by Jacques Bahati | Nov 21, 2017
A Review of Follow-up Actions After the Limuru Conference Remarks by Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director, AFJN, Abidjan November 21, 2017 Your Excellencies, dear brothers and sisters, thank you for giving me the opportunity to present the follow-up to the conference... by Jacques Bahati | Nov 17, 2017
The World Food Prize is awarded yearly for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution of food. This year’s “Nobel Prize of Agriculture” was awarded to Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian agriculture minister... by Jacques Bahati | Nov 17, 2017
Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI) has made it one of his legislative priorities to reopen the cash flow to rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is currently closed due to regulations by section 1502 (Conflict Mineral) of the Dodd-Frank... by Jacques Bahati | Nov 13, 2017
In May 2017, members of the Africa Faith & Justice Network team met with the major superiors of Ghana, encouraging them to engage structures of injustice in their communities while continuing to provide services to the people, thus sustaining the gains of sisters’... by Jacques Bahati | Nov 10, 2017
Up to 70% of the world’s cocoa is produced by 2 million farmers in a belt that stretches from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, but Ivory Coast and Ghana are the giants, the world’s first and second biggest producers. They are also the biggest victims of deforestation. Ivory... by Jacques Bahati | Nov 3, 2017
Mail and delivery is not that straightforward in Ghana, which like many developing countries, lacks a formal addressing system. Instead of a number and street name, often landmarks, be it a junction, tree or colored gate, are used to describe a location. The Ghanaian... by Jacques Bahati | Oct 27, 2017
Pneumonia kills half a million children under five in sub-Saharan Africa every year, with the region accounting for half of all global deaths from pneumonia of children under five. Most of these deaths are due to misdiagnosis and the lack of access to treatment. To... by Jacques Bahati | Oct 20, 2017
About 10% of the world’s population has a disabilities, of which 80% live in developing countries. The majority of this 80% living in developing countries lack access to education and rehabilitation services. In Ethiopia, people with disabilities have been unable to... by Jacques Bahati | Oct 19, 2017
In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13772 on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued this October 2017 report titled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities” in... by Jacques Bahati | Oct 13, 2017
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been named the rape capital of the world following studies that found 1,152 women are raped every day – a rate equal to 48 per hour, but Justine Masika Bihamba does not see it that way. To her, Congo is a nation of sisterhood and... 