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UN Peacekeeping in the DR. Congo twenty years later, what else?

September 6, 2019

During his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week, the United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that, “he was looking to the Security Council for the…

President Robert Mugabe remembered as an advocate for UN Security Council Reform

September 6, 2019

The former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe died this September 6th, 2019 in Singapore at the age of 95. He will be remembered for a lot of things, good and…

Welcome to our Fall Intern, Ebony Tyson

September 4, 2019

Ebony Tyson is a rising senior majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in which she recently interned for a…

Sr. Eucharia Madueke of AFJN publishes report on damages of land grabbing in Brewaniase Ghana

August 23, 2019

On August 23rd, 2019, Sr. Eucharia Madueke published “Africa Faith and Justice Network and the Damages of Land Grabbing: The Case of the Brewaniase Community, Ghana” in The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, 58-74.

Diplomatic Ties Between Kenya and Somaliland

August 4, 2019

Kenya and Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia bordered by Ethiopia and Djibouti, are on the verge of diplomatic relations. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kenya has dispatched the envoy…

ACT Against Corruption: A Project to mobilize Church leaders from Christian and Muslim communities to fight corruption and promote just governance in Cameroon

August 1, 2019

Lamu citizens are successful in pausing Kenya’s plans of the Lamu Coal Plant

August 1, 2019

On June 26, 2019, “the National Environment Tribunal (NET) cancelled the license issued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to Amu Power for the construction of the Lamu Coal…

African migrants entering the US through Mexico: a story of desperation

July 29, 2019

The crisis at the US border with Mexico reveals that migrants are not only coming from Latin America. The number of Africans registered by Mexican authorities tripled over the first…

The Abuse behind Banana production in Cameroon

July 25, 2019

Banana is one of the fruits available every season and widely consumed in many homes in Europe, the United States and Asia. How I wish these bananas could tell the…

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Sudan

July 16, 2019

In December 2018, thousands of people took to the streets in protests responding to cuts in subsidies for bread. The protests started in a small rural town and spread to…

Somalia and Kenya Maritime Boundary Dispute now at the International Court of Justice

July 15, 2019

Kenya and Somalia are currently fighting at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a specified area of 100,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean in which natural resources have…

Solidarity and Prayers for the Church in Eritrea

July 12, 2019

On June 12, 2019 the Eritrean authorities ordered the seizure of all Catholic Church-managed health centers. As of July 9 2019, the Catholic News Agency reported that as many as…

Ebola crisis in D. R. Congo, US Lawmakers want an action plan to help

June 20, 2019

On June 4, 2019, Acting Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Admiral Tim Ziemer appeared before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International…

In Solidarity with Refugees on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2019

A day before World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20th, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has announced that there are about 71,000,000 displaced people around the world.…

Kenyans Fearful of Ebola

June 17, 2019

The country of Kenya so far has remained free of the Ebola virus that has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo and recently three cares were confirmed in Uganda. The…

Why locals attack Ebola health centers in the DR Congo

June 17, 2019

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the country. Recently, the disease has spread quickly, and, as of now,…

Welcome to Our Summer Intern – Philip Brooks

June 11, 2019

My name is Philip Brooks. I am a junior at University of Maryland Baltimore County. I study international relations with a minor in political science. I am in the Sondheim…

Welcome 2019 Summer Intern Jeannette Kayitesi

June 11, 2019

I am Jeannette Kayitesi. I’m currently a senior at the University At Albany where I am double majoring in Political Science and Globalization Studies. This past spring I was Interning…

Welcome to our Summer Intern, Magdalena Dutkowska

June 11, 2019

Magdalena has just completed her freshman year at Fairfield University, where she is majoring in International Studies and Spanish and minoring in Humanitarian Action. She was born in Poland, but…

Time to end the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo

June 6, 2019

Every year the United Nations Security Council renews the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the DRC. In 1999, exactly 20 years ago, the UN Security Council established the United…