Crises
The West African nation of Guinea has significant hydroelectric potential (estimated at 6,000 MW) but, currently, only 2% of that amount is being exploited, providing access to only one out…
Opposition and civil society groups which declined to attend the dialogue or boycotted the forum made a very bad political calculation.
Rev. Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP addressing Acholi leaders in Gulu
Rather than formal health systems, it was local ingenuity that was crucial in ending the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The disease was unprecedented. It was unknown in the…
Born in England into a Catholic family of Irish descent, Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald was educated by the Missionaries of Africa in Scotland, England and Ireland. He did his novitiate…
On Friday, March 6, 2015 at a lecture sponsored by Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) and the Institute for Policy Research at Catholic University, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald spoke on…
Why has the Nigerian army been unable to contain or eradicate Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, which consistently burns villages and churches, killing and kidnapping Muslims and non-Muslims alike? One…
Three days before the Paris attack which targeted the satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015, Boko Haram, an Islamist group massacred people in Baga, a town in…
The citizens of Burkina Faso have clearly demonstrated to their fellow Africans that “when spider webs unite they can tie up a lion”. Their actions cast light on the urgings…
The year 2015 will mark the official end to the Millennium Development Goals campaign, an initiative launched by the United Nations in early 2000 to free humanity from extreme poverty…
Political and economic turmoil continue to threaten the stability of the whole of Zimbabwe, but Catholics, like the media and direct political opposition, have been suffering from severe oppression by…
An Interview by Barthelemy Bazemo, AFJN Policy Analyst South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation on July 9, 2011, following a referendum to be independent from Sudan. But the excitement…
What sort of crime did Meriam Yehya Ibrahim commit for the Sudanese government in Khartoum to imprison her while pregnant, sentence her to 100 lashes and death by hanging, and…
We believe that Boko Haram has succeeded in its evil acts mainly due to the larger political culture that plagues and destabilizes Nigeria.
“Local Christians were collecting food to feed us. We got four goats and a bull which we shared among all. The same we did with dry fish. Hunt was also…
Interview réalisée par Barthelemy Bazemo, Analyste politique March 24, 2014 Un an après le putsch du 24 Mars 2013 en Centrafrique, la situation est des plus préoccupantes. Le calme est…
Barthelemy Bazemo The memories of the two-decade long civil war leading to the independence of South Sudan in July 2011 are still vivid and fresh in the minds of most…
Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the MissionSouth Sudan’s long track records of successive initiatives, combined with deep and fresh emotional wounds from the civil war suggest that the road to…
By Melaura Homan-Smith, AFJN Program Coordinator This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter On Wednesday, December 5th AFJN attended a hearing entitled: “Addressing Developments in…
Source: Christian Telegraph Cardinal John Onaiyekan from Nigeria has warned South Sudan against foreign oil exploiters and conmen saying that if used well oil money can be good while it…
