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The Committee for National Healing, Peace and Reconciliation

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 25, 2013

Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the MissionSouth Sudan’s long track records of successive initiatives, combined with deep and fresh emotional wounds from the civil war suggest that the road to national healing, peace and reconciliation will be difficult....

Land: President Mugabe vs. Mike Campbell and the SADC Tribunal Demise

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 24, 2013

by Elizabeth Stack, AFJN Intern The Tribunal for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1992 and enacted by a protocol signed at a summit in Namibia in 2000 for the specific purpose of interpreting the provisions of the SADC treaty. The...

Uganda: Senator Coons on the ongoing crack down on political dissent

by Rev. Barthelemy Bazemo, MAfr | Jun 24, 2013

This Press Release was issued by the office of Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Senator Coons condemns Ugandan government’s violent suppression of political dissent FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2013...

Letter to the New U.S. Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Senator Russ Feingold

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 19, 2013

A day after his appointment as the US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 17 organizations, among them Africa Faith and Justice Network, published an open letter to Senator Russ Feingold outlining some...

Advocacy Groups, Congo Experts Applaud Appointment of Feingold as Envoy

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 18, 2013

WASHINGTON — Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the...

US Special Envoy: No cozy relationships with Africa Great Lakes’ heavy handed regimes

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jun 18, 2013

by Jacques Bahati Former Senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, has been appointed US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National and international organizations have been calling for this appointment...

AFJN’s work on land grabbing mentioned in NCR

by AFJN Intern | Jun 6, 2013

On June 5, 2013, Michael Sean Winters mentioned AFJN’s work on land grabbing in his article ” When Ants Unite…” for National Catholic Reporter. Read the full article here:...

Investor Statement in Support of SEC Rule 1502 on Conflict Minerals

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | May 31, 2013

This statement is being issued by various investment groups who represent over $450 billion of assets under management. Included in the signatories of this statement are members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a membership association of...

The Economic and Development Problem of Africa: A Problem of Governance

by Jacques Bahati | May 31, 2013

By Aniedi Okure, OP – Executive Director, AFJN. Paper presented on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network ( AEFJN), Brussels April 22-25 A close examination reveals that the problem has to do mainly with governance: the...

AFJN Now a Member of The Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA)

by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | May 28, 2013

This article first appeared in the April-June 2013 Edition of Around Africa “The Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA) is a joint initiative among governments, companies, and civil society to support supply chain solutions to conflict minerals...
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