AFJN said No to AFRICOM at the Ignatian Solidarity Network 2010 in Washington
Posted on December 16, 2010On the weekend of November 14th and 15th thirteen hundred students from 35 Catholic Universities and 20 Catholic High Schools throughout the country gathered for the Ignatian...
View ArticleLenten Witness for Peace and Justice
Posted March 10th, 2011 A note from the Dorothy Day house: Please vigil with the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and other peacemakers at the White House during the Fridays of Lent from 12:00-1:00 p.m....
View ArticleThe Softer Side of AFRICOM
From the Jan-March 2011 Edition of Around Africa, by Melaura Homan-Smith, AFJN Staff In 1961, just three days before John F Kennedy was inaugurated, President Eisenhower gave his historic farewell...
View ArticleGlobal Day Against Military Spending
Posted April 8th, 2011 Africa Advocates can get behind this event, come and show your support! From their website: "We are organizing a Global Day of Action on Military Spending on April 12, 2011 to...
View ArticleAFRICOM's Headquarters May Not Move After All
Posted May 23rd, this article is cross-posted from the Africa Human Security Working Group site While US Senators from Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina vie to host AFRICOM's new headquarters, the...
View ArticleArms control: what was done and what needs to be done
Posted on July 15, 2011 By Alyse Martin Arms’ trafficking in Africa is an issue that should be monitored. Wars in African countries are fought with the illicit small arms that are smuggled in from...
View ArticleEnd U.S. Military and NATO aggression in Libya, says Coalition
Posted 8/19/11Below is a clip from a press release discussing a recent NGO statement calling for ceasefire in Libya. AFJN was instrumental in the creation of this statement in its work with ADNA,...
View ArticleResponses to US Troops in Central Africa
Posted October 26th, 2011 ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS PEACE INITIATIVEOctober 24, 2011Response to the Deployment of U.S. Military Advisors to LRA Affected Regions For us, the Acholi Religious Leaders’...
View ArticleUrging Nonviolence in dealing with the Lord's Resistance Army
Posted January 11th, 2012. 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...
View ArticleDo not designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization
May 17, 2012Hon. Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520Dear Secretary Clinton:We are writing to urge you to not designate Boko Haram a...
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