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John Prendergast

John Prendergast is the Founding Director of the Enough Project and the Co-Founder of The Sentry.

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SUDAN REVELATION

This Terror Sponsor Got Into the U.S. on a Diplo Passport

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

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KAKOCRACY

South Sudan’s New Peace Deal Could Bring More War

Wednesday’s agreement is at its heart simply a crass division of the spoils between the rival factions with the biggest guns.

John Prendergast

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THE CHAOS CALCULUS

Congo’s Looting and Killing Machine Moves Into High Gear

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.

John Prendergast

Kleptocracy

Corruption Fuels Famine in South Sudan

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.

John Prendergast

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Meanwhile, Where No One’s Looking…

Stopping the Next Genocide

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?

John Prendergast

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Independence Movement

Mandela or Mobutu Moment in South Sudan?

South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, is facing one of those consequential moments that will impact millions of lives.

John Prendergast

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BLOOD MONEY

Dirty Money Fuels South Sudan’s War

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.

John Prendergast

HIJACKED COUNTRIES

How to Crush Sudan’s Kleptocracy

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.

John Prendergast

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CORRUPTION ERUPTION

Saving South Sudan From Itself

The peace deal in South Sudan won’t bring real peace or stability until the larcenous leadership can be compelled to change its ways.

John Prendergast

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END GAME

How Obama Can Stop South Sudan’s War

A savage civil war has engulfed the world’s newest country, but President Obama, landing in neighboring Kenya, can help end the bloodshed.

John Prendergast

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