US Special Envoy: No cozy relationships with Africa Great Lakes' heavy handed regimes
Posted on June 18, 2013
by Jacques Bahati
Former Senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, has been appointed US Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National and international organizations have been calling for this appointment since 2006.
Although Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) receives with optimism the appointment of the special envoy, we wait to see more constructive US policy in the region. Such policy would include unconditional support to democracy, rule of law, human rights promotion, civil society empowerment and conflict prevention and development. We oppose any policy that will nurture further cozy relationships with the Great Lakes' heavy handed regimes. “Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions” (Accra/Ghana Speech, President Obama July 11, 2009).
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Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network at 25
The Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network (AEFJN), Europe’s sister organization of Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) celebrates its 25th anniversary of ministry of justice this year. The launching of the year-long celebration took place in Brussels April 22-24, 2013 and was attended by 68 participants from AEFJN organizational members throughout Europe, AEFJN representatives from Africa and from the United States; VIVAT and AFJN.
Welcome to Elizabeth Stack
Posted May 31, 2013
Elizabeth Stack, a rising junior at the University of Notre Dame, is a Political Science major focusing on International Relations, specifically International Law. She is a research assistant to Professor Emilia Justyna Powell on her Islamic law project and a student of Arabic. Her interest in politics and international law has led her to Washington, where she will return for the Spring 2014 semester. She aims to travel to Africa and the Middle East in the coming years.
