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The Hill Op-ed: The case against Sudanese President Omar al Bashir
Posted by John Bradshaw on Apr 5, 2013
Match Battalion Member Torches Village

The tenth anniversary of the genocide in Darfur has focused renewed attention on the crimes that the Sudanese regime has committed against its people and the pending International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for President Omar al Bashir and other Sudanese officials. But the fact that the regime’s crimes extend far beyond Darfur and continue to this day has remained under the radar.

Policy Alert: The United States and Uganda Should Remain Committed to Ending the Lord's Resistance Army
Posted by Enough Team on Apr 3, 2013
US military advisors in central Africa

The Ugandan army has suspended its operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, in the Central African Republic, or CAR, and U.S. military advisors have also suspended their counter-LRA operations in the country. According to sources, the Ugandan government is divided about remaining in CAR, with some using recent developments in Bangui as an argument for a speedy end to counter LRA operations.

AllAfrica Feature: Africa, 'Enough' Fellows to Focus On Worst Cases
Posted by Enough Team on Apr 3, 2013
Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast

There is good news out of Africa. Some of the world's fastest growing economies are African. International investment is growing. 

Fixing the Broken Approach to Peace Between the Sudans
Posted by Carrie Beason on Mar 29, 2013
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.

Politico Op-Ed: U.S. must act on Congo now
Posted by JD Stier on Mar 26, 2013
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.