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AFJN’s Rev. Aniedi Okure and Jacques Bahati on NPR’s All things considered on Catholicism in Africa

When Pope Benedict XVI said he was stepping down, he broke a tradition that had been in place since 1415.

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Straight Talk Africa Guest Rev. Okure Examine if African Leaders Can Learn from the Pope’s Retirement

African leaders can learn from the Pope resignation says AFJN Executive Director Aniedi Okure in an interview…

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AFJN quoted in article in Redress Information & Analysis on Ethiopia and Ogaden people

In the harsh Ogaden region of Ethiopia, impoverished ethnic Somali people are being murdered and tortured, raped, persecuted and displaced by government paramilitary forces.

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AFJN Mentioned as a Signer of Letter to Obama in The Guardian on Failed Rwandan Foreign Policy

Eighteen years ago, President Bill Clinton watched passively as the Hutu extremist regime in Rwanda oversaw the murder of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis.

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AFJN’s Work in Africa Mentioned in Periodista Digital

Plantearse la cuestión de la incidencia política de mujeres cristianas conlleva superar un doble condicionamiento.

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AFJN Featured in San Francisco Bay View: National Black Newspaper

On July 7, 2012, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in Mary Ratcliff’s article “U.S….

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“A little office that reaches a continent”

AFJN in the National Catholic Reporter under the headline “A little office that reaches a continent” (July 20,…

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The sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga

Bahati Jacques, AFJN’s Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga

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War Lord Thomas Lubanga sentenced to 14 years: whose victory?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, Thomas Lubanga, with…

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The verdict of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga

Bahati Jacques, AFJN’s Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the verdict of DRC War Lord Thomas…

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AFJN’s Rev. Aniedi Okure Interviewed by Uprising with Sonali Radio Program on Nigerian Protests

William Gregory Ock, a US citizen working in Nigeria was released last Friday after a week in captivity.

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AFJN Mentioned by Rwanda Genocide Survior Claude Gatebuke

Congo is one of the most mineral rich places in the world.

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AFJN Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati quoted in The Final Call on Justice for Victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Final Call published an article by Saeed Shabaz titled “Advocates: Six million Congolese war victims deserve justice”.

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AFJN’s Jacques Bahati mentioned in San Francisco Bay View

KPFA News Anchor Cameron Jones: On Tuesday the House Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the most lethal conflict in the world since World War II, which has continued since the International Rescue Committee estimated over three years ago that more than 5.4 million people had died in the conflict, most of whom had died of hardship after being driven from their homes.

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The 2010 UN Mapping Report Exercise in DR Congo

Black Agenda Radio Bahati Jacques, AFJN’s policy analyst’s take on The 2010 UN Mapping Report Exercise in DR…

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Africa advocates head to Congress re Congo atrocities

KPFA Radio Africa advocates head to Congress re Congo atrocities, Bahati Jacques explains the objectives of the…

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Coalition to UN Security Council: Address UN Congo Mapping Report and enforce justice for victims

Coalition to UN Security Council: Address UN Congo Mapping Report and enforce justice for victims

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Voice of America: Solutions to the DRC Crisis

Voice of America: In Focus Jacques Bahati, AFJN’s policy Analyst take on Solutions to the D.R.Congo Crisis.

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AFJN and other organizations called on Obama not to recognize Kagame

President Obama said, in his 2009 speech in Accra, Ghana, that America should support strong institutions and not strong men.

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Voice of America TV: In Focus Features Bahati on the Kampala Bombings

Voice of America TV, In Focus  Jacques Bahati take on the Bombing in Kampala and US Policy in…

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