The Plight of Refugees in 2024
Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, UN agencies and NGOs note a rise in the number of refugees around the globe are on the rise and further forces of destabilization that put people more at risk.
Risks of Green Extractivism
As nations in the Global North rush to transition to carbon-neutral energy, extractive industries exploit countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet the growing mineral demand.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Conflict Reveals Precarity
Violence in the eastern DRC provinces of North Kivu and Ituri highlight the precarity of the country’s security due heavily armed rebel groups, foreign intervention, and battle over access to the DRC’s mineral reserves.
Solidarity with the Maasai of Tanzania
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns supports efforts by the Maasai people of northern Tanzania to protect their ancestral land.
Sudan: Path to Peace Unclear
April 15 marked one year of fighting in Sudan between the military and rebel forces, each appearing to be loyal only to power and profit.
Haitians Seek Peace and Self-determination
Gangs continue to exert power in Haiti as a transitional government takes office, and the United States blocks the path of migrants fleeing the violence while failing to stop the flow of illegal weapons to the Caribbean nation.
Gaza: Faith Groups Call for Ceasefire
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and other Christian groups stand with Muslims, Jews, and others in praying, demonstrating, and advocating for a ceasefire and sustainable, just peace in the Middle East.
Peru: Faith-filled Defense of Safe Water
Former Maryknoll Lay Missioner Barbara Fraser reports of recent legal victories for water defenders.
Maryknoll OGC "Thank You" Letter for Withdrawing U.S. Support for Extreme Digital Trade Proposals
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 40 human rights and faith-centric organizations in a "Thank you" letter to President Biden and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for withdrawing U.S. support for extreme digital trade proposals in the ongoing negotiations in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.
Maryknoll OGC Joins 100+ Refugee and Human Rights Orgs Letter on Restoring U.S. Funding to UNRWA
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 102 other Refugee and Human Rights Organizations in a Letter to President Biden, Speaker Johnson, and Majority Leader Schumer on Restoring U.S. Funding to UNRWA. The UN aid organization had its funding frozen by law in this current Congress while famine and starvation conditions exist in Gaza now.
Maryknoll OGC Joins 35 Faith Groups in Letter to Loss and Damage Fund Board Members
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns coordinated a letter from 35 different faith groups in a letter to the newly appointed Loss and Damage Fund Board Members who meet for the first time this week. The letter requests that the Fund be accessible, effective, and debt-free; that it consider objectives holistically between economic and non-economic damage; and that plan a long-term strategy to address its true need.
