AFJN in the News
Congo is one of the most mineral rich places in the world.
The Final Call published an article by Saeed Shabaz titled “Advocates: Six million Congolese war victims deserve justice”.
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.
Black Agenda Radio Bahati Jacques, AFJN’s policy analyst’s take on The 2010 UN Mapping Report Exercise in DR Congo
KPFA Radio Africa advocates head to Congress re Congo atrocities, Bahati Jacques explains the objectives of the coalition’s briefing on Capitol Hill on the UN mapping Report
Coalition to UN Security Council: Address UN Congo Mapping Report and enforce justice for victims
Voice of America: In Focus Jacques Bahati, AFJN’s policy Analyst take on Solutions to the D.R.Congo Crisis.
President Obama said, in his 2009 speech in Accra, Ghana, that America should support strong institutions and not strong men.
Voice of America TV, In Focus Jacques Bahati take on the Bombing in Kampala and US Policy in Africa
The US JPIC Committee and the JPIC staff met in Washington, DC from April 14 through the 15th to discuss the JPIC policies and priorities.
In case anyone needed further evidence that President Paul Kagame’s Rwanda is the Pentagon’s proxy, 140 Rwandan police are about to undertake special training before heading to Haiti, as reported in the Rwanda New Times, because, according to Rwandan Police Chief Eric Kayiranga, “Rwanda wants to be involved in promoting peace in other countries” and, if need be, they would send more peacekeepers to other countries.
Voice of America: In Focus Voice of America features comments of Policy Analyst Bahati Jacques
Video: “Come Clean for Congo” Contest entry on breaking the silence in the Congo featuring AFJN staff
“International Firms Stand Accused of Fish Piracy”The East African quotes AFJN’s Beth Tuckey on Somali piracy
“The Weight of ‘Change’? AFRICOM and the U.S. Presidential Elections” Pambazuka News, article by Associate Director Beth Tuckey
“Bronx Students Aid War Victims in Congo” New York Times City Room article quotes Bahati Ntama and cites AFJN.
“The US War on Terror Exported to Rwanda: A Threat to Peace in DRC” Pambazuka News, article by Bahati Jacques and Beth Tuckey in reaction to President Bush’s trip to…
“Driven by Faith: Jacques Bahati and His Mission for Africa”Africana Connect Online Magazine, NonProfit Spotlight on AFJN Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati
“Former Teen Soldier Asks U.S. to Help Work for Peace in Uganda” Catholic News Service article about AFJN-sponsored Northern Uganda Lobby Day
“Americans Urge Bush Over LRA” Ugandan New Vision article about AFJN petition on northern Uganda
