Some Perspectives for Peace in D.R. Congo

On November 5th, Archbishop Francois Maroy of the Bukavu, Congo, released a statement concerning the crisis and the responsibility of international, national, and local actors. Afica Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) shares his position and applauds him for taking a...

Sign AFRICOM Petitions Today!

Africa Faith and Justice Network invites you to add your voice to the call for a more responsible US foreign policy that respects the dignity and capacity of our African partners. Together, we can build a movement to halt the further militarization of Africa.The new...

AFJN Hosts Panel on AFRICOM

On Wednesday, November 28th, AFJN hosted a panel discussion on AFRICOM in conjunction with the Council on African Studies at American University in Washington, DC. The event, titled “Africa’s Oil, America’s AFRICOM, and the Global War on Terror” was the first attempt...

Expulsion of Missionaries in Eritrea

Caught between violence in Ethiopia and Somalia and simmering turmoil in Sudan, Eritrea makes few headlines in the Horn of Africa. But the repressive government in Eritrea ought to sound international alarms – indeed it has for 14 Comboni Missionaries who were...

EU-Africa Summit: Where Are Human Rights?

Prime minister Gordon Brown of England refused to attend the Euro-African summit in Lisbon last weekend because President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe would be in attendance. Recognizing the grave human rights abuses committed by Mugabe’s regime, Mr. Brown wanted...

Floods Create Havoc in Africa

  In the past three months, floods have ravaged many African nations including Ghana and Togo in the west, as well as Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, and Kenya in the central and eastern regions. At least 200 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced...

First HIV/AIDS drug plant to open in Uganda

A factory that will produce treatments for HIV/AIDS is set to open in Kampala, Uganda, the first of its kind in the country. It aims to reduce the cost of the vital medication by cutting import costs. According to Uganda’s Health Minister, Dr. Stephen Malinga,...