Congo: Beauty and Destruction

Sasha Lezhnev, Executive Director of Grassroots Reconciliation Group and consultant to Enough, describes how he first got involved with the campaign to end mass atrocities. From first becoming aware of conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone to leading the charge on conflict minerals in the Congo, Sasha's story helps provide historical perspective on how to end the atrocities occurring in the Congo. Through the promotion of activist and legislative actions, Sasha is a leader in the campaign to trace, audit and certify minerals being mined in the Congo and used in our own electronic devices and jewelry.

Enough Blogger Laura Heaton keeps you up to date on the most recent developments in Congo as part of our Enough Talk podcast series.

Special Assistant Amanda Hsiao updates you on the most recent developments in Sudan and Darfur as part of our Enough Talk podcast series.

Enough Blogger Laura Heaton keeps you up to date on the most recent developments in Sudan and Darfur as part of our Enough Talk podcast series.

Enough Research Associate David Sullivan keeps you up to date on the most recent developments in Congo as part of our Enough Talk podcast series.

David Sullivan, Enough Field Reseacher, discusses his oberservations from the ground in eastern Congo. What is life like in the cities as opposed to the country side? How can businesses clean up their supply chains?

In its Sudan policy review completed in mid-October 2009, the Obama administration indicated it would regularly assess the progress of peace in Sudan�or lack thereof. Enough Said blogger Laura Heaton discusses the administration's secret benchmarks, as well as, what the activist community believes the benchmarks should be.

Discussion on the changing situation in Eastern Congo. Two significant events in the past two weeks have dramatically changed the situation in eastern Congo: Arresting a war criminal and an effort to remove one of the major threats to civilians in eastern Congo.

In the first episode of a special two part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). This episode focuses on the situation on the ground.

Colin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.