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Yes Africa Matters Website Launched!

September 17, 2009

Catholic Task Force on Africa announces the new websitewww.yesafricamatters.org.  The Task Force uses the occasion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa, popularly known as the Second African Synod of…

D.R. Congo: A Call for Truth and Reconciliation

September 10, 2009

Justice in Democratic Republic of the Congo is mainly accessible to and protects the powerful, those who run the system, the politically connected, and the rich who influence decision making…

D.R. Congo: A Call for Truth and Reconciliation

September 10, 2009

Justice in Democratic Republic of the Congo is mainly accessible to and protects the powerful, those who run the system, the politically connected, and the rich who influence decision making…

Giving Voice to the Silenced Victims of Sexual Violence in the DRC

September 9, 2009

Women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the silenced victims of a war that has lasted nearly 14 years.  The number of victims grows daily as massive rapes…

Reflections on the Synod: Where to go from here?

September 4, 2009

By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director The Second Special Assembly of Bishops on Africa ended in Rome on October 25th.  But the process continues, and the main agents are those…