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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…
Below is the White House Press release about the call President Obama made to President Kagame Source: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 18, 2012…
Mr. President, “The bill on the organization, composition, powers and functioning of the High Council of Defense, already passed by both Houses of Parliament, has been waiting to be signed…
Update on the diplomatic effort regarding the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In April 2012, a number of Congolese soldiers mutinied after the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Joseph Kabila decided to arrest one of the nation’s armed forces generals,…
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…
Amnesty International Press Release Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org Thursday, December 13, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@aiusa.org, 212-633-4150, @strimel (Washington, D.C.) – After a delegation from Amnesty International met Wednesday (Dec. 12), with…
Source: http://www.icc-cpi.int Press Release : 18/12/2012 Situation: The Democratic Republic of the Congo Case: The Prosecutor v. Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui Today, 18 December 2012, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal…
AFJN is one of the signatories of this letter December 10, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: As the…
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.”
Press Release Source: www.coons.senate.gov Amendment imposing an asset freeze and visa ban on those supporting the M23 added to Defense Authorization bill (Read the full text here) WASHINGTON – The United States…
AFJN’s Executive Director, Aniedi Okure, OP was one of the presenters at this conference of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) which took place from November…
Posted on Novmber 22, 2012 “In communion with the Bishops of the Congo who have frequently taken position on this situation, we launch a pressing appeal to the UN, the…
The following is an excerpt from the report’s executive summary: “The Government of Rwanda continues to violate the arms embargo by providing direct military support to the M23 rebels, facilitating…
“The Security Council this evening demanded the immediate withdrawal of the armed group known as the 23 March Movement (M23) from the major eastern Congolese city of Goma and the…
By Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter On November 21, 2012 AFJN, had an opportune to make a presentation on…
A news reports from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, confirms the assassination attempt on Dr. Denis Mukwege, a world-renown surgeon known…
The United States government is seeking help from the general public and specifically from the African diaspora in an effort to ensure human rights violators and war criminals do not…
Since 2008, foreign investors, some of whom are private banks and pension funds, have acquired farm land in Africa resulting in the displacement and loss of livelihood of many families. Africans cannot financially afford to entrust their food security to foreign large-scale commercial agriculture multinationals.
By Aniedi Okure, Executive Director This article was first published in our July-September Newsletter. On September 12, 2012 Aniedi Okure made a presentation at International Religious Freedom Conference: An Imperative…
The old Sudan was a family which has found itself divided. The family assets must be shared in an equitable way, so that neither side finds itself badly disadvantaged. This…
