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Crisis in South Sudan: an analysis by the Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University in South Sudan

An Interview by Barthelemy Bazemo, AFJN Policy Analyst South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation on July…

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Empowerment Project Update

Originally published in the June-Sept Edition of Around Africa. By Aniedi Okure, OP. On May 19, 2014…

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John Kerry went to Africa, now what!

Barthelemy Bazemo Since assuming office in early February 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry made his first…

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Central African crisis: Analysis by Faith Leaders

Barthelemy Bazemo Interview and Translation from French by Barthelemy Bazemo, AFJN’s Policy Analyst (download PDF File here) A…

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Update on the Empower Africa Project

From the end of September to early October 2013, I was in Accra, Ghana for a series…

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Fate of Africa’s youngest state lies with U.S. and its allies

Barthelemy Bazemo The memories of the two-decade long civil war leading to the independence of South Sudan…

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Madiba Nelson Mandela: Africa’s Most Distinguished Elder Statesman

Africa’s greatest political icon, former South African President Madiba Nelson Mandela has joined the ranks of Africa’s…

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AFJN Celebrates with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Under the leadership of Congresswoman Karen Bass, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Africa Braintrust held its…

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African Bishops Urge the Church to Engage in the Transformation of Society

By AFJN Executive Director Aniedi Okure, OP On February 16, 2013 the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences…

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The Economic and Development Problem of Africa: A Problem of Governance

By  Aniedi Okure, OP – Executive Director, AFJN. Paper presented  on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary…

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Congress Hearing on Rwanda’s devastating destabilization of the D.R.Congo

In his testimony, Mr. Steve Hege, Former Coordinator of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) told Congress that: “We found that since the very outset of the M23 rebellion, the Government of Rwanda has provided direct military support to M23, facilitated recruitment, encouraged desertions from the Congolese army, and delivered arms, ammunition, intelligence and political advice to the rebels.”

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AFJN at SECAM Meeting in Dar-Es-Salaam

By Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa”…

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AFJN Featured in San Francisco Bay View: National Black Newspaper

On July 7, 2012, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in Mary Ratcliff’s article “U.S….

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Senators Coons and Isakson React to Congolese Supreme Court decision, call for transparent review of election results

WASHINGTON – A day after holding a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Senators Coons (D-Del.) and Isakson (R-Ga.) expressed deep concern about today’s ruling of the Congolese Supreme Court, which declared President Kabila the winner of recent elections without a transparent review of the election results.

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Governance in Africa: The Relevance of the Ibrahim Index

The Mo Ibrahim Index for Good Governance in Africa released its annual report compiling the progress countries…

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Outreach Based on Need not Creed

By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director Bishop George Biguzzi of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, was…

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Children are Targets of Violence in Northern Uganda

People of Uganda, a country in eastern Africa, have experienced a troubled political history. Current President Yoweri…

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