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Fate of Africa’s youngest state lies with U.S. and its allies

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 20, 2013

Barthelemy Bazemo The memories of the two-decade long civil war leading to the independence of South Sudan in July 2011 are still vivid and fresh in the minds of most South Sudanese and people in the Horn of Africa. At the critical moment in the peace process between...

Remembering Fr. Gerard G. Furlan, sx, Misionary to Sierra Leone West Africa (1980 – 2000)

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 17, 2013

“Come good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of your Lord.” (Mt 25:21). On December 11th, 2013 in the early hours of the morning, Fr. Gerard G. Furlan, a member of the Xaverian Missionaries, passed away. The previous day, while walking on the...

Young Africa Leadership Initiative: A call for Application

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 17, 2013

Africa is endowed with abundant natural and human resources and yet it is the poorest continent on the planet. Various factors may account for this state of affairs but the analysis of most experts on Africa seem to point to one major common denominator: the lack of...

Madiba Nelson Mandela: Africa’s Most Distinguished Elder Statesman

by Jacques Bahati | Dec 13, 2013

Africa’s greatest political icon, former South African President Madiba Nelson Mandela has joined the ranks of Africa’s ancestors. Madiba Mandela was by all accounts one who believed in the goodness of people and had a strong faith in the goodness of human nature. He...

President Nelson Mandela’s Legacy a message to African Heads of State

by Jacques Bahati | Dec 6, 2013

Posted on December 6, 2013 As the world mourns and readies for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, the greatest tribute you can pay the former South African President would be to respect the presidential term you were originally elected to serve under the constitution of...

Welcoming a New Wave of Diplomacy in Democratic Republic of the Congo

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 3, 2013

On November 21, the Great Lakes Forum held a briefing at John Hopkins University in Washington DC featuring US Special Envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Senator Russ Feingold. Two Congolese asked Senator...

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