The OklaHoldout Rages On, And They Need Your Help
Despite multiple efforts by Senators and activists, Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is currently refusing the passage of the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. Coburn has expressed support for ending the LRA’s horrific reign, but does not like the idea of pulling funds from other areas of the national budget to pay the $40 million to launch the bill into action.
How Genocide Became a National Security Threat
US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has warned of impending mass murder and genocide facing Africa over the next 5 years. Blair's testimony is now considered one of the key points of how US foreign policy is changing when it comes to combatting genocide.
The Sudan Sham Campaign
As the unfair national electoral process continues in Sudan, the United States is continuing to fund non-credible elections that will only embolden and legitimize an indicted war criminal.
Sudan
South Sudan Radio Station Raided Ahead of ElectionsIt has been clear for months now that the Sudanese regime is manipulating the electoral process to remain...
Operation Broken Silence and the Sudan Sham Campaign Featured in The Daily Helmsman
Brian Wilson: Led by four University of Memphis students, the anti-genocide group Operation Broken Silence...
How Sudan Covers Up the Genocide in Darfur
Yesterday, the Christian Science Monitor published an Opinion article by Enough cofounder John Prendergast...
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Congo
Rights Group: Congo Militia Recruit Child Witch DoctorsOne of the least known tragedies of the conflict in eastern Congo is the extensive use of children in...
Congo: A Death Toll Rivaling the Holocaust
Laura Heaton (pictured right) is the writer/editor of the blog Enough Said at the Enough Project. Here...
LRA Kills Over 100 Civilians in Northeastern DRC
PHOTO: A LRA fighter pauses to be photographed. (Welt) The UN News Centre issued a report yesterday concerning...
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Elsewhere in Africa
Nigeria Update: Additional Violence Amounts to an Act of GenocideIn January, OBS issued a genocide alert for Nigeria as religious violence consumed the centrally located city of Jos. At the time, religious violence culminated into a massacre as reports soon followed stating there was sufficient evidence to prove that high-ranking members of Nigerian society encouraged and organized the killings. Despite our call to other anti-genocide groups for additional focus...
ICC Prosecutor Hands Over List of Kenya Violence Perpetrators to Judges
Grenade Attacks Continue in Rwanda
Any act of violence in Rwanda has the capacity to bring back the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Over the past two weeks, a series of grenade attacks has been unleashed in Kigali, raising concerns that, if connected, darker forces could be at play in Rwanda. Here’s a snippet from an AP article on the attacks: Two grenade blasts wounded 16 people in Rwanda’s capital, police said...
Memphis Businesses, We Need Your Help!
Greetings, Mark here from OBS! The staff had a great idea recently and we wanted to share it with our followers as well as Memphis businesses! The Mission For those who do not know, this year Operation Broken Silence has chosen charity:water as the beneficiary of our fundraising. In short, charity:water’s focus is to help raise the funds to dig clean water wells around the world, particularly...
The OklaHoldout Rages On, And They Need Your Help
Resolve: Uganda’s holdout outside of Senator Coburn’s office is going strong, with more supporters coming each day. Despite braving freezing temperatures and a seemingly not caring U.S. Senator, their efforts still have not succeeded in getting Coburn to back down and allow the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (S.1067) to pass. Lives are on the line in Uganda, and the time for...
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