This year’s member meeting took place on April 18, 2010, as part of the 2010 conference “Justice In Africa: On Whose Terms?” The time together for the annual member meeting was planned to reflect our very name: Africa Faith and Justice Network. ...
This weekend, AFJN hosted its 2010 annual meeting and conference, entitled “Justice in Africa: On Whose Terms” featuring Fr. Peter Henriot, S.J. as a keynote. Nearly 150 individuals -missionaries, students, activists, and scholars – from across the...
Surely, should we not really speak of “Africas” in the plural? Such a huge Continent, comprising over 700 million people living in over 50 countries. When I was travelling from Zambia last week to come to the USA to offer presentations like the one I am offering this...
A landlocked country located in Central Africa, the Republic of Chad is often referred to as the “Dead Heart of Africa” due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate. Chad is not only one of the poorest and one of the most corrupt countries in the...
Download the full PDF document here or watch part of his presentation here Between 1980 and 2003, the three northern regions of Ghana experienced 26 violent conflicts. The worst was in 1994. That conflict is not very well known because it was in the wake of the...
Africa Faith and Justice Network with the Center of Concern 2010 Conference & Lobby day. Justice in Africa: On Whose Terms? Keynote Speaker: Fr. Peter Henriot, S.J. Saturday April 17 & Sunday April 18, with Monday, April 19 Lobby day This year’s Conference...
We are pleased to announce that we have received funding to cover scholarships for students interested in attending Africa Faith and Justice Network’s upcoming conference – “Justice in Africa: On Whose Terms?” April 17 & 19th in Rosslyn...
In all aspects of our work, AFJN seeks to foster just and equitable relations between the people of the US and the people of Africa. We believe that the United States, in pursuit of its own legitimate foreign policy interests, should respect the dignity and the...
Source: Congo Actualité n° 102, December 15, 2009, Contact : Rés. PAIX POUR LE CONGO, Strada Cavestro n°16, Loc. Vicomero 43056 San Polo – Torrile (PR), Italie tel-fax : 0521/314263, E-mail : info@muungano.it Huge populations from Rwanda are increasingly found...
This is an excerpt of AFJN’s November 2009 Paper on the RDC (download PDF Vesrion of the paper here) Posted on Feb 12, 2010 While the Rwandan government is pressing hard for the return of the Hutu refugees, it is planning to illegally release more of its...
