by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 30, 2010
AFJN has long been concerned about Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s role in destabilizing eastern DRC, as well as his heavy-handed and undemocratic leadership style at home. Recently, his regime’s politically repressive behavior in the run-up to the...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 24, 2010
In recent months, Kenya has become the target of severe criticism from the international human rights community due to the escalation of extra-judicial killings. In one of the more high-profile cases, human rights defenders Oscar Kamau King’ara and Paul...
by Elian Romano Brandt | Apr 23, 2010
The April 22, 2010 article “US JPIC Committee, Oblate Students Attend JPIC, VIVAT and AFJN Meetings in Washington” in OMI USA JPIC notes that Zimbabwe Students attended AFJN meeting. Read more here: https://omiusajpic.org/topics/afjn/
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 22, 2010
This month, the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative released another report, urging all parties involved in the LRA conflict to prioritize pursuing peaceful means in order to genuinely resolve the LRA issue. The introduction “Since 1997, the Acholi...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 22, 2010
The child soldiers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are not the only children who are taken from their families and abused by the government and rebel groups. The DRC also houses a large number of street children, many of whom run away from their families...