AFJN News, Articles, and Information
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In early June of 2006, Islamic militants stormed Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu--site of the 1993 killings of 18 American marines, captured in the movie Black Hawk Down--and wrested control from several allied warlord militias. The U.S. government, meanwhile, was...
Democratic Republic of the Congo is roughly the size of Western Europe. It's establishment of a peaceful future is critical for the stability of the entire region. It's difficult past leaves nothing but the hope for better days for Congolese people. To be an effective...
AFJN works with faith-based and other organizations to bring a comprehensive understanding of the devastation of HIV/AIDS in impoverished countries in Africa. U.S. leaders need to be encouraged to address all aspects of the problem and implement policy to effectively...
Since 2002, Côte d'Ivoire has been paralyzed by a divide between the rebel-held North and the army-controlled South. The instability began in 1999 when General Robert Guei organized a coup to overthrow the then President Henri Bedie. Guei also instilled religious...
On June 16th, the world celebrated The Day of the African Child to commemorate student uprisings in Soweto, South Africa in 1976. Demanding a better quality of education, thousands of black school children took to the streets in protest....
Since President Robert Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms in 1999, the country has been plunged into a state of severe economic and political decline. Though whites in Zimbabwe made up only 1% of the population, they controlled approximately 70% of the...
"Americans Urge Bush Over LRA" Ugandan New Vision article about AFJN petition on northern Uganda
DRC: Elections to be held on 30 July, polls body says (IRIN) Independent Electoral Commission Chairman Apollinaire Muholongo Malumalu announced on Sunday that Presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on July 30th. The first elections to be held in the...