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US Foreign Aid: The Power of the Purse to Influence Africa Policy

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 16, 2014

As the saying goes: put your money where your mouth is. The latest appropriations bill, section 7042 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (US Public Law No: 113-76) contains important general and country-specific Africa policies. Supporters of foreign aid...

Kleptocracy: US Won’t Be a Harbor for Stolen Assets

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 16, 2014

We are encouraged by the US Justice Department announcement, made on March 5, 2014, about the asset freeze of “$458 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and conspirators” under the...

Sowing Seeds for Justice: The Empowerment Project in Ghana

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 16, 2014

In May Father Aniedi Okure will travel to Accra, Ghana to help launch the first pilot project in AFJN’s Empowerment program. AFJN has received initial grant funds from the Institute for Policy Research at Catholic University and Be The Change Foundation to...

Central African Republic and Witnessing to Religious Values

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 16, 2014

March 18, 2014 at the White House Conference Center, three prominent religious leaders from Central African Republic (CAR), Archbishop Dieudonne Nzapalainga of Bangui, Chief Imam Omar Kabine Layama, President of CAR Islamic Community and Reverend Nicolas Guerkoyame...

Sharing in the Grief, Anxiety and Hope of the People An Account of War Conflicts In Leer Mission

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Apr 11, 2014

“Local Christians were collecting food to feed us. We got four goats and a bull which we shared among all. The same we did with dry fish. Hunt was also part of the menu (buffalo, hippo and crocodile). We drank from the same swampy water we bathed with, we just...
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