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Month: January 2015

Citizens’ Power: Lessons from October 2014 Events in Burkina Faso

January 28, 2015

The citizens of Burkina Faso have clearly demonstrated to their fellow Africans that “when spider webs unite they can tie up a lion”. Their actions cast light on the urgings…

Promoting Best Practices for Extractive Industries

January 28, 2015

“The Extractive Industries Working Group is a Washington, D.C. based coalition of faith, human rights, and environmental organizations concerned about the negative impact of extractive industries on Creation which includes…

The ear is never too old to learn

January 28, 2015

There is an African proverb which says: “The ear is never too old to learn.” In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Marcel Mugoyi, a long time local chief…

Straight Talk Africa: AFJN on MLK and Nonviolent Action

January 25, 2015

Watch here. Host Shaka Ssali and his guests discuss Martin Luther King Jr’s. commitment to nonviolent action and explore whether his reasoning is still the best option to challenge racial…

Power to the People

January 21, 2015

Edited by Rita Murphy, from the Tanzania Daily News The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more, according to Survival International. President…

Her Business is Rolling

January 13, 2015

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181471.html   Edited by Rita Murphy.  Photo: I. Kaledzi/DW Winifred Selby, a 19 year old social entrepreneur from Ghana, founded Ghana Bamboo Bikes in 2009 and it has become a…