Focus Campaigns
Bosco Ntaganda in no longer a threat to Congolese citizens
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, General Bosco Ntaganda, surrended himself to the US Embassy in…
President Obama’s Second Term: looking ahead and looking back on his Africa policies
By Bahati Jacques, Policy Analyst. This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter…
Support for African Women Researchers
This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter Funders have renewed support for…
Mali: A State in Crisis
By Melaura Homan-Smith, AFJN Program Coordinator This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa”…
President Obama asks Rwandan President to permanently ending all support to armed groups in the DRC
Below is the White House Press release about the call President Obama made to President Kagame Source: The…
Open letter by 144 NGOs and Civil Society groups to DRC President Kabila
Mr. President, “The bill on the organization, composition, powers and functioning of the High Council of Defense,…
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)…
South SUDAN: Cardinal Warns Against Oil Exploiters
Source: Christian Telegraph here http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue18327.html Cardinal John Onaiyekan from Nigeria has warned South Sudan against foreign oil…
Amnesty International Urges President Ouattara to Approve Côte d’Ivoire’s Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Amnesty International Press Release Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org Thursday, December 13, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@aiusa.org, 212-633-4150, @strimel (Washington,…
International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber II acquits Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
Source: http://www.icc-cpi.int Press Release : 18/12/2012 Situation: The Democratic Republic of the Congo Case: The Prosecutor v. Mathieu…
NGOs letter to President Obama: U.S. quiet diplomacy to address Rwandan involvement in eastern D. R. Congo failed
AFJN is one of the signatories of this letter December 10, 2012 President Barack Obama The White…
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.”
Senate votes to sanction those helping M23 in Eastern Congo
Press Release Source: www.coons.senate.gov Amendment imposing an asset freeze and visa ban on those supporting the M23 added…
SECAM to set up Faith, Culture and Development Agenda
AFJN’s Executive Director, Aniedi Okure, OP was one of the presenters at this conference of the Symposium…
Bishop Presidents of National Caritas in Africa Call for respect of the territorial integrity of the DR Congo
Posted on Novmber 22, 2012 “In communion with the Bishops of the Congo who have frequently taken…
UN Report on Rwanda’s Support of M23 Released Two Days After Goma Fell
The following is an excerpt from the report’s executive summary: “The Government of Rwanda continues to violate…
UN Security Council adopts a resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of ‘M23’
“The Security Council this evening demanded the immediate withdrawal of the armed group known as the 23…
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”…
D.R. Congo: Women’s Advocate Dr. Mukege Narrowly Escapes Assassination
A news reports from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the…
Help Prevent the US from Being a Safe Haven for War Criminals
The United States government is seeking help from the general public and specifically from the African diaspora…
