Op-eds
Le Monde Tribune : En Centrafrique, les groupes armés prolifèrent grâce à une impunité totale
Quatorze factions armées, une myriade de milices locales, des intrusions de mercenaires venus des pays limitrophes, une armée informelle « milicianisée ». En août, soit moins d’un an après le retrait officiel de l’opération militaire française « Sangaris », plus de 80 % du territoire de la République centrafricaine est sous le contrôle ou l’influence de milices armées ...
TIME Op-ed: An American Lobbying Firm Is Helping Sudan’s Vile Regime
In this op-ed, George Clooney and John Prendergast call out powerhouse D.C. lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs for representing the Sudanese government in its campaign to lift U.S. sanctions on Sudan ...
U.S. News and World Report Op-ed: Reverse Course in South Sudan
In this piece, Enough's Founding Director John Prendergast argues for a completely revamped approach to peace in South Sudan ...
Chemical Watch Op-ed: Controversy Grows in US over Plans to Abolish Conflict Minerals Rule
In this piece, the Enough's Annie Callaway and Ian Schwab highlight the recent groundswell of support from Congolese groups, as well as a number of businesses, investors, and the public for maintaining the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule, in response to attempts to undermine it ...
TIME Op-ed: Why Donald Trump Needs to Take Action on Sudan
In this op-ed, Enough's John Prendergast discusses the opportunity for the U.S. government to create a new human rights and peace track as part of a revitalized Sudan policy that addresses core U.S. interests such as peace, human rights, security, and good governance ...
NY Times Op-ed: Somalia and the Limits of U.S. Bombing
There are multiple signs suggesting that the United States will accelerate its military efforts in Somalia against al-Shabaab extremists. In a new piece in the New York Times, Jon Temin, our Director of Policy and Research, explains the risks associated with this approach, and why it may backfire ...
Wall Street Journal Op-ed: Let the Private Sector Help Tackle the Migration Crisis
In this op-ed, The Sentry co-founder George Clooney writes that businesses and charities can boost transparency and aid in resettling international refugees ...
Mediapart Tribune : En finir avec l’impunité pour éviter un nouveau nettoyage ethnique en Centrafrique
En choisissant d’imposer des sanctions ciblées à l’encontre de deux commandants de milices armées, Abdoulaye Hissène et Maxime Mokom, les Etats Unis redonnent une lueur d’espoir dans la lutte contre l’impunité en République Centrafricaine ...
Daily Beast Op-ed: Corrupt Leaders Thrust South Sudan Into Famine and Abject Ruin
A legacy of corruption and violence has finally caught up to South Sudan, the world’s newest country, as the United Nations has declared a full-blown famine, a rare designation not made for any part of the world since 2011. Multiple UN officials have additionally warned that the country, riven by armed conflict, stands on the brink of genocide ...
Washington Post Op-ed: South Sudan’s Government-made Famine
Official, U.N.-declared famines are a rare phenomenon. The last one worldwide was six years ago, in Somalia. Famines are declared officially when people have already begun to starve to death. It is the diplomatic equivalent of a seven-alarm fire. That is where the youngest country in the world, South Sudan, finds itself today, as 100,000 face immediate starvation and another 1 million are on its brink ...
