(Download the PDF version) At the conclusion of the conference on Just Governance: The Nigerian Bio-Safety Law, GMOs, and Implications for Nigeria and Africa held at Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja, May 23-25, 2016; we, the participants from diverse religious and faith...
Did you know that countries like Japan, New Zealand, and Germany oppose Genetically Modified Foods, also identified as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)? In general the European Union, a great buyer of Africa’s organic food, opposes Genetically Modified Foods. ...
On March 2, 2016, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) co-sponsored and participated in the Ghana Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed as part of the launch of the West Africa Caravan on the Struggle for these resources. Representatives from...
As we fight land grabbing in Africa we are concerned about leasing land not only for agriculture, but for toxic dumping. We need to be vigilant to make sure that this does not continue to happen and that people are aware that this is currently going on throughout...
In November 2015 Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) spearheaded a continental conference on land grabbing in Nairobi, Kenya. At AFJN we challenge ourselves to ensure our workshops result in concrete actions. The pictures below are from our March 2016 radio shows...
The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) team just concluded an unprecedented land grab prevention and awareness campaign in several villages and one very large high school in Nkwanta South District of Ghana’s Volta region. Click here to learn what land grabbing...
Nigerian civil society groups, faith-based organizations, farmers associations, students and local community groups are calling for a global mobilization to object to an application to the Nigerian National Biosafety Management Agency in Abuja by Monsanto Agricultural...
To get ahead of the brokers who are going from village to village looking for land on behalf of foreign companies, we have taken our Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign to local FM radio stations. (Click here to learn more about what is land grabbing.)...
Africa Faith and Justice Network cosponsored and participated on March 2nd in the launch of the Ghana Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed. AFJN Policy Analyst Ntama Bahati discussed “The Global Trends of Land, Water and Seed Discrimination and...
PDF file with photos here AFJN spearheads an impressive coalition to stop land grabbing in Africa The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) initiated a coalition to protect Africa’s farm lands from Land Grabbing and restore land rights to indigenous communities....
