AFJN’s First Empowerment Project Workshop-Ghana

In October AFJN held its first Empowerment Project workshop in Accra, Ghana. Read the report. Read more about the background of the Empowerment Project, and the formation of this workshop.   AFJN thanks the Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy...

Gender Empowerment through Governance

Gender equality is a battle that even developed countries struggle with today. In Africa, women are fighting against the weight of tradition and other injustices. Socially, assigning roles based on gender is a practice that is very prevalent. There are very few women...

A Government’s Band-aid Solution to Education

(Download PDF file) In June 2014 Ghana was granted a $156 million loan by the World Bank on top of previous unpaid loans from the same institution. The loan was for improving the education sector mainly secondary education. The way the loan was to be distributed...

AFJN’s Work Featured in NCR Article

On December 9, 2014, Michael Sean Winters wrote an article in National Catholic Reporter featuring the work of the Africa Faith and Justice Network in “AFJN: Making Government Responsive.” Read the full article here:...

Article on Faith in Action in The Guardian

Read the story of Father Bernard Kenvi’s intervention to save Muslims despite threats to his life. “I thirst for peace in CAR,” he says. “I want to see people able to move around safely like in any other country. I want to see my Muslim brothers, who have lost...

Africa up for grabs, Saudi Arabia takes its share

Land grabbing threatens the livelihood of many communities in Africa. Saudi Arabian companies are among the many grabbing land in Africa. Under the umbrella of the King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi Investment Abroad, Saudi investors have acquired land in Africa with...