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The Obama Administration has recently come up with its framework for a new global de-velopment policy strategy, with particular policy papers on Agriculture, Health and Climate Change. The Catholic Task Force for Africa reflected on these papers and the fol-lowing...
We the undersigned come to you with concerns over the stability, security, justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region in general. We want to call your attention to the recent UN mapping exercise report. The United...
Coalition to UN Security Council: Address UN Congo Mapping Report and enforce justice for victims
In the recent economic downturn, some of the world’s largest foreign corporations have found a new sector to invest in: African farmland. The countries that are most vulnerable to the persistent trend of land grabbing are those with weak governments that arefailing to...
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 genocide committed by Rwandan troops (APR) and its allies, the Rwandan sponsored Congolese...
At the recent Mission Congress 2010 held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from October 28th to 31st, the United States Catholic Mission Association(USCMA) met for their member meeting. As a body they voted in favor of joining the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN)...
From October 14-17, 2010, 250 women from 48 countries and more than 1000 delegates from across the Democratic Republic of the Congo joined thousands Congolese women in the city of Bukavu in South Kivu province for the third international World March of Women WMW)...
(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...
Wrinkled and hard, the woman looked 70; I did not know her age, only that she was a native of Bunia, the beleaguered city in the eastern Congo terrorized by rebels and its own nation’s army in recent years. I met her in Mbandaka, the provincial capital of Equateur...
