Enough Project

Congo Army Rapes Detailed in UN Report as Special Brigade Arrives

May 15, 2013

The cycle of sexual violence that has been churning throughout the eastern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has refused to stop, despite all the steps the United Nations has taken over decades to end the epidemic. Just last fall, systematic rapes, committed by the Congolese Army, occurred in an area around …

Africa, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women

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Illegal Gold Mining Runs Rampant in Eastern Congo

February 26, 2013

by Lorraine Boissoneault

Gold is now one of the most problematic conflict minerals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and United Nations Security Council sanctions on the illegal mining of natural resources, including gold, have done little to prevent smugglers from profiting, says a new report from a German foundation. The foundation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, is …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council

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Congo Miners See Hope While Rebels Sow Unrest

October 17, 2012

by Dulcie Leimbach

Important progress in controlling the mining of tin, tantalum and tungsten in the troubled eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo has been achieved, says a report from the Enough Project, a Washington nonprofit group focused on Africa. Yet renewed fighting that began in the spring between regional militias and Congolese national troops, who …