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US Foreign policy: Attempt to repeal Congo Conflict Mineral law meets the strongest opposition
On May 10, the International Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives held a hearing entitled “The Costs and Consequences of Dodd-Frank Section 1502: Impacts on America and the Congo”. Since the signing into law in 2010 of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Financial Reform and Consumer Protection…
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The verdict of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
Bahati Jacques, AFJN’s Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the verdict of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
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Nature Kenya Policy Brief on Biofuels
By Nature Kenya – the East Africa Natural History Society Nature Kenya recognizes the Government of Kenya’s concern about Climate Change, and efforts to promote Green Development. We support the Government’s exploration of alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass from waste materials. However, we urge caution in the case of biofuel crops such…
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Bosco Ntaganda: Smuggler King, Kidnapper, War Criminal And … General
On 30 July 2010 human rights activist Bwira wrote an open letter to president Kabila. In that letter he denounced the fact that ex-rebels who had committed serious crimes were recruited by the army in East Congo without any problem at all. He cited the case of Ntaganda and deplored that the Congo tolerates impunity…
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AFJN’s Rev. Aniedi Okure Interviewed by Uprising with Sonali Radio Program on Nigerian Protests
William Gregory Ock, a US citizen working in Nigeria was released last Friday after a week in captivity.
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AFJN Food Security Toolkit
Food security is an important and dynamic issue in the study of Africa. Familiarize yourself with the definitions, current issues, and how to advocate for food security using AFJN’s Food Security Toolkit. Put together by AFJN interns, this toolkit is a clear and thorough introduction to understanding African food security and how it relates to…
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Urging Nonviolence in dealing with the Lord’s Resistance Army
This article by Bahati Jacques from the Oct-Dec Edition of Around Africa, 2011. On October 14, 2011, President Barack Obama sent a letter to Congress to inform law-makers that he had authorized the deployment of one hundred “combat equipped U.S. forces to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the…
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The Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) activities in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Solidarite et Assistance Integrale aux Personnes Demunies , NGO This is my third analysis on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) activities in Democratic Republic of Congo and it is a follow up analysis on the first and second which was produced in July and August 2011 respectively. This analysis will focus on three month…
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US Secretary of State Statement on D. R Congo’s Supreme Court Decision Confirming Results of the Presidential Election
Supreme Court Decision Confirming Results of the Presidential Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 20, 2011 The United States is deeply disappointed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the electoral commission’s provisional results without fully…
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Urgent Action: YES to Democracy in D.R. Congo and No to US Recognition of Rigged Elections
What would you do if your vote was claimed by a candidate you did not vote for? Observers from the Carter Center, founded by former US President Jimmy Carter, found “the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) on Dec. 9 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lack…
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US Latest Statement on D.R. Congo Presidential Election
Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/12/178853.htm Provisional Results of the Presidential Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Press Statement Victoria Nuland Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 14, 2011 The United States continues to follow closely the ongoing electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We have taken note of recent…
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Declaration of Cardinal L. Monsengwo Pasinya on Presidential Elections in DRC
Translated by Jacques Bahati ( Download the French version here) Archdiocese of Kinshasa The Cardinal Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, 1. Sunday, December 4th, 2011, the CENCO [the National Episcopal Conference of Catholic Bishops] in a press conference and at St. Anne Church, I have made an appeal asking CENI [National Independent Electoral Commission] to imperatively…
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US Department: Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson December 6, 2011 2011/2072 STATEMENT BY MARK TONER, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The United States remains deeply committed to supporting the democratic development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The presidential and legislative elections that took place as…
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Carter Center: DRC Presidential Election Results Lack Credibility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDec. 10, 2011Source: http://www.cartercenter.orgContact: Baya Kara in Kinshasa +243 81 240 7659 or Deborah Hakes in Atlanta +1 404 420 5124The Carter Center finds the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) on Dec. 9 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lack credibility. CENI results point to…
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Congressional Briefing: Evaluating the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2011 Elections and the Implementation of the United Nations Mapping Exercise Report
On November 28th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its second presidential and parliamentary election since the devastating war that began in 1996 and continues to claim lives in the eastern part of the country. Assassinations, intimidation, and other human rights violations have been reported since the electoral process started. On December 6th, the…
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AFJN Mentioned by Rwanda Genocide Survior Claude Gatebuke
Congo is one of the most mineral rich places in the world.
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Africae Munus: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
This article from the Oct-Dec 2011 edition of Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, AFJN Executive Director Encouragement for the Church in Africa and a challenge to the Universal Church On November 19th, 2011, in the Republic of Benin in West Africa, Pope Benedict XVI published the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Africae Munus which means Africa’s Commitment,…
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US Publicly Recognizes Rwanda’s Lack of Democracy
US finally said publicly what was previously told to Rwandan authorities in private. In her speech entitled “Building a New Nation: Rwanda’s Progress and Potential” delivered at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology on November 26th, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice confirmed reports of an undemocratic regime under President Paul Kagame. Humanitarian,…
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Congo (Kinshasa) Elections: A step backward
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest nation in Africa after Algeria, is again dominating the headlines for failure to organize free and fair elections. Some are blaming the country’s size for the logistical failure, but there is no excuse for killing, arresting and imprisoning members of the opposition. Clearly, a lack of…
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South African Catholic Bishops’ Statement Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change
This global climate change poses a great spiritual challenge to all Christians, people of all faiths, and all people of good will as it is the consequence of the destruction of God’s creation in which we have all participated in one way or another. It calls for a change of mindset, and a change of…
