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Video: “Come Clean for Congo” Contest entry on breaking the silence in the Congo featuring AFJN staff
The persistence and the complication of wars in Africa are partially due to small arms proliferation. The consequences of small arms on African people due to international conflicts within Africa, rebel group activities, mercenary groups, and armed gang activities have yet to be fully measured. The International Action Network on Small Arms, Saferworld, and Oxfam International put it in perspective when they reported that armed conflict cost Africa $18 billion each year and about US$300 billion between 1990-2005.
“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…
In October 2003, James Jay Carafano, Ph. D. and Nile Gardiner, both from the Conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation, proposed to the Bush administration the creation of a centralized Africa command for the U.S. military. With this proposal as the basis for the command and adamant support from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, just four years later AFRICOM became operational.
“Driven by Faith: Jacques Bahati and His Mission for Africa”Africana Connect Online Magazine, NonProfit Spotlight on AFJN Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati
On September 24, President Museveni of Uganda was addressing officials from 12 Ugandan universities in Kampala when he compared contracting HIV/AIDS to treason. According to the Monitor, he said to those…
“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
AFJN members in their annual meeting discussed and approved five resolutions treating important issues concerning the people of Africa. Members were encouraged to distribute and publicize the resolutions in their…
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“Student experiences Ugandan civil war firsthand” George Washington University Hatchet newspaper article on Uganda-CAN’s Jackie Burgess
“Government Can End Kony War If It So Wishes” Feature Op/Ed by Quaranto and Poffenberger in The New Vision
“U.S. Blamed for continuing Uganda strife”News Article in Oklahoma’s Joplin Independent
Kony anti-war pressure group formed in the US The Monitor
From October 2-3, members came together for the Annual Meeting to honor the San Egidio community for their peacemaking work in Africa.
The Africa Faith & Justice Network, a USA-based NGO comprised of Catholic religious and social justice groups, denounced USA policies of imposing genetically modified (GM) food aid on southern African countries facing severe drought and famine.
