AFJN News, Articles, and Information
Bahati Jacques, AFJN's Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
by World Student Christian Federation We recognize the vulnerability the Nigerian people feel in their places of worship to be a violation of their right to worship publicly. We hope the federal government of Nigeria will be more strategic in its attempts to protect...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, Thomas Lubanga, with recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel movement in Ituri. Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, however he will serve only eight...
From Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, Executive Director A new scramble for Africa akin to the frenzy that followed the Berlin conference of 1885 and the partitioning and colonization of Africa is on; farmlands and minerals are the biggest attraction. The increasing...
Author: U.S. Department of StateCategory: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborDate Written: 2011 Summary & Comment: The Department of State documents yearly human rights reports on countries around the world. For example, in the case of Rwanda “There were...
Author: U.S. Department of State Category: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Date Written: 2011 Summary & Comment: The Department of State documents yearly human rights reports on countries around the world. For example, in the case of Rwanda “There...
A United Nations Group of Experts report has documented the Rwandan government's support for rebel groups inside the Congo. Various media have reported that the United States Mission to the United Nations, headed by Ambassador Susan Rice had first attempted to block...
Author: Victoria Nuland, Department Spokesperson Category: Press Release Rwanda-D.R. Congo Date: June 30, 2012 Document Origin: Office of the Spokesperson Comment: Will the US enforce its Public Law 109-456, "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security and...
Author: President Barack Obama and The White House Category: Sub-Saharan Africa Date Written: 14 June 2012 Document Origin: The White House Summary & Comment: President Barack Obama has announced that the U.S. is taking a four-pillared approach in its' new...