About the African Faith and Justice Network The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is a Catholic network of individual and organization members focused on Africa and the experience of its people. AFJN is committed in faith to collaborate in the task of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 10, 2021 Washington, DC - Today, the Africa Faith and Justice Network along with over twenty-five faith and nongovernmental organizations sent a joint letter to Congressional Leadership in support of the Counter-Kleptocracy Act. If...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 23, 2021 Washington, DC - On Monday the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), along with a coalition of over 50 organizations, issued the joint statement “Groups Urge US Senate to Authorize Additional Relief to Combat the COVID-19...
August 20, 2021By: Lydia Andrews The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) Women's Empowerment Project (WEP) was hard at works this past week Tanzania. After a year of online workshops, AFJN's WEP Program Coordinator Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN was back on the...
Today, join the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) and other organizations by calling on White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to support policies that promote global access to vaccines and vaccine intellectual property that...
Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he is currently an Open Society Foundation fellow on Investigative Reporting at the University of the Witwatersrand. Patrick has covered the work of AFJN on...
Executive Director Position The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a Catholic education and advocacy network based in Washington DC, seeks a full-time Executive Director to lead the network’s commitment to challenging the U.S. Congress to enact just policies...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2021 Washington DC - Today, on this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the world acknowledges the millions of people who are being trafficked around the globe. According to the United Nations’ “Global Report on Trafficking in...
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 the U.S.A....
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 it)", featured in...
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 educated young...
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...
