Conflict Minerals

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday.  Read More »

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, advocates for the U.S. government to boost its engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo during President Obama's second term. Her op-ed originally appeared in Roll Call.  Read More »

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday.  Read More »

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday.  Read More »

Weeks after delegates first arrived in the Ugandan capital of Kampala for talks aimed at ending the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo, preconditions for the negotiations are just being finalized. But as details about M23-linked gold smuggling from the conflict area underscores, the group maintains an extensive and lucrative network throughout the region, which undermines any hopes that the Kampala process alone will bring about lasting stability.  Read More »

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday.  Read More »

Student leader Bennett Collins spearheaded the St Andrews University chapter of Raise Hope for Congo's Conflict-Free Campus Initiative. In this guest post he reflects on the past year of action.   Read More »

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday.  Read More »

Weeks after M23’s takeover of Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo faces a humanitarian and political crisis. On Tuesday, December 11, John Prendergast spoke before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on the cycles of conflict in Congo and flawed peace process.  Read More »

Representatives of the March 23 Movement, or M23, and the government of the Congo have been meeting in Kampala this week as a part of an International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR, mediated effort to bring the latest round of fighting to an end. We've seen this political theater many times before. In a report released today, the Enough Project's Senior Policy Analyst Sasha Lezhnev and Co-founder John Prendergast suggest an alternate way forward.  Read More »