by Hervé Cheuzeville, translated from French by Bahati Jacques. Originally published by Echo D’Afrique on September 23, 2011 A major event occurred on September 23rd, 2011. Yet it went largely unnoticed in Western countries. The stock market...
“Burundi has passed an important milestones on the path to peace, but the page of the conflict has not yet been definitively turned. Loyal support from external partners remains necessary,” says the European Network for Central Africa (EURAC) in its October report...
This film by Friends of the Congo answers questions such as why the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was invaded and why it is a weak nation. Foreign interests, Congo neighboring nations in particular, and some selfish Congolese leaders have a lot to do with the...
Annual Member Meeting at EAD Last Saturday, at Ecumenical Advocacy Days, AFJN had its annual member meeting at a well-attended reception. Fr. Rocco Puopolo addressed the audience, highlighting some of AFJN's Successes and sharing AFJN's end-of-year financial...
The Final Call published an article by Saeed Shabaz titled "Advocates: Six million Congolese war victims deserve justice". AFJN's Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati made remarks towards a US congressional briefing that discussed a UN report on human rights violations in...
On March 13, 2011, the Africa Faith and Justice Network's Jacques Bahati was mentioned by Ann Garrison in her Article "White man's burden: Affleck and Prendergast in Congress for Congo" in San Francisco Bay View. Read the full article here:...
Black Agenda Radio Bahati Jacques, AFJN's policy analyst's take on The 2010 UN Mapping Report Exercise in DR Congo
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
Statement from chairman, ranking member of Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs (Watch hearing video here) WASHINGTON – A day after holding a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on governance in the Democratic...
Coalition to UN Security Council: Address UN Congo Mapping Report and enforce justice for victims
(First published in AFJN's September-October Newsletter) By Bahati Jacques, Policy Analyst On October 1, 2010, the UN finally released its report (read it here) about the war crimes, crimes against humanity, major violations of international laws and possibly a...
Voice of America: In Focus Jacques Bahati, AFJN's policy Analyst take on Solutions to the D.R.Congo Crisis.