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Month: October 2016

Global Sisters Report: A dream coming true, Mobilizing African sisters for systemic change

October 25, 2016

To harness African sisters’ enormous potential to work for a more just society and to engage in action for justice requires rallying their political will in this direction.

African Scientists Receive World Food Prize for contributing to Nutritional Health

October 19, 2016

The renowned Scientists  Drs. Robert Mwanga from Uganda and Dr. Maria Andrade from Cape Verde are among the four biofortification specialists who won the World Food Prize in 2016 for…

The Democratic Process Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

October 19, 2016

The governance of Africa’s second largest country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is in a political crisis because the work of organizing elections within the constitutional timeframe was…

Land Grab and Environmental Pollution: Long Term Consequences for Ghanaians. A Briefing to the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference

October 13, 2016

Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director of the Africa Faith & Justice Network gave remarks at the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference plenary 2016 on the theme “Reconciliation with God, Humanity…

Voice of America: The Political crisis in the RD Congo

October 13, 2016

Opposition and civil society groups which declined to attend the dialogue or boycotted the forum made a very bad political calculation.

Ghana: The Church takes action against land grabbing

October 11, 2016

Bishops and organisations are joining forces to combat land grabbing…

Recent Updates on our Campaign’s Impact in Ghana

October 7, 2016

Part of our approach in fighting against land grabbing in Ghana has been to reach out to traditional leaders who then summon people in their jurisdictions to attend awareness town…

“Land Grab in Africa; Hispanic Heritage Month; and South African Musical Group Mafikizolo”

October 5, 2016

Bahati Jacques, AFJN Policy Analyst on WPFW’s Africa Now program to discuss Land Grab in Africa and Cameroon in general.