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Catholic Nuns have had enough: Change the Nigeria we have into the Nigeria we want

by Jacques Bahati | Dec 1, 2016

From November 22-27, 2016, 86 sisters from about 25 Catholic women religious congregations gathered in Nigeria’s Capital City, Abuja for a training on social analysis and advocacy to enable them actively participate in the overdue and much needed transformation of...

Open letter on the role of US Embassy officials in a land grab deal in Cameroon

by Jacques Bahati | Nov 23, 2016

AFJN is one of many organizations which signed on a letter to Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenField regarding the role of US Embassy officials in a land grab deal signed by the President of Cameroon. “Through...

Usa: Okure (Afjn), “violenza mai vista. Migranti additati come nemici”

by Jacques Bahati | Nov 7, 2016

Rev. Aniedi Okure is featured in Servizio Informazione Religiosa, on the impact of the 2016 Presidential elections in the US on Immigrants. Theis article is in Italian.

The Ghanaian-British Architect David Adjaye designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington

by Jacques Bahati | Nov 7, 2016

Born in Tanzania and raised in Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, and Great Britain, the distinguished and well respected Ghanaian Architect David Adjaye has once more marked the world of architecture by designing the iconic National Museum of African American History and...

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

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 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

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 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 their outstanding achievements in fighting malnutrition in Africa. They were rewarded...

The Democratic Process Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 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 not conducted. The purpose for such inaction was obviously...

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

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 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 and Nature in the Year of Mercy”. Rev. Aniedi called on the gathered...

Voice of America: The Political crisis in the RD Congo

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 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

by Jacques Bahati | Oct 11, 2016

Bishops and organisations are joining forces to combat land grabbing…
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