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Open NGO Letter to President Obama on South Sudan

Open NGO Letter to President Obama on South Sudan
The Enough Project joined a diverse community of 19 advocacy, faith and human rights organizations issuing an open letter to President Obama as he embarks upon his historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia. The letter urges the President to take a number of specific steps to help combat the culture of impunity to forge an enabling environment for peace negotiations ...

Testimony of Akshaya Kumar- The Current Human Rights Situation in South Sudan

Testimony of Akshaya Kumar, Enough Project Sudan and South Sudan Policy Analyst, before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “The Current Human Rights Situation in South Sudan,” given on July 10, 2015 ...

Neighborhood Watch: Mobilizing Regional Action for Peace in South Sudan

Neighborhood Watch: Mobilizing Regional Action for Peace in South Sudan
Political Economy of African Wars Series "Neighborhood Watch: Mobilizing Regional Action for Peace in South Sudan" is the first in the Enough Project's new series of in-depth, field research-driven reports on the dynamics of profit and power fueling war in the Horn, East and Central Africa. Violent kleptocracies dominate the political landscape of this region, leading to protracted conflicts marked by the commission of mass atrocities by state and non-state actors. Enough's Political Economy of African Wars series will focus on the key players in these conflicts, their motivations, how they benefit from the evolving war economies, and what policies ...

Open Letter on U.S. Engagement in South Sudan’s Peace Process

In an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Ambassador Susan Rice, and Ambassador Samantha Power, Enough Project Founding Director John Prendergast supports the U.S. Government's ongoing efforts and proposes specific steps for enhancing engagement toward the current South Sudan peace process ...

Joint NGO letter to UN Security Council Members regarding the draft resolution on sanctions for South Sudan

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The Enough Project, United to End Genocide, and Voices for Sudan sent a letter today to the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council urging the Council to vote in favor of the draft resolution on global targeted sanctions currently before them ...

Joint NGO letter to IGAD members calling for embargo on arms flow to South Sudan

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Joint NGO letter to IGAD members calling for embargo on arms flow to South Sudan
The Enough Project, along with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Oxfam and a coalition of other international and local human rights organizations signed a letter calling on members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to immediately impose a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan. We call on IGAD to issue a communiqué requesting that the United Nations (UN) Security Council adopt a resolution imposing a comprehensive international arms embargo ...

The Good Lie Student Discussion Guide

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The Good Lie Student Discussion Guide
​The Good Lie, a new Warner Brothers film, depicts the shared experiences of several of the "Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan" during the Second Sudanese Civil War and is a powerful point of entry into the story of peace and conflict in South Sudan. This discussion guide can be used in the classroom or among youth groups to enhance and inform conversations surrounding the film ...

Activist Brief: South Sudan

South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in 2011, marking a major milestone and promising to bring with it peace, prosperity, equality, and development. However, in December 2013, a political power struggle unleashed a new and brutal armed conflict that continues today and civilians are paying the highest price ...

Spoils of War, Spoilers of Peace: Changing the Calculus of South Sudan’s Deadly Conflict

Spoils of War, Spoilers of Peace: Changing the Calculus of South Sudan's Deadly Conflict
South Sudan's civil war, which has exacted a terrible toll on its civilian population, has its origins in a power struggle between factions aligned with President Salva Kiir and those who have joined former Vice President Riek Machar. Despite repeated pledges to put down their weapons, both sides have demonstrated a clear commitment to a military “solution” instead of a negotiated settlement. The country’s competing privileged elites are sacrificing their own peoples’ lives to secure the political and economic benefits—including massive state-corroding corruption—derived from control of the state. In his opening remarks at the latest round of peace talks underway ...

Enough Forum: The Military Dynamics of South Sudan’s Civil War

After seven months of war and several failed attempts at peace, South Sudan’s civil war shows few signs of letting up ...
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