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Pas d’Africains Cobayes pour les Expérimentations du Vaccin Contre le Coronavirus: Andre Lite, Ministre des Droits Humain de la RDC

April 4, 2020

[Read in English] La pandémie de coronavirus a terrorisé le monde et nous a paralysés. Le nombre de cas de Covid-19 dans le monde a dépassé un million, avec un…

Interfaith Coalition to The International Monetary Fund – Countries Need Urgent Debt Relief, Restructuring, and Aid Amid Covid-19 Crisis

March 24, 2020

March 24, 2020 The Africa Faith & Justice Network co-signed Jubilee USA Network‘s interfaith letter sent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 23, 2020. In the letter, interfaith…

Pray with Us in Solidarity with the Pope and those around the World on the Feast of St. Joseph!

March 19, 2020

AFJN prayed a Rosary and celebrated Mass on the Feast of St. Joseph, with our brothers and sisters around the world. Thank you you everyone who was able to pray…

COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus for Charitable Organizations

March 18, 2020

On March 18, AFJN was one of 100 organizations that signed “The Charitable Sector: COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package” letter to Congress that requested $60 billion in stimulus funds…

Challenges Facing Africa: 2019 in Review

February 21, 2020

Click here for highlights of what we have done about some of these challenges. An analysis of the challenges facing Africa over the years reveals a major perennial problem. Seemingly…

Songhai Center Model: the Future for Africa’s Food Security

February 13, 2020

Why is Africa so rich, but is inhabited by the planet’s poorest people?  Some governments have gone as far as leasing land to agro-businesses for large scale agriculture as a possible…

What is Burning in Your Heart?

February 10, 2020

A Reflection on a Three-Day Workshop for Tanzania Catholic Association of Sisters “What is burning in your heart after these days?” asked one AFJN team member following the meeting of…

Africa Faith & Justice Network Highlight the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita, Patron of Trafficked Persons

February 10, 2020

Uganda On February 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakita, the Africa Faith & Justice Network Uganda (AFJN-Uganda) organized a nationwide prayer session for the victims of human trafficking, and…

Yes to Agroecology, No to Agro-colonialism

February 10, 2020

Africa Faith and Justice Network is one of the 176 organizations which signed a letter to the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres in effort to protect Africa’s food system…

Is partitioning the Democratic Republic of Congo the true reason for the killing in Beni?

February 10, 2020

An interview with Florentin Mokonda Bonza, Professor at the University of Kinshasa and President of the Convention of Christian Democrats (CDC) and of the political platform the New Initiative for…

Message from the bishops, priests, and lay delegates of the Conferences of Catholic Bishops of Burkina-Niger, Ivory Coast, and Ghana

February 3, 2020

To the faithful in Christ, men and women of good will, who love justice and peace: 1.Given the gravity of the security and humanitarian situation facing the populations of their…

(aciafrica) Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference

January 20, 2020

The brave fight mounted by religious sisters against human traffickers in Nigeria has been a key highlight of the ongoing conference that has brought together religious men and women in the west African country.

AFJN mentioned in Business Wire/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation press release

January 17, 2020

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that 15 grants were approved, totaling more than $32 million during the fourth quarter of 2019.

AFJN featured in ACI Africa on Nuns in Nigeria against human trafficking

January 17, 2020

On January 17th, 2020, ACI Africa published an article titled “Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference” by Agnes Aineah.

We are ready for a Successful Year 2020

January 3, 2020

Dear Supporters, Happy New Year to you and yours!We resumed work today, Thursday, the second day of the Year 2020 after New Year’s Day celebration. As the first order of…