Assessing U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
The first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, held August 4-6, has come and gone. Assessments of the Summit’s impact are now underway both in the United States and in Africa.
U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Sudan: War in the north continues
The following article includes an update from Fr. Tom Tiscornia, a Maryknoll missioner who serves in Sudan.
Stopping policies that fuel land grabs in Tanzania
Panel will discuss policies that lead to land grabs in Tanzania.
Feast of Corpus Christi
Sr. Mary Reese has served the people of Tanzania for more than 50 years.
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sr. Mary Ellen Manz served as a missioner in East Africa for many years.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sr. Genie Natividad, MM serves in Tanzania.
South Sudan: Will resurrection occur?
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.
Africa and international financial institutions
This article, written by Amadou Sy, was originally published on the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Africa in Focus blog.
Africa: Views from Capitol Hill
The U.S. seems to have two contrasting perspectives on Africa: “Africa Rising” and Africa as “security threat.”
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Former lay missioner Marj Humphrey writes about an experience when she worked in Kenya.
Kenya: Surge in anti-terrorism actions
The following article appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Sudan-South Sudan: Witnessing history through the end of war
Kelly Kundrat, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, attended the third annual Civil Society Forum on Sudan and South Sudan, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2014. Following is her report from this gathering.
South Sudan: Bishops issue exhortation
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Second Sunday of Lent
Marj Humphrey is a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served in Kenya for many years.
Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, is a Maryknoll Affiliate, and served as the director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns from 1997-2012.
Central Africa Republic: Searching for peace
This report, published in the January-February 2014 NewsNotes, draws heavily on the November 19 testimony to the U.S. House Sub-Committee on Africa by Bishop Nestor-Desire Nongo Aziagbia of Bossangoa Diocese and vice chair of the Central African Catholic Bishops Conference.
Sudanese, South Sudanese bishops issue pastoral exhortation
The Catholic bishops of Sudan and South Sudan met from January 21-31, 2014 in Juba, and issued this joint pastoral exhortation on their countries’ recent violent conflict.