by AFJN Intern | Feb 1, 2024
The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is pleased to announce our 2024 Spring interns. Please join us in welcoming them to AFJN and read their biographies below: By: Jolade Oshinkanlu and Jasmina Storen Jolade Oshinkanlu Jolade Oshinkanlu is a junior at... by AFJN Intern | Oct 12, 2021
October 12, 2021 Pictured: AFJN Youth Workshop in Jos By: Ayo Adeyemi, AFJN Student Intern The turbulent region of Jos is the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau state located in the middle belt of the country. The city has seen a rampant history of bombings, kidnappings,... by AFJN Intern | Oct 11, 2021
By: Ayo Adeyemi, AFJN Fall Intern Ayo Adeyemi is a first-year undergraduate student at American University. She majors in Business, Language, and Culture with a language specialization in Mandarin Chinese. She has participated as a club-head of a Peace and Justice... by AFJN Intern | Jul 30, 2021
On July, 30th, 2021, the Church of the Brethren published an article titled “Letter encourages equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines”. AFJN is listed as one of numerous organizations that signed a letter advocating for improved COVID-19 vaccine access by... by AFJN Intern | Jul 30, 2021
On July 29, 2021, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned and former AFJN executive director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, was quoted in Valentine Iwenwanne’s article “Nigeria: Stories of modern-day slavery (and the under-funded fight to end... by AFJN Intern | Jul 29, 2021
On July 29th, 2021, The Global Sisters Report published an article titled “Warning girls about the tactics of human traffickers” by Teresa Anyabuike. AFJN-Nigeria had an event at Government Girls Science Secondary School of Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria that... by AFJN Intern | Jul 28, 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... by AFJN Intern | Jul 28, 2021
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... by AFJN Intern | Jul 15, 2021
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... by AFJN Intern | Jul 14, 2021
July 14, 2021By: Jared Watkins, AFJN Intern Zimbabwean couple Strive and Tsitsi began a foundation in Zimbabwe in 1996 with the original purpose of increasing access to essential needs like education and food. Since this, the foundation has grown massively to expand... 