by Jacques Bahati | Sep 20, 2019
This letter was written by members of the Advocacy Network for Africa, based in Washington DC. On Friday September 27, the network is organizing a peaceful protest at the Embassy of South Africa. More details here Hon. Cyril Ramaphosa President of the Republic of...
by Lydia Andrews | Sep 18, 2019
AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Coordinators, Sr. Eucharia Madueke was quoted in Patrick Egwu’s article “Nigerians seek security after killing of priests” for the National Catholic Reporter on September 18, 2019. The article highlights...
by Jacques Bahati | Sep 13, 2019
A statement issued by Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SABC) Justice and Peace Commission on September 12, 2019 denounced the epidemic of violence against women, and “expressed outraged by the high levels of intentional killings of women and girls...
by Jacques Bahati | Sep 13, 2019
From September 4-10th, Pope Francis traveled to Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius to encourage African people to live by the Gospel. Africa has become and will continue to be one of the pillars of the Catholic church. According to The Washington Post,...
by Elian Romano Brandt | Sep 13, 2019
On September 12, 2019, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned by Valentine Iwenwanne in an article published in Global Sisters Report entitled “Nuns try to fight lure of Europe by offering programs for young Nigerians”. Read the full article...
by Alex Hoyt | Sep 13, 2019
On September 13th, 2019, The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation published ‘A CASE STUDY Catholic Sisters in Nigeria’ by the Catholic Sisters initiative. AFJN is mentioned as a previous grant receiver from The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Read the report here:...
by Jacques Bahati | Sep 9, 2019
A project of the Africa Faith & Justice Network, Funded by Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities And the Dominican Sisters of Peace Authored Authored by Mr. Ntama Bahati, Policy Analyst, Email: bahati@afjn.org Edited by Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director...
by Alex Hoyt | Sep 9, 2019
On September 9th, 2019, Mary Lilly Driciru published an article in the Global Sisters Report titled “Consecrated partner to fight trafficking”. The report mentions a partnership with the Association of the Religious in Uganda (ARU) and the AFJN creating a...
by Jacques Bahati | Sep 6, 2019
During his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week, the United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that, “he was looking to the Security Council for the renewal of MONUSCO [UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo] mandate and the...
by Jacques Bahati | Sep 6, 2019
The former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe died this September 6th, 2019 in Singapore at the age of 95. He will be remembered for a lot of things, good and bad. We would like to remember him for his persistent call to reform the United Nations Security Council....
