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New Food Aid Bill Raises Concerns

Although a complete overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance seems to have stalled, legislators wasted no time in addressing international food aid reform. On February 5, the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act (S. 384) was introduced on the Senate floor. The bill takes a...

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AFRICOM’s Ugandan Blunder

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) on April 20th, 2009. In early February, The New York Times released information detailing the involvement of the U.S. military in the bungled Ugandan mission to oust the rebel Lord's Resistance...

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TAKE ACTION: Pirates or Disempowered Somalis?

ACTION ALERT! If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ve probably heard a lot about pirates. Not the swashbuckling, patch-over-the-eye, ruthless robber kind, but the disempowered, poverty-stricken, Somali kind. Although the piracy situation off the coast of...

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Negligence Within the Congolese Military

Now that Laurent Nkunda is out of the picture and some other rebel groups have been integrated into the Congolese national army, what is the Congolese government’s excuse for neglecting to take care of the state’s men in uniform (FARDC in French acronym)? Consider...

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Peace and Progress in North Kivu Eastern D.R. Congo

In Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province and surrounding towns, there are many signs of hope. Since the announcement of the capture of the National Congress for People’s Defense (CNDP) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda on January 23, and the slow integration of CNDP...

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Evaluating the Somali “Pirate” Situation

by Beth Tuckey For many of us, the word “pirate” conjures up a whole host of images, most notably that of a swashbuckling, patch-over-the-eye, ruthless robber. In our history texts, pirates sailed the high seas in search of treasure chests of gold, often in...

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AFJN Invites You to Join the Climate Change Covenant!

This month, the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change is launching a unique and unprecedented initiative, A Catholic Climate Covenant and the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor. This ambitious project is in response to a growing desire by the Catholic...

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Reports

AFJN 2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2024 AFJN End of Year Report

2023 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2023 AFJN End of Year Report

2022 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2022 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2021 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2021 End of Year Report

2020 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates

2020 End of Year Report

2018-2022 ACT Project Summary Report

2018-2022 ACT Project Summary Report

“Education and Decent Work for All” AFJN-Uganda April 2022

“Education and Decent Work for All” Report by AFJN-Uganda April 2022

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