by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 30, 2009
Thanks again to everyone who signed our online petition earlier this year regarding the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (S. 1067, H.R. 2478). You’ll be happy to know that we succeeded in sounding the alarm about the... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 18, 2009
In his opening remarks at November 4th hearing entitled “Copenhagen and Beyond: Is there a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol?”, U.S house committee of international Relations’ Chairman, Congressman Howard Berman underscored what President Obama said in his recent... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 7, 2009
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, the current head of state in Guinea was shot on Thursday, December 3, 2009 by his Camp aid Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite known as Toumba. According to Radio France International, Captain Dadis sustained serious head injuries.... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 4, 2009
Corporate responsibility http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/2009111192747615233.html Thousands of people in Ivory Coast poisoned by toxic waste face being cheated out of $45m in compensation after the money, which was deposited in a bank account in the... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 3, 2009
By Allison Burket Ariticle originally published in the Nov-Dec 09 edition of Around Africa A recent conference on Capitol Hill, hosted by a think tank called the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) gave AFJN and other organizations an important insight into the... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Nov 20, 2009
PrefaceThe following pages contain the public message of challenge and hope that the Second Special Synod of Catholic Bishops for Africa offer to people of good will. This three week gathering which took place in Rome, Italy from October 4th to October 25th was an... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Oct 16, 2009
Late August, President Obama issued a request for an interagency review of all U.S. global development policy, responding to the calls from civil society and members of his own administration. He thus added the “Presidential Study Directive on Global Development... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Oct 16, 2009
By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director Bishop George Biguzzi of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, was recently invited to Washington to make a presentation on migration in West Africa to the United States Catholics Conference of Bishops (USCCB) Migration and... by AFJN Intern | Oct 16, 2009
October 16 is World Food Day at the UN, and this year focus is how to achieve food security in times of crisis. This is a timely topic on the heels of last year’s food price crisis, the recent financial crisis, and the ongoing and accelerating climate crisis –... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Oct 13, 2009
As part of the Presidential Study Directive on Foreign Assistance, initiated by President Obama at the end of August, the National Security Council has socilcited input from the NGO community on what U.S. development should look like. AFJN and several partner... 