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Uganda: Senator Coons on the ongoing crack down on political dissent
This Press Release was issued by the office of Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate…
Letter to the New U.S. Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Senator Russ Feingold
A day after his appointment as the US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and…
Advocacy Groups, Congo Experts Applaud Appointment of Feingold as Envoy
WASHINGTON — Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his…
US Special Envoy: No cozy relationships with Africa Great Lakes’ heavy handed regimes
by Jacques Bahati Former Senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, has been appointed US Special Representative for the…
Investor Statement in Support of SEC Rule 1502 on Conflict Minerals
This statement is being issued by various investment groups who represent over $450 billion of assets under…
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…
AFJN Now a Member of The Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA)
This article first appeared in the April-June 2013 Edition of Around Africa “The Public-Private Alliance for Responsible…
We urgently need your voice to help end 17 years of rape, kidnapping, and killings in D.R. Congo
Every day in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo there are news reports of kidnapping for ransom,…
Oxford University: Rwanda President Kagame is controversial, but welcome
Oxford University distanced itself from Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s presence on campus. He was invited by Oxford Business Network for Africa to attend their conference at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School on May 18, 2013. Characterizing President Kagame as a “controversial figure”, the university said that “this invitation and President Kagame’s presence in the Saïd Business School does not imply any endorsement by the School or the University of his views or actions.”
D.R. Congo: Rwandan troops fighting alongside rebels to capture the city of Goma
Despite the international pressure, President Kagame remains defiant. For a month now, North Kivu civil society and…
Answers to those challenging US conflict mineral law, section 1502 of Dodd-Frank
Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing on the…
Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis of Liberia
One of Africa’s outstanding advocates for justice, human rights and good governance, Emeritus Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis…
The Epidemic of Land Grabbing is Worse than Colonization: US Companies are Part of the Rip off
By Jacques Bahati Advocates, mostly African diaspora, gathered on March 15 in the Rayburn House Office Building…
Capitol Hill: the National Bar Association brainstorming on how to help Africa
On March 17, the National Bar Association (NBA), the oldest and largest association of African-American attorneys, judges…
US soon to appoint Special Envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region.
On April 17, US Secretary of State John Kerry, during a hearing on the budget, told congress…
US Senate: Examining Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Congo
On April 16, the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held…
President Thomas Sankara’s Leadership on Arms trade to Africa
Updated on April 9, 2013 This article was first published in AFJN’s January-March 2013 Newsletter On March…
ICC Justice is for Bosco Ntaganda not for the Victims
This article was first published in AFJN’s January-March Newsletter By Jacques Bahati, Policy Analyst On March 18,…
The Fall of D.R.Congo’s War Lord Bosco Caught many by Surprise
After the conviction and sentencing of Thomas Lubanga, calls for the arrest of his collaborator, Bosco Ntaganda…
Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is 30 years old
This year from 1st – 3rd March, Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) organized a conference in Notre Dame University (South Bend – Indiana) in order to celebrate the 30 years of existence (1983-2013). Our confrere Joseph (Sjef) Donders was the founder of this experience of inter-Congregational collaboration for Africa based in Washington . He is still fondly remembered in the United States by different people because his commitment in the US has been long and has reached several areas (cf. his article in the Petit Echo n° 1015/2010/9 ).
