List of Female Africa Presidents – Updated July 2021

July 14, 2021Updated by Jared Watkins Who is the first female President in Africa? How many female Presidents has Africa had so far? This is one of many unknown great stories of African women. In fact, the narrative we hear often is negative, portraying African...

Beyond Violence, Hope in South Africa’s Riots

July 28, 2021By Josh SchlichtEdited by Jacques Bahati “A coordinated and well planned attack on our democracy”. These were the words used by President Cyril Ramaphosa to describe the recent deadly unrest in South Africa. The violence broke out following the arrest of...

AFJN’s ACT Project July 2021 Report

The Africa Faith and Justice Network just released our July 2021 Report on our efforts in Ghana as part of the African Church Together (ACT) to Fight Against Corruption Project. The project was funded by grants from the Missionaries of Africa and the Raskob Foundation...

A Human Tragedy Unfolding in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

By Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJuly 15, 2021 The armed conflict between the Ethiopian army and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a political party and ethnic Tigrayan military organization, has no end in sight. Civilians in the war torn Tigray Region of Ethiopia...