Editor’s Note: This interview originally appeared on Ebony.com. Journalist Rebecca Carroll sat down with Enough Project’s Robert Padavick to discuss the making of Raise Hope for Congo’s new video series, “I Am Congo,” and the motivation behind it.

On Wednesday, April 25, the Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo ruled that at least 32 members of Parliament were not rightfully elected to their positions, including 17 members of President Kabila’s ruling alliance and 15 members of the opposition. Nearly 100 additional sitting MP’s may also face legal scrutiny regarding election results. 

Editor’s Note: This blog, co-authored with actor and Raise Hope for Congo celebrity activist Ryan Gosling, originally appeared on Huffington Post.

The Enough Project’s Raise Hope for Congo Campaign is proud to present “I Am Congo,” a video series that has been months in the making.

“I Am Congo” features five amazing people living in eastern Congo amid the deadliest war in the world. These are their stories, in their own words.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- The mutiny instigated by Bosco Ntaganda of mostly ex-CNDP officers in early April died down relatively quickly across North and South Kivu, with most defectors turning themselves in or being arrested—except for in the Masisi territory. Masisi has long been the stronghold of the ex-CNDP, where Bosco’s allies have had control through commanding positions in the Amani Leo operations.

Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity work.

Editor’s Note: The Massachusetts-based Congo Action Now group recently claimed some early success in their efforts to usher a new law through the Massachusetts legislature that would bolster the pending federal law on the use of conflict minerals from Congo. Activist and guest blogger Pat Aron writes about their initiative.

This piece originally appeared on CNN's GPS.

In the most recent of legislative efforts to bring Joseph Kony to justice, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator John Boozman (R-AR) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand upon the Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program to provide incentives for offering information that leads to the arrest or conviction of individuals wanted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.

In an unprecedented show of commitment and accountability by the U.S. to the prevention and elimination of mass atrocities around the world, on April 23 President Barack Obama announced the launch of the first-ever Atrocities Prevention Board, or APB. The board’s inception, which has been highly anticipated within the human rights community, marks a historic step within the U.S. government to work across agencies in a collaborated effort to prevent and respond to mass atrocities around the world.