AFJN News, Articles, and Information
A Review of Follow-up Actions After the Limuru Conference Remarks by Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director, AFJN, Abidjan November 21, 2017 Your Excellencies, dear brothers and sisters, thank you for giving me the opportunity to present the follow-up to the conference...
On November 21st, 2017, the New York Amsterdam News published an article titled "Zimbabwe President Comrade Robert Mugabe resigns" by Aeed Shabaz. Covering the news that Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, AFJN's Policy Analyst was quoted in the article...
The World Food Prize is awarded yearly for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution of food. This year’s "Nobel Prize of Agriculture" was awarded to Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian agriculture minister - and currently...
Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI) has made it one of his legislative priorities to reopen the cash flow to rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is currently closed due to regulations by section 1502 (Conflict Mineral) of the Dodd-Frank...
In May 2017, members of the Africa Faith & Justice Network team met with the major superiors of Ghana, encouraging them to engage structures of injustice in their communities while continuing to provide services to the people, thus sustaining the gains of sisters’...
Up to 70% of the world’s cocoa is produced by 2 million farmers in a belt that stretches from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, but Ivory Coast and Ghana are the giants, the world’s first and second biggest producers. They are also the biggest victims of deforestation. Ivory...
Mail and delivery is not that straightforward in Ghana, which like many developing countries, lacks a formal addressing system. Instead of a number and street name, often landmarks, be it a junction, tree or colored gate, are used to describe a location. The Ghanaian...
Pneumonia kills half a million children under five in sub-Saharan Africa every year, with the region accounting for half of all global deaths from pneumonia of children under five. Most of these deaths are due to misdiagnosis and the lack of access to treatment. To...
On October 22, 2017, Emanuela Citterio wrote the article "TRA EUROPA E MISSIONI NON ESISTE UN "QUI" E UN "LÀ" for Famiglia Cristiana that talks about Father Daniele Moschetti doing advocacy during his visit to the US with the Africa Faith and Justice Network. To read...