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Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Seen Through Africa Eyes
Download the full PDF document here or watch part of his presentation here Between 1980 and 2003,…
What You Can Do to Encourage Just Foreign Relations in Africa
In all aspects of our work, AFJN seeks to foster just and equitable relations between the people…
Massive Arrival of “Congolese Refugees “from Rwanda
Source: Congo Actualité n° 102, December 15, 2009, Contact : Rés. PAIX POUR LE CONGO, Strada Cavestro…
Rwandan Policy in DRC
This is an excerpt of AFJN’s November 2009 Paper on the RDC (download PDF Vesrion of the…
Climate Change: What About the Displaced?
Already, as a result of climate change, at least 18 islands have been submerged worldwide. These include…
Peace and Obama: Reflections of a Concerned Activist
By Allison Burket This first decade of the century was one largely defined by America’s response to…
Evaluating Peace and Stability in the RDC and US Policy in the Great Lakes Region
Table of Content I. Objectives 3 II. A Glance into DRC’s Complex Problems …
Evaluating Peace and Stability in the DRC and the US Policy in the Great Lakes”
The analysis of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as described in this paper…
Peace and Obama: Reflections of a Concerned Activist
By Allison Burket This first decade of the century was one largely defined by America’s response to…
The Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, “the African Reconciliation Project”: The role of Missionary Institutes
Written by Paul Saa-Dade Ennin sma, posted on January 29, 2009A member of the SMA General Council, Paul…
Conference of the Catholic Episcopate of the Great Lakes Region Proposes Guidelines for Common Plan for Peace and Reconciliation in the Region
“The reason for coming together was to hold a conference with the goal of looking for ways…
Update on Northern Uganda/LRA Bill
Thanks again to everyone who signed our online petition earlier this year regarding the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament…
Climate Change Debate in Copenhagen: U.S Fears and Opportunities
In his opening remarks at the November 4th hearing entitled “Copenhagen and Beyond: Is there a Successor to…
AFJN Europe on Corporate responsibility, Arms, Foreign land acquisitions, Agricultural policies and the development and much more
Corporate responsibility http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/2009111192747615233.html Thousands of people in Ivory Coast poisoned by toxic waste face being cheated out…
AFRICOM: When it comes to aid to Mali, paitence isn’t always a virture
By Allison Burket Ariticle originally published in the Nov-Dec 09 edition of Around Africa A recent conference…
Message to the People of God Special Assembly of Bishops for Africa October 2009
PrefaceThe following pages contain the public message of challenge and hope that the Second Special Synod of…
Foreign aid reform: Overdue and in Need of Direction
Late August, President Obama issued a request for an interagency review of all U.S. global development policy,…
Outreach Based on Need not Creed
By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director Bishop George Biguzzi of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, was…
AFJN Supports an Informed Foreign Aid Reform
As part of the Presidential Study Directive on Foreign Assistance, initiated by President Obama at the end…
The Changing Face of Mission in Africa
By Rocco Puopolo, S.X., Executive Director As you read this very newsletter, a number of Bishops from…
