Southern Africa: Courts, Conflict and Human Rights Crises Mark a Troubled Regional Landscape

by Sheila Pires | Feb 9, 2026 | Uncategorized, Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Featured

The latest weekly country update from the Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) highlights a region marked by growing instability, human suffering, and fragile institutions across Southern and Central Africa. In their Friday, 6 February 2026 country update, the...

Denis Hurley Peace Institute update on Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique

by Sheila Pires | Feb 10, 2025 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI)

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Update on the human rights crisis in Cabo Delgado

by Phuti Makgabo | Sep 20, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Uncategorized

The Denis Hurley Peace institute Director, Johan Viljoen, and Mickaël Repellin, the African Program Coordinator of the Franciscans International, are to moderate an online briefing of the human rights crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The briefing is to take place...

Strengthening South-South Dialogue on Global Migration

by Phuti Makgabo | May 31, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Migrants and Refugees Office, News

By: Sheila Pires Religious Sisters, Representatives from Catholic Charity Organisations, Professors from different countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America, Social workers and students from the German University of Wurzburg gathered at Padre Pio Conference Centre...

Viljoen to Cardinal Dolan: since 2019 more than 36000 people have been killed

by Phuti Makgabo | May 12, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), News

“This to me is do unto others what you want them do to you,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan after interviewing Johan Viljoen, the Director of DHPI, on the work done by the Denis Hurley Peace Institute regarding the unrest and persecutions in Nigeria. The interview took...

Catholic Leaders in Uganda Reveal Chilling Human Rights Violations in COVID-19 Report

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 21, 2021 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), News

Past demonstrations on the streets in Uganda/ Credit: Public domain Sharing the new report with ACI Africa, Johan Viljoen, the DHPI Director said that when COVID-19 lockdowns were imposed between March and April last year, the institute of the Southern African...