King was also strongly committed to a global human rights movement, particularly related to Africa ...

AllAfrica Op-ed: Bringing Peace to the Congo – a Blueprint for Special Envoy Feingold

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 ...

The Hill Op-ed: Obama’s Africa Visit, Turning Rhetoric into Reality in the Great Lakes Region

The Hill Op-ed: Obama's Africa Visit, Turning Rhetoric into Reality in the Great Lakes Region
President Obama recently concluded his six-day trip to the African continent, ticking off successful stops in Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania ...