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AFJN receives a $360,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

April 5, 2017

On April 5th, 2017, Business Wire published an article titled “Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million in Grants in the First Quarter of 2017”.

Reparations Granted to Victims of War Crimes in the DRC

March 31, 2017

In the midst of turmoil in the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the stalled presidential elections, people can find a little bit of hope. Just last week, the International Criminal…

ECOWAS Upholds Presidential Term Limits in Gambia Leading to the Election of Adama Barrow

March 24, 2017

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of the UN and the ECOMIG Forces, ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia, has successfully conducted operations without bloodshed to…

Join us for “Road to a Peaceful Democratic Power Transfer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Challenges & Opportunities”

March 13, 2017

On October 18, 2016 under the facilitation of the African Union, the coalition of H.E. President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and some members of the…

Welcome to our Spring 2017 Intern, Jacqueline Mullen

February 3, 2017

Jackie Mullen is a senior at The Catholic University of America, where she majors in International Relations. Having grown up all over the United States and abroad, she has cultivated a…

Urgent Call for action: Ask your Congressional Representatives to Preserve the Bipartisan Anti-Corruption law

January 31, 2017

The House and Senate are considering steps to get rid of an anti-corruption law which, when implemented, keeps U.S. taxpayers’ money previously used for anti-corruption programs in oil, natural gas…

Sr. Eucharia Madueke featured in Global Sisters Report on Women’s March in Boston

January 27, 2017

On January 27th, 2017, the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report published a live blog titled “Women’s marches around the world”.

Interview with Democratic Republic of Congo’s Information Minister H.E. Lambert Mende Omalanga

January 17, 2017

During his recent visit to the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Minister of information, H.E. Lambert Mende Omalanga briefed the Catholic Task Force for Africa (CTFA), a…