OC For Darfur strategy meeting is this Tuesday, Oct 27

Hi everyone,
This past week has been quite eventful. On Monday, the Obama administration released their official foreign policy towards ending the genocide in Sudan. This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully it’ll make a significant difference in this critical situation.
Then this past Saturday, a few of us attended the screening of The [...]

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The Reckoning, a new documentary on the ICC premieres in July

“The Reckoning” by Pamela Yates, follows dynamic ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team for three years across four continents as he issues arrest warrants for Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system, and charges Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur.
Watch the trailer [...]

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“The World’s New Threat: Conflict Fatigue”

The current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo calls for our attention. However, according to two individuals connected to Enough, there is a major obstacle facing its resolution.
That obstacle?
“Conflict fatigue“.
Click here to read the article recently published on the subject – quite interesting.
The world has a lot of work to do…Anyone advocating for an end [...]

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Rape – A Weapon of War

Today, an expert spoke with several US senators about a common weapon of war.
No, that weapon was not guns nor was it bombs. It was rape.
Rape is far too often used as a means of bringing down the enemy during a war – as is the case currently in Darfur and the Congo (DRC).
1100 rapes [...]

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The Greatest Silence – DRC’s Women Find Their Voice

From the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange -
Since 1998, a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers [...]

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Bringing Smiles to Congo’s Children

A group of performing clowns (creatively named Clowns Without Borders) plans to tour displacement camps in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Children make up more than 50% of the population of camps in eastern DRC. A spokesperson for Clowns Without Borders believes that the clowns may help the camps’ children “overcome their trauma”.
The group previously performed [...]

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South Sudan Preparing for Darfur Refugees?

With critical aid groups expelled from Darfur, many believe that it is only a matter of time before refugees head south.
The UN and the Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC) are preparing for a possible mass influx of Darfur internally displaced persons seeking food, water, shelter, and other assistance.
Problem is, South Sudan has issues of [...]

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