Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo risks spawning a regional war for the second time in a decade, after the nation's allies pledged to help repel a rebel advance, analyst groups such as The Enough Project said.
READ Enough Field Researcher Rebecca Feeley’s interview.
The next president will face an unprecedented array of foreign policy demands upon taking office in January. The urgent national security challenges are the most visible among them, with Iraq and Afghanistan topping the list. But Pakistan, the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflagration, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, and the global financial crisis will also cry out for immediate attention.
What distinguishes the recent coordinated car-bombings across northern Somalia from the steady stream of bad news to which we have become accustomed coming out of this part of the world?
China has again assumed the Presidency of the U.N. Security Council, a position that it last held in July 2007 when it led the authorization of a U.N. peacekeeping force for Darfur. At that time, Beijing appeared to be responding to a global campaign by activists, in advance of the Olympics, to shame China into using its influence to address human rights crises in locales in which it has significant economic investments. But China's actions have belied its rhetoric, and it has continued to protect its favorite deadly dictators in places like Darfur, Burma, and Zimbabwe.
Tomorrow, China assumes the Presidency of the U.N. Security Council, a position that it last held in July 2007 when it led the authorization of a U.N. peacekeeping force for Darfur. At that time, Beijing appeared to be responding to a global campaign by activists, in advance of the Olympics, to shame China into using its influence to address human rights crises in locales in which it has significant economic investments. But China's actions have belied its rhetoric, and it has continued to protect its favorite deadly dictators in places like Darfur, Burma, and Zimbabwe.
“I gave the army a free hand to move out in all directions, to use all of its weapons, with no restraints, no restrictions, whatsoever” – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, in Agence France-Presse, September 3, 2002
With indications that the International Criminal Court will move against Sudanese President Bashir for crimes against humanity, we here at the ENOUGH Project thought you might like to be reminded of some of his past comments and behavior:
This week the International Criminal Court, or ICC, took important steps toward promoting peace and accountability in Sudan by urging an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity against the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Sadly, but somewhat unsurprisingly, the step has set off a chorus of hand-wringing among certain diplomats, academics, and pundits who are now arguing that holding perpetrators of crimes against humanity accountable for their actions is unhelpful. In the Financial Times a columnist positively quelled at the notion of bad people being held responsible for their actions, bemoaning that “the threat of international justice may in fact be working against peace.” A veteran academic expressed his worry that almost all African senior officials could be made vulnerable to similar charges by this precedent.
LISTEN as Enough Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen explains the latest developments for Center for American Progress Action Fund's Mic Check Radio and on the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
In October 2008, ENOUGH launched the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign to protect and empower Congolese women and girls. Learn more and join the movement!
Facing History and Ourselves and Enough have partnered to create free Darfur curriculum for U.S. Schools
Enough Chair John Prendergast joined activist Samantha Power in a unique video cube portrait by artist Lincoln Schatz, featured in the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine.
Watch the interviews with co-authors Gregory Leffel and Bill Mefford, and 
listen to a podcast from the August 7th press conference announcing the new study guide.
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to the Don Cheadle & John Prendergast interview on Darfur and their book, Not on Our Watch.
