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Walk to End Genocide in Los Angeles

Walk to End Genocide

Join Enough Project partner organization Jewish World Watch, or JWW, for the 7th Annual Walk to End Genocide on Sunday, April 14.  Read More »

Policy Alert: New U.N. brigade in Congo is an opportunity

 MONUSCO deploys troops in Bunagana to secure populations

The new peace enforcement brigade approved by the UN Security Council on March 28, 2013 to operate under the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo, or MONUSCO, presents an opportunity to significantly reduce the strength of illegal armed groups if paired with special forces training, a robust defections program , and a comprehensive peace process led by new U.N. Envoy Mary Robinson.   Read More »

CNN Op-ed: Congo's "Terminator" Surrenders, What Next for Peace?

Ntaganda during his first appearance before judges of the ICC.

On March 18, a Congolese warlord known as Bosco "the Terminator" Ntaganda surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda.   Read More »

Fixing the Broken Approach to Peace Between the Sudans

Presidents Omar al-Bashir and Salve Kirr, of Sudan and South Sudan respectively.

Earlier this week, U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei, or UNISFA, completed the first verification mission to confirm troop withdrawal on both sides of the highly disputed 14-mile area. While this success is reason for cautious optimism in the peace process between Sudan and South Sudan, a new Enough Project policy paper presents critical contextual perspective on the ongoing cycle of progress and setback that has become typical of peace negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan.  Read More »

The Enough Project Announces the Launch of its Non-Resident Senior Fellows Program

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Today, the Enough Project launched its Non-Resident Senior Fellows Program. The roster features a unique and diverse group of 26 distinguished policy experts, scholars, frontline activists, and celebrity upstanders.  Read More »

Hepatitis E Outbreak Wreaking Havoc in Upper Nile

Basic items for latest arrivals from Blue Nile

In recent months, a hepatitis E epidemic has spread to four refugee camps situated in Maban County along the border of Sudan and South Sudan. Nearly 113,000 Sudanese refugees live in these four crowded camps in Upper Nile State.  Currently, South Sudan hosts over 190,000 refugees who have fled from the Sudanese government’s campaign of violence against civilians.  Thus far, the hepatitis E outbreak has affected more than 7,287 refugees and resulted in 128 deaths.    Read More »

M23 Rebel Leader Bosco Ntaganda Pleads 'Not Guilty' at the International Criminal Court

Bosco Ntaganda

In a bizarre turn of events, M23 rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali on March 18th amidst swirling rumors of his presence in Rwanda, reports of internal fighting among M23 factions, and an impending peace deal between rebels and the Congolese government.  Read More »

Politico Op-Ed: U.S. must act on Congo now

The petition was delivered to the White House in January. | Donovan Slack/POLITI

This op-ed originally appeared on Politico.

On March 18, one of the world’s worst warlords, Bosco Ntaganda, turned himself in to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. Ntaganda, also known as “The Terminator,” is the leader of several brutal armed groups and army units, including the M23, that have terrorized eastern Congo for over a decade. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.  Read More »

Crisis Brewing in Yida Refugee Camp on the Two Sudans' Shared Border

Sudanese refugee in Yida Camp, South Sudan

The U.N. reports that every day approximately 338 refugees cross from South Kordofan, Sudan, into newly independent South Sudan. Yida refugee camp now hosts more than 70,000 Sudanese who are fleeing atrocities and starvation warfare in their home country. However, the U.N.'s refugee agency maintains that Yida, which lies mere kilometers from the international border between the two Sudans, is an unsuitable location for an “official” refugee camp. Notwithstanding the fact that the camp has been hosting refugees for almost 20 months, the U.N. classifies the camp as a "transit" facility. The reality on the ground tells a very different story.  Read More »

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