AFJN News, Articles, and Information
On July 11th, 2,021 government officials from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to find a solution to the armed struggle between the M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national army. The...
For more than two years students at Foothill School of Arts and Science in Boise, Idaho have been learning about the connection between the minerals in some of their favorite technological gadgets and the conflict that has been going on in the Democratic Republic of...
Bahati Jacques, AFJN's Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
by World Student Christian Federation We recognize the vulnerability the Nigerian people feel in their places of worship to be a violation of their right to worship publicly. We hope the federal government of Nigeria will be more strategic in its attempts to protect...
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...
From Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, Executive Director A new scramble for Africa akin to the frenzy that followed the Berlin conference of 1885 and the partitioning and colonization of Africa is on; farmlands and minerals are the biggest attraction. The increasing...
Author: U.S. Department of StateCategory: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborDate Written: 2011 Summary & Comment: The Department of State documents yearly human rights reports on countries around the world. For example, in the case of Rwanda “There were...
Author: U.S. Department of State Category: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Date Written: 2011 Summary & Comment: The Department of State documents yearly human rights reports on countries around the world. For example, in the case of Rwanda “There...
A United Nations Group of Experts report has documented the Rwandan government's support for rebel groups inside the Congo. Various media have reported that the United States Mission to the United Nations, headed by Ambassador Susan Rice had first attempted to block...
