Focus Campaigns
AFRICOM Gains National Attention and Skepticism; AFJN Takes a Firm Stance
Over the last few weeks, AFRICOM has appeared in several major media outlets. Until now, there has…
Floods Create Havoc in Africa
In the past three months, floods have ravaged many African nations including Ghana and Togo in…
First HIV/AIDS drug plant to open in Uganda
A factory that will produce treatments for HIV/AIDS is set to open in Kampala, Uganda, the first…
AFJN Discusses Restorative Justice with Bigombe
On October 4th, AFJN Staff and Interns met with Betty Bigombe to discuss restorative justice. Bigombe, currently…
Ugandan President Museveni Labels Contracting HIV Treason
On September 24, President Museveni of Uganda was addressing officials from 12 Ugandan universities in Kampala when…
Trading for Peace: Latest Research by DFID and USAID
For the past several years, AFJN has been working on issues relating to the African Great Lakes…
AFJN Adopts Three New Focus Issues
Each year, the AFJN Staff and Board take some time to consider the major issues arising in…
Global Climate Change, Global Effort
From September 5-7, 2007, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) held its annual conference for…
AFJN and Congo Global Action Coalition
Since the end of 2006, AFJN has been actively involved in CGA. Our Executive Director, Rocco Puopolo,…
Peace Continues to Elude DR Congo
The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been waiting for peace for the past…
Child Abuse: UN Report Expresses Concern Over Sexual Crimes Against Children in Cote d’Ivoire
Five years after the civil war in Cote d‘Ivoire, the UN is urging political actors to give…
The Forgotten Victims: Children infected with HIV/AIDS
Every minute of every day a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV. 1,400…
Catholic Church of Zimbabwe Declares Support for Archbishop
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer from severe food shortages and an inflation rate of over 7,500%, one…
Senate Passes Bill to Increase Funds To Fight HIV/AIDS Worldwide
On Thursday, September 7, 2007, the Senate voted 81-12 to approve the fiscal year 2008 Foreign Aid…
Nigeria Adds Its Voice to AFRICOM Opposition
Several weeks ago, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) released a public objection to the presence of…
Again, D.R.Congo Under Fire. Who Has the Solution to this Conflict?
For several weeks now, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (namely in the North Kivu…
Presidential Town Hall Meeting Africa Questionnaire
In June, the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, AFJN, and 13 other civil society organization partners submitted a…
In Zimbabwe, Children Affected by HIV Receive Increased Support
According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006 Report, “the only evidence of declining…
South Africa Continues to Falter on HIV/AIDS
South Africa has always lagged behind in its HIV/AIDS policy, despite having a greater capacity to address…
Zimbabwean Archbishop, Pius Ncube, Resigns
“i have not been silenced by the crude machinations of a wicked regime” said the Bulawayo Archobishop,…
