AFJN News, Articles, and Information
We’ve been told over and over again: the train has left the station. The new U.S. military command for Africa (AFRICOM) is already operational in Stuttgart, Germany. It has temporary funding, much of which has been transferred from other branches of the Department of...
Q&A with Emmanuel Roberts The government of Sierra Leone requested that UN Security Council establish an international tribunal to prosecute individuals responsible for committing atrocities in the country’s brutal civil war, which broke out in 1991 and remains...
In wartime, the crime of rape is not a new phenomenon; but the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has no comparison. Many reports have been written calling with urgency for national and international action to end the rape pandemic in eastern...
On February 25th, the Water Working Group, of which AFJN is a part, delivered a letter to Congress, asking members to support the Water for the World Resolution. The text of the letter is as follows: Dear Member of Congress, At least 1.4 billion people struggle daily...
"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 Africa
AFJN is honored to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned development economist, will address the attendees of our 25th anniversary celebration. He will speak on the topic, “United States Policy and Africa: an Assessment of the Current Administration and...
AFJN is excited to announce that Ishmael Beah, New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, will be a keynote speaker for AFJN’s 25th anniversary conference from April 18-21, 2008. Beah’s book has won national acclaim for its...
Washington, DC- The Maryknoll Sisters Congregational Leadership Team issued today the following statement: "During their visit to Africa, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will visit Emusoi Centre, a project of the Maryknoll Sisters in Arusha, Tanzania. Emusoi...
AFJN took part in organizing a Press Call before President Bush made his trip to Africa from February 15th-21st. It was an attempt, by several US-based and Africa-based NGO's to raise the issues surrounding Bush's legacy on the continent. For the full transcript,...