by Jacques Bahati | Jul 9, 2020
The Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA) is a non-partisan network of US-based organizationsand scholars with programmatic focus on Africa /U. S-Africa policy. We share an urgent concern about the advancing COVID-19 pandemic and its impending impact on Africa’s... by Jacques Bahati | Jul 8, 2020
On June 20, 2020 a Judge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced one of the country’s high level official, Mr. Kamerhe Lwa Kanyigini Vital, the President’s chief of staff to 20 years of hard labor for embezzlement and corruption. His co-accused, Mr.... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 30, 2020
Mia Kilpatrick just completed her sophomore year at Wofford College. She is majoring in International Affairs and Spanish. During the 2019-2020 academic year she was able to serve as a Sophomore Delegate on Wofford’s Campus Union Assembly and was recently re-elected... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 30, 2020
Philip Brooks is a senior at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He majors in international relations and political science. This is his second summer working for Africa Faith and Justice Network. Last summer he focused on issues in West Africa. Philip is... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 26, 2020
POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATELe 26 Juin 2020 Washington, DC – (English Version) Un projet de loi sur la réforme judiciaire en cours d’examen au Parlement de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) tente de saper l’autonomie du pouvoir judiciaire.... by Jacques Bahati | May 22, 2020
Please join the Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA)* for a virtual celebration of African Liberation Day and briefing on COVID-19’s impact in Africa and the diaspora. When: May 26, 2020 Time: 11:00 – 12:30 PM, Eastern Time (US and Canada) Who: Advocacy... by Jacques Bahati | Apr 30, 2020
These are extraordinary times for humanity due to the historic global spread of the coronavirus. In Africa, health experts predict that the situation will get worse should containment measures put in place fail. Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is among... by Jacques Bahati | Apr 21, 2020
On April 19, Voice of America reported that in “BENI – An Ebola flare-up in eastern Congo may spread again after a patient escaped from a clinic, complicating efforts to contain the disease that has infected six people since last week, the World Health... by Jacques Bahati | Apr 20, 2020
On April 16, 2020, AFJN sent a letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, about concerns that COVID-19 funding might not be used in conjunction with good governance practices of transparency and... by Jacques Bahati | Apr 17, 2020
By: Ntama Bahati, Policy Analyst On April 13, 2020, in a press statement, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that its “Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF’s member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe... 