On March 2, 2011, on Capitol Hill, in the House of the Representatives, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network,Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and...
In an interview with Ann Garrison of KPFA radio on the upcoming congressional briefing on March 2, AFJN Policy Analyst, Bahati Jacques said: “Our goal is to rally U.S. support for justice for the crimes committed by the Rwandan, Ugandan, and Burundian armies and...
AFJN is co-hosting a Congressional Briefing to shed light on the UN Mapping Exercise Report which documents atrocities in Democratic Republic of Congo. This event is free and open to the public. What: Briefing on the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its Implications...
The Africa Human Security Working Group of which AFJN is the convener had the pleasure of hearing Jimmy Juma speak about AFRICOM and its impact on life and security in the Congo. Jimmy is the Mennonite Central Committee Regional Peace Coordinator for Southern...
Posted January 18th, 2011, Updated February 9th, 2011 UPDATE: AFJN has signed on to a letter to Congress urging them to boost funding to global food programs in the FY2011 budget. The letter, signed by 39 organizations, highlights the positive impact...
KPFA Radio Africa advocates head to Congress re Congo atrocities, Bahati Jacques explains the objectives of the coalition’s briefing on Capitol Hill on the UN mapping Report
On September 11th, 2010 the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) president Joseph Kabila put a moratorium on all artisan mining in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Maniema. These are the provinces which still are experiencing violence as a result of...
Dear Representative ,We, the students and staff of Foothills School of Arts and Sciences in Boise, are writing in regards to the devastating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our students recently sent a message to UN Ambassador Rice...
By Nita Evele, Congo Global Action Thousands of Congolese women marched on the street of Bukavu, the capital city of the province of South Kivu on October 17, 2010 as part of the third World March of Women (WMW) to show their commitment to peace and security in the...
On the weekend of November 14th and 15th thirteen hundred students from 35 Catholic Universities and 20 Catholic High Schools throughout the country gathered for the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) TEACH IN 2010 at George-town University in Washington. The two days...
