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Liberian Women Lay Foundation for Strength and Progress
By: Josh Perry For women in the United States, the rights of today were achieved by courageous…
ICC Review conference: Peace, Justice, and AFRICOM
Eight years after its July 2002 founding, state parties and observers participated in the first ever review…
AFRICOM on the Horn of Africa: The military’s fumbling humanitarian foot forward
By Allison Burket, Associate Director This article was initially published in our May -June 2010 newsletter One…
Alternatives to AFRICOM
Alternatives and Recommendations for AFRICOM Instead of establishing a military command, the US government should promote a…
PRESS RELEASE: LRA/Northern Uganda Bill Passes, NGOs Raise Concern
Yesterday, The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (S.1067, HR 2478), a bill…
LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act nears passage
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (S.1067, HR 2478), a bill that…
New Statement from Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiatve
This month, the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative released another report, urging all parties involved in the LRA…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Outreach Based on Need not Creed
By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director Bishop George Biguzzi of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, was…
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…
Yes Africa Matters Website Launched!
Catholic Task Force on Africa announces the new websitewww.yesafricamatters.org. The Task Force uses the occasion of the…
Reflections on the Synod: Where to go from here?
By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director The Second Special Assembly of Bishops on Africa ended in Rome…
Toward the 2009 Africa Synod: An Interview with Fr. Pius Rutechura
AFJN recently facilitated Fr. Pius Rutechura’s visit to Washington, DC. He is the secretary general of the…
AFJN Opposes Military Language in Northern Uganda Bill
A few weeks ago, two of AFJN’s core issues – AFRICOM and northern Uganda – came together…
