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  • Mary Robinson's Next Steps to Help End Congo's Deadly War
    Fidel Bafilemba, Sasha Lezhnev, and John Prendergast, May 16, 2013
    Joseph Kabila and Mary Robinson

    Peace has a better chance to take root in eastern Congo now than at any time since the cycle of conflict began in the early to mid-1990s. This report analyzes the factors that contribute to the unique role the U.N. special envoy Mary Robinson can play in establishing a more comprehensive and inclusive peace process that addresses the core drivers of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

  • Darfur's Gold Rush: State-Sponsored Atrocities 10 Years After the Genocide
    Omer Ismail and Akshaya Kumar, May 9, 2013
    Sudanese displaced women carry firewood at Abu Shouk camp, in north Darfur.

    A joint report by the Enough Project and Satellite Sentinel Project examines the Abbala militias' recent power play to gain control over lucrative gold mines in North Darfur and makes the case that these actions are a continuation of state-sponsored atrocity and plunder. 

  • Hidden in Plain Sight: Sudan's Harboring of the LRA in the Kafia Kingi Enclave, 2009-2013
    The Resolve, Invisible Children and the Enough Project , Apr 26, 2013
    Kafia Kingi enclave border (credit: Invisible Children)

    A  report co-produced by The Resolve, Invisible Children,  and the Enough Project uses satellite imagery and testimony from Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) defectors to document the renewal of Sudan’s support to the LRA from 2009 until at least early 2013, and to pinpoint the likely location of rebel leader Joseph Kony’s recent camp in Sudanese-controlled territory.

  • Architects of Atrocity: The Sudanese Government’s War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Torture in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States
    The Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project Teams , Apr 3, 2013
    Satellite imagery of aerial bombardment in Amara, Blue Nile, Sudan.

    Over the past two years, the Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, have used DigitalGlobe satellite imagery and on-the-ground research to gather information that could serve as evidence of the Sudanese government’s responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in its South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. This joint publication is a compilation of satellite imagery and legal analysis of the atrocities commmited since June 2011. 

  • Rights Groups Statement: Civilians Will Face Heightened Atrocities if Uganda and US End Operations to Counter Kony’s LRA
    Enough Team, Apr 3, 2013

    Invisible Children, the Enough Project, and The Resolve released a statement on the implications of a premature conclusion to Ugandan and U.S. supported operations to counter the LRA in central and east Africa. 

  • The Broken Approach to Peace Between the Sudans: A Proposal to End the Cycle of Incremental Progress and Dangerous Delay
    Omer Ismail and Akshaya Kumar, Mar 28, 2013
    Presidents Omar al-Bashir and Salve Kirr, of Sudan and South Sudan respectively.

    The international community’s current approach to brokering peace between the two Sudans is caught in a counterproductive cycle. This paper argues that the issues troubling the most recent negotiations are symptomatic of broader problems with the international community’s efforts to broker peace in the Sudans, identifies the underlying reasons why the process has failed to move forward, and proposes three recommendations for a more viable strategy.

  • Intelligence Needs in the Hunt for the LRA
    Ashley Benner, Feb 21, 2013
    Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building.

    Current efforts to end the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, including the deployment of U.S. military advisors to East and Central Africa, are unlikely to succeed if they are not accompanied by substantial diplomatic, military, logistical, and intelligence support. This series of LRA issue briefs describes the main obstacles to success and explains what steps the United States and its partners should take in their efforts to end the LRA threat.

  • Open Letter to President Obama
    John Prendergast and John C. Bradshaw, Feb 15, 2013
    President Obama is sworn in for second term in the Blue Room.

    In an open letter to the President, Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast and Executive Director John C. Bradshaw offer specific policy recommendations for Congo, the Sudans and the Lord's Resistance Army.

  • Coordinated International Leverage: The Missing Element from Congo's Peace Process
    Aaron Hall and Akshaya Kumar, Feb 14, 2013
    President Joseph Kabila of DRC

    Editor's note: This paper is the final installment in the Enough Project's three-part series on the process, substance, and leverage necessary to create a path toward a viable peace in eastern Congo and the wider region.

  • Peace by Committee: The 17 Committees and Commissions Responsible for Making Peace between the Two Sudans
    Jenn Christian and Akshaya Kumar, Feb 12, 2013
    Sinar, a Sudanese woman in the Batil Refugee Camp

    On September 27, 2012, President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan signed nine landmark agreements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The agreements mark the culmination of a two-year long negotiation process facilitated by the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel, or AUHIP, and address issues arising from South Sudan's independence from Sudan.