The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.President-ElectOffice of the President Elect1401 Constitution Ave., NWWashington, DC 20230 January 14, 2021Dear President-Elect Biden:As groups that work on international humanitarian, development and labor issues, we were heartened...
By Iman Mekonen Edited by Ntama Bahati The ongoing armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has displaced many people into neighboring countries. According to the Los Angeles Times, at least 45,000 Ethiopian — mostly Tigrayans — have fled to neighboring Sudan....
Please join us as we welcome Rev. John Bosco Lugonja, our newest fellow, to the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN). His email address is lugonja@afjn.org. Rev. John Bosco Lugonja is a Catholic Priest incardinated in the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda. He is a...
To prevent and stop the global economy from further collapsing, as was the case in 2008, to protect further losses of U.S. jobs, and to save lives the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is asking the Senate to support the issuance of Special...
Watch the video: AGRA’s Failed Promises – Liberating our Agriculture https://www.facebook.com/HealthEarth/videos/593178444725692/ A recently released report, “False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),” by a coalition of German...
The Africa Faith and Justice Network was one of several organizations calling on Congress to pass an amendment allocating trillions of additional dollars in relief to crisis-hit developing countries. Read the Press Release below: For Immediate ReleaseAugust 3, 2020...
On August 3, 2020, the work of the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) in Nigeria was featured in America Magazine. In the article “The Catholic Church’s fight against gender-based violence in Nigeria” Patrick Egwu talks about the increased need for...
By Chazmine A. Moore, AFJN Research Intern Michael Sang Correa, a human rights abuser and member of the “Junglers,” a hit squad unit of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, entered the United States in 2016 and was arrested in 2019 by the United States (US)...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2020For phone and virtual interviews contactLydia Andrews, Communications Managerlydia@afjn.org | 847-772-2305 Washington, DC – (Lire En Français) On Thursday July 9, thousands of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens took to...
