by Jacques Bahati | Jun 30, 2013
Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda Fatou Bensouda of The Gambia was sworn in as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2012. Justice Bensouda is the first ever international maritime law expert from The Gambia. She works constantly towards...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 29, 2013
US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Tanzania in a few days as part of his second trip to Africa. We urge President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania to discuss with him his policy recommendations for peace in the Great Lakes region that he put forward during the...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 28, 2013
Source: http://www.coons.senate.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 28, 2013 CONTACT: Ian Koski at 202-224-5042 United States Senate calls for stronger international commitment to sustaining peace in Democratic Republic of Congo Senate also welcomes appointment of...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 25, 2013
Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the MissionSouth Sudan’s long track records of successive initiatives, combined with deep and fresh emotional wounds from the civil war suggest that the road to national healing, peace and reconciliation will be difficult....
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 24, 2013
by Elizabeth Stack, AFJN Intern The Tribunal for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1992 and enacted by a protocol signed at a summit in Namibia in 2000 for the specific purpose of interpreting the provisions of the SADC treaty. The...
by Rev. Barthelemy Bazemo, MAfr | Jun 24, 2013
This Press Release was issued by the office of Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Senator Coons condemns Ugandan government’s violent suppression of political dissent FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2013...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 19, 2013
A day after his appointment as the US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 17 organizations, among them Africa Faith and Justice Network, published an open letter to Senator Russ Feingold outlining some...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the...
by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 18, 2013
by Jacques Bahati Former Senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, has been appointed US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National and international organizations have been calling for this appointment...
by Elian Romano Brandt | Jun 6, 2013
On June 5, 2013, Michael Sean Winters mentioned AFJN’s work on land grabbing in his article ” When Ants Unite…” for National Catholic Reporter. Read the full article here:...
