North Kivu: Controversy as Refugee Returns Exacerbate Land Conflicts
The return of Congolese refugees from neighboring Rwanda remains a particularly contentious issue here in North Kivu, eastern Congo. This Dispatch presents a closer look at some of the patterns of returns and specific types of land disputes that have emerged during the past months, and their potential to further destabilize the region ...
Field Dispatch: Election Grievances Reverberate in the Countdown to the South’s Referendum
In the immediate aftermath of Sudan’s elections back in April, several potential flashpoints emerged. While the polls had passed generally peacefully in the South (at least at face value), the post-elections period has been marked by an escalation in tensions ...
Renewing the Pledge: Re-Engaging the Guarantors to the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement
A global coalition of 26 humanitarian and human rights organizations published this report calling for urgent action from African heads of state who will meet at a major summit of the African Union in Uganda from July 19-27 ...
Field Dispatch: Disturbing Developments in the Hunt for Kony
Although the details remain highly murky, it appears that the Ugandan army suffered a significant loss of troops in the Central African Republic, or CAR, as those forces continue to hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army ...
On the Heels of Kony: The Untold Tragedy Unfolding in the Central African Republic
Enough Field Research Ledio Cakaj follows the violent path of Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army ...
A Benchmarks Report Card for Sudan
Based upon the rigorous analysis of leading indicators across nine overarching categories of benchmarks, the Enough Project, the Save Darfur Coalition, and partners developed the following assessment of the amount of change or improvement that has been observed in key areas over the last six months ...
Grading the Benchmarks
The Obama administration built a diplomatic approach to Sudan around periodic, hard-nosed policy assessments of the situation on the ground and the judicious deployment of incentives and pressures in response to the situation on the ground. Yet to date, there are virtually no indications that the administration has held any of the parties to account for their actions since the policy review was announced, and senior administration officials appear badly divided on their approach to Sudan. There is a pressing need for Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama to become directly involved, not only to signal that Sudan is ...
Southern Sudan’s Post-Election Flashpoints
Although the bulk of the results for Sudan’s recent national, regional, state, and local elections have been announced, the potential for local outbreaks of post-election violence in certain areas of the South remains. At this tense juncture, the results of several hotly contested races for state governor may spark local violence and potentially broader conflict in the near future, with consequences for the South’s fast-approaching self determination referendum. This dispatch provides a brief overview of some of the more disconcerting situations ...
The Darfur Peace Process: Recipe for a Bad Deal?
Enough experts provide an update on the Darfur peace talks in Doha and lay out the calculations of each side ...
“Girifna”: Student Activists in Khartoum Have Had Enough
Amjed Farid is a young student activist involved with the Girifna movement in Khartoum, Sudan. As a participant in this movement, Amjed shared some of his thoughts on the goals of Girifna ...
