On April 4, the Southern African Bishops’ Conference came out with a statement on the situation in Zimbabwe. Meant to coincide with the Easter season, the Bishops bring out the various forms of suffering of their brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe and the...
In the person of their chairman, Bishop Felix Alaba Job, the Nigerian Bishops’ Conference stated that Ngeria had failed to conduct free, fair and credible elections. Citing several examples of mismanagement of the elections, Bishop Job stated that the people...
AFJN was shocked by the news of the murder of AFJN member, Rev. Martin Addai, M.Afr, as reported in our recent Easter newsletter . Fr. Martin, who lost his life in Nairobi on March 10, 2007, was only one of many victims of violence that the Religious Superiors...
On April 17, the US House of Representatives, by a vote of 414-0 passed a resolution ‘condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against the peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society.’ The resolution (H.Con...
Speaking at the United Nations last week, the Vatican Ambassador, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, reminded the assembly that the need for an agreement on trade issues is ‘ a moral imperative that cannot be delayed.’ Using the words of Paul VI, the...
On January 9th, in the latest development in the U.S. global War on Terror, air strikes undertaken by U.S. military aircraft hit presumed al-Qaeda terrorist hide-outs in southern Somalia, though subsequent statements from the Pentagon have revealed that the only...
On April 6, Rev. Rocco Puopolo, Executive Director of AFJN and chair of the Catholic Task Force on Africa, sent a letter of support to the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius Ncube. The Catholic Task Force wanted to support the Archbishop in his efforts to speak out...
The Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe have written a pastoral letter on the current crisis in their country. In the letter, they call on the government to end the violence and to be fair, just and compassionate in governing their people. Weeks of escalating political...
The Congo Global Action Coalition sent a letter to US Secretary of State, Condeleeza Rice, on April 5 asking the the US offer continued support to the UN mission in the Congo (MONUC). The letter, found below, emphasizes the important role MONUC has played in helping...
The rumors were true after all. For several years, we have been hearing that the United States was about to create a military command structure for Africa. On February 6, President Bush announced that US Africa Command (Africom) would become a reality. Up until...
