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Month: April 2016

AFJN Event with Bishop Matthew Kukah featured in OMI USA JPIC

April 30, 2016

Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria recently addressed a packed room of staff from Catholic organizations, Africa-focused coalitions and a representative from the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

Linking Toxic Waste Dumping to Africa’s Land, Water and Seed Struggle

April 27, 2016

On March 2, 2016, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) co-sponsored and participated in the Ghana Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed as part of the launch…

There Is No Land For Toxic Dumping In Africa

April 22, 2016

As we fight land grabbing in Africa  we are concerned about leasing land not only for agriculture, but for toxic dumping. We need to be vigilant  to make sure that…

Photo Gallery: Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign in Ghana’s Volta Region

April 14, 2016

In November 2015 Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) spearheaded a continental conference on land grabbing in Nairobi, Kenya.  At AFJN we challenge ourselves to ensure our workshops result in…

We Have Increased in Number, But Has Our Land Increased in size?

April 14, 2016

The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) team just concluded an unprecedented land grab prevention and awareness campaign in several villages and one very large high school in Nkwanta South…

Nigerians Object to Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn and Cotton

April 11, 2016

Nigerian civil society groups, faith-based organizations, farmers associations, students and local community groups are calling for a global mobilization to object to an application to the Nigerian National Biosafety Management…