Op-eds

In Somalia, a year-long military offensive by Kenyan and Somali forces has succeeded in capturing the strategic seaport of Kismayo from the jihadi group al-Shabaab. The liberation of Kismayo is a major setback for al-Shabaab, but is also a big test for the African peacekeeping force—the African Union Mission in Somalia, or AMISOM—and the new post-transition Somali government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. If the Kenyan forces win the war but lose the peace—by mishandling how the liberated city is administered by local authorities—it could create new clan conflicts, drive disaffected clans into tactical alliances with al-Shaabab, and undermine the ...

As global leaders meet in New York this week at the United Nations, pressing issues from a rising violent anti-American protests in the Middle East to rising sea levels in the arctic will be on the world’s table. But one often unknown and underserved humanitarian disaster is finally getting a look from the international community and from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, himself ...

Buried beneath the grisly headlines from Somalia from the last few weeks was some unexpectedly good news: The newly appointed Somali parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to serve as the first post-transition head of state. This is a seismic event in Somalia -- but not for the reasons many observers presume, writes Enough Project senior fellow Ken Menkhaus for Foreign Policy ...

In this op-ed for Global Post, I outline some steps people moved by "Kony 2012" can take to help end the Lord's Resistance Army ...

In an op-ed that originally appeared on the homepage of CNN.com we write about the momentum generated by the new film Kony 2012 and what the Obama administration must do to stop Joseph Kony and end the Lord's Resistance Army he leads ...

You'd think by the second decade of 21st century — with the development of international accountability and prevention mechanisms — that the use of starvation would have disappeared from the arsenal of war weapons because it bears too high a cost for the perpetrator. The people of Sudan would beg to differ, George Clooney and I write in an op-ed appearing on TIME.com today ...

Actress and activist Robin Wright recently traveled to eastern Congo with the Enough Project. Her op-ed reflecting on the trip and what advocates can do to promote peace originally appeared on CNN.com, along with her video trip diaries ...

George Clooney and John Prendergast used their prime real estate in The Washington Post to describe some of the conversations and observations from their recent trip to Sudan that led them to conclude “the catastrophic war between the north and the south that ended in 2005, after 2.5 million deaths, could resume.” ...

There are just 128 days to go until southern Sudan votes in a referendum that will likely split the country in two. But the U.S. is doing far less than it could to help ward off potential violence at this crucial moment for Africa's largest country ...

Don’t miss the op-ed authored by critically-acclaimed author Dave Eggers and Enough Co-founder John Prendergast in The New York Times today ...