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PRESS RELEASEMay 11, 2012 Contact: Mikael MooreFor Immediate Release Phone: (202) 225-2201Washington – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a long-time advocate for international human rights and assistance for impoverished nations, participated…
On February 13, my colleague and I returned from a three week research trip in DRC on the effect of Dodd-Frank 1502, specifically on artisanal miners. We visited the Mukera…
On Saturday, April 28, 2012 AFJN Executive Director Dominican Father Aniedi Okure and Policy Analyst Bahati Jacques conducted an information session at the Xaverian Missionaries community in Holliston Massachusetts. The…
On April 16, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC, unveiled a new report by several organizations on the urgent need for security sector reform in the…
Press Release Washington, D.C.—Leaders from 76 nongovernmental organizations delivered a letter to President Obama urging the U.S. to relinquish antipersonnel landmines and join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty without further…
This article is originally from Around Africa, Jan-March 2012 edition An award for outstanding achievements by African scientists has been created in memory of Thomas Odhiambo, the Kenyan scientist who…
This artlicle was first pulished in AFJN’s January-March Newsletter To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Global Peace Initiative for Women (GPIW) held an international conference in Kenya on the theme…
After a field trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from late January to mid February, Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is calling on the US Securities…
Presse Release by iTSCI The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was agreed following an evaluation of progress by Ministry experts who have reported improved transparency and statistics of production, and…
(letter in PDF file )Dear Chairman Kocot, Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a non-profit network with 34 US based active member organizations, applauds you and your consideration of H3982, An Act Relative…
On May 10, the International Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives held a hearing entitled “The Costs and Consequences of…
On 30 July 2010 human rights activist Bwira wrote an open letter to president Kabila. In that letter he denounced the fact that ex-rebels who had committed serious crimes were…
Food security is an important and dynamic issue in the study of Africa. Familiarize yourself with the definitions, current issues, and how to advocate for food security using AFJN’s Food…
This article by Bahati Jacques from the Oct-Dec Edition of Around Africa, 2011. On October 14, 2011, President Barack Obama sent a letter to Congress to inform law-makers that he…
By Solidarite et Assistance Integrale aux Personnes Demunies , NGO This is my third analysis on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) activities in Democratic Republic of Congo and it is…
Supreme Court Decision Confirming Results of the Presidential Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 20, 2011…
What would you do if your vote was claimed by a candidate you did not vote for? Observers from the Carter Center, founded by former US President Jimmy Carter, found…
Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/12/178853.htm Provisional Results of the Presidential Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Press Statement Victoria Nuland Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 14, 2011…
Translated by Jacques Bahati ( Download the French version here) Archdiocese of Kinshasa The Cardinal Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, 1. Sunday, December 4th, 2011, the CENCO [the National Episcopal Conference…
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson December 6, 2011 2011/2072 STATEMENT BY MARK TONER, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The United States…
