Breaking: New U.S. Customs Action on Congo Gold Made with Forced Labor
A new U.S. Customs and Border Protection action taken today will now require companies importing gold from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo) into the United States to prove that the gold was not made with forced labor ...
Breaking Investigative Report: International Profiteers Looted Billions from South Sudan
A new investigative report released today by The Sentry exposes an array of international profiteers from the U.S., UK, Asia, and Africa preying upon some of the most lucrative economic and government sectors in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. As international businessmen and corrupt leaders within the country extracted billions in private profits, the people of South Sudan starved, were killed, and were driven from their homelands ...
Sudan: Military Junta and Civilian Movement Leaders to Sign Historic Constitutional Declaration Tomorrow
A constitutional declaration for Sudan is scheduled to be signed tomorrow in an official ceremony in presence of regional leaders and international envoys, confirming a plan for a transition from control by a military junta to a civilian-led government ...
Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale Headed to Khartoum Tomorrow
U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale is scheduled to be in Sudan tomorrow, August 7, to meet with representatives from the Transitional Military Council and Forces for Freedom and Change, along with civil society ...
Sudan’s TMC Generals Must be Held Accountable for Violent Repression Against Civilians Demanding a Democratic Government
Millions of Sudanese converged today on the streets and designated assembly points in the capital Khartoum and in major cities and towns across the country ...
Enough Project Condemns Military Attack on Civilian Protesters in Khartoum
Today, in a violent offensive action, Sudanese security forces attacked peaceful protesters in the capital Khartoum, killing at least 13 people, according to the latest reports from eyewitnesses. The Enough Project condemns in the strongest terms this cowardly attack by security forces against peaceful protesters demanding a civilian government in Sudan. The ruling Transitional Military Council bears the full responsibility and must be held accountable for this massacre ...
New DR Congo Investigative Report: Covert Capital
A new investigation by Enough's partner, The Sentry, has uncovered how family members and allies of former President Joseph Kabila attempted to acquire a stake in three commercial banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, accounting for more than one quarter of Congo’s $5 billion banking sector ...
Sudan: Protestors and Transitional Military Council Avert “Tiananmen” Moment in Khartoum
Today's news from Khartoum indicate a lowering of the tension in the standoff between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Coalition of Freedom and Change, a coalition of professional and civil society organizations and opposition parties, and the major force behind the popular uprising in Sudan. This followed two days of heightened tensions during which the two parties appeared headed toward confrontation, stoked by threats from a military commander ...
New Report: Strategies for Cleaning Up Corruption in Post-Election DR Congo
In a new report released today, The Sentry highlights the pervasive role of profiteers and financiers in the perpetration of atrocities, pointing to critical omissions in the ways those crimes are prosecuted ...
Enough Project and Don Cheadle Issue Warning About Sudan’s Coup
The Enough Project is gravely concerned by the nature of the coup d'etat that took place in Sudan overnight. President Omar al-Bashir's First Vice-President and Minister of Defense, General Awad Ibn Auf, announced that he is taking power on behalf of the Supreme Security Committee, the country's main security force ...
