FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDec. 10, 2011Source: http://www.cartercenter.orgContact: Baya Kara in Kinshasa +243 81 240 7659 or Deborah Hakes in Atlanta +1 404 420 5124The Carter Center finds the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National...
On November 28th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its second presidential and parliamentary election since the devastating war that began in 1996 and continues to claim lives in the eastern part of the country. Assassinations, intimidation, and other human...
This article from the Oct-Dec 2011 edition of Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, AFJN Executive Director Encouragement for the Church in Africa and a challenge to the Universal Church On November 19th, 2011, in the Republic of Benin in West Africa, Pope Benedict XVI...
US finally said publicly what was previously told to Rwandan authorities in private. In her speech entitled “Building a New Nation: Rwanda’s Progress and Potential” delivered at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology on November 26th, US...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest nation in Africa after Algeria, is again dominating the headlines for failure to organize free and fair elections. Some are blaming the country’s size for the logistical failure, but there is no...
This global climate change poses a great spiritual challenge to all Christians, people of all faiths, and all people of good will as it is the consequence of the destruction of God’s creation in which we have all participated in one way or another. It calls for...
The 3rd Annual Fr. Bill Dyer Lecture went quite well this year! Our speaker Nii Akuetteh’s speech will be published as a paper soon, so even if you couldn’t attend, the content will be available. The house was packed and both the food and...
Colonel Emma K. Coulson, a military fellow researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, says: “It benefits the US to partner with the DRC in settling their conflict and gain positive control of their natural resources,” in her paper “Impact of...
Contested election could lead to widespread violence, warns a coalition of 41 NGOsKinshasa, 28 October 2011 – The national election campaign officially starts today in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exactly one month ahead of historic presidential and...
ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS PEACE INITIATIVE October 24, 2011 Response to the Deployment of U.S. Military Advisors to LRA Affected Regions For us, the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI), President Obama’s October 14th announcement that 100 U.S. troops...
