Bahati Jacques, AFJN's Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, Thomas Lubanga, with recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel movement in Ituri. Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, however he will serve only eight...
Bahati Jacques, AFJN's Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the verdict of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
On January 30, 2012, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was featured in "Mass Protests, Violence, & Oil Spills, Rock Nigeria" in Uprising with Sonali. Listen to the broadcast here:...
On December 4, 2011, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in the interview "Rwanda Genocide survivor: My mother and I were ordered to dig our own graves" by Minister of Information JR in San Francisco Bay View. Claude Gatebuke, a Rwanda Genocide survivor...
The 3rd Annual Fr. Bill Dyer Lecture went quite well this year! Our speaker Nii Akuetteh's speech will be published as a paper soon, so even if you couldn't attend, the content will be available. The house was packed and both the food and discourse were...
by Hervé Cheuzeville, translated from French by Bahati Jacques. Originally published by Echo D’Afrique on September 23, 2011 A major event occurred on September 23rd, 2011. Yet it went largely unnoticed in Western countries. The stock market...
“Burundi has passed an important milestones on the path to peace, but the page of the conflict has not yet been definitively turned. Loyal support from external partners remains necessary,” says the European Network for Central Africa (EURAC) in its October report...
This film by Friends of the Congo answers questions such as why the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was invaded and why it is a weak nation. Foreign interests, Congo neighboring nations in particular, and some selfish Congolese leaders have a lot to do with the...
Annual Member Meeting at EAD Last Saturday, at Ecumenical Advocacy Days, AFJN had its annual member meeting at a well-attended reception. Fr. Rocco Puopolo addressed the audience, highlighting some of AFJN's Successes and sharing AFJN's end-of-year financial...
The Final Call published an article by Saeed Shabaz titled "Advocates: Six million Congolese war victims deserve justice". AFJN's Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati made remarks towards a US congressional briefing that discussed a UN report on human rights violations in...
On March 13, 2011, the Africa Faith and Justice Network's Jacques Bahati was mentioned by Ann Garrison in her Article "White man's burden: Affleck and Prendergast in Congress for Congo" in San Francisco Bay View. Read the full article here:...