opinion
SUDAN REVELATION
Atta brings a résumé with the least appropriate background imaginable for a regime seeking to whitewash a record of corruption, repression, genocide, terrorism, and discrimination.
John Prendergast is the Founding Director of the Enough Project and the Co-Founder of The Sentry.
opinion
KAKOCRACY
Wednesday’s agreement is at its heart simply a crass division of the spoils between the rival factions with the biggest guns.
THE CHAOS CALCULUS
Millions of people already are displaced by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now President Kabila is using the slaughter to keep himself in power.
Kleptocracy
The infant nation of South Sudan is already close to death, thanks to some of the world’s most corrupt leaders. The good news is, death isn’t inevitable.
Meanwhile, Where No One’s Looking…
About 6,800 miles east of Trump Tower, a genuine crisis may be exploding into genocide. We have the power to stop it. But what about the will?
Independence Movement
South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, is facing one of those consequential moments that will impact millions of lives.
BLOOD MONEY
The missing ingredient in every one of Africa’s peace processes today is sufficient leverage to shift the calculations of these violent kleptocrats from war to peace.
HIJACKED COUNTRIES
The U.S. Department of Justice has gone after FIFA and the government of Sudan with many of the same tools. It needs to keep ratcheting up the pressure.
CORRUPTION ERUPTION
The peace deal in South Sudan won’t bring real peace or stability until the larcenous leadership can be compelled to change its ways.
END GAME
A savage civil war has engulfed the world’s newest country, but President Obama, landing in neighboring Kenya, can help end the bloodshed.