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Declaration of Religous Summit on LRA Issue

Last week, Caritas reported on the first-ever gathering of religious leaders from the numerous communities affected by the continued aggression of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a gathering focused on finding a regional solution to the violence. This three-day...

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Vulture Funds: Ugly Name for an Ugly Reality

Vulture funds, often called “Distressed Debt Funds” are predatory hedge funds that siphon off newly freed resources from poor-country debt cancellation efforts. They do this by buying up a poor country’s debt in default for pennies on the dollar and then engaging...

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‘Greetings’ in Burundian Culture

Hearing Burundians greet each other and greet us in Kirundi got me curious about finding out the meaning of these daily greeting rituals. The finding is, astonishingly, a good ground on which Burundians can build bridges of reconciliation and recovery from the hurt...

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Evolving Political Situation in Burundi

This article was originally posted on January 29th, 2009 during AFJN's trip to Burundi and Uganda. It appeared as a blog post on justicegreatlakes.blogspot.com. Reposted here April 14th, 2009. Although many Burundians feel positive about the political shift in their...

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Follow Bahati and Beth in Central Africa!

AFJN Staff Members Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey are currently in Burundi and Uganda conducting research for our project on restorative justice. They are keeping a blog, updated every couple of days, that can be read HERE. Find out what they're doing and...

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Centre Jeunes Kamenge

This article was originally posted on January 27th, 2009 during AFJN's trip to Burundi and Uganda. It appeared on the blog justicegreatlakes.blogspot.com. Reposted on April 14th, 2009. The Kamenge Center sits in the middle of the northern neighborhoods (quarters) of...

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A United States Department of Development?

By Fr. Rocco Puopolo, You’ve heard of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and others – what about a Department of Development? There is a buzz in the Beltway. Many NGO’s and policymakers are emphasizing Development within...

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Reports

AFJN 2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2024 AFJN End of Year Report

2023 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2023 AFJN End of Year Report

2022 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2022 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2021 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2021 End of Year Report

2020 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2020 End of Year Report

2018-2022 ACT Project Summary Report

2018-2022 ACT Project Summary Report

“Education and Decent Work for All” AFJN-Uganda April 2022

“Education and Decent Work for All” Report by AFJN-Uganda April 2022

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