June 16, 2021By: Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN Today the 16th of June, we celebrate the International Day for the African Child. This day, 46 years ago, hundreds of black South African school children lost their lives demanding for their rights to be educated in their...
Josh Schlicht is an undergraduate at the University of Colorado Boulder. His field of study is International Affairs with a minor in both German and Business. He will finish undergraduate degree in the Spring of 2022. Josh is passionate about Human Rights and conflict...
On May 20th, 2021, the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report published an article titled, “Sisters fight Nigeria trafficking with networking, advocacy and collaboration” by Patrick Egwu. Sr. Eucharia Madueke of AFJN speaks on the...
On March 23rd, 2021, the Human Rights Watch featured an article titled “The Need for a US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region”. AFJN’s policy analyst Jacques Bahati is listed as a signer of a joint letter to the U.S. Secretary of State regarding...
On March 23rd, 2021, the Human Rights Watch published an article titled “Need to appoint a US special envoy for the Great Lakes. Joint Letter to United States Secretary of State”. AJFN is mentioned as a signer of this letter advocating for increased...
On March 23rd, 2021, allAfrica published a press release titled “Central Africa: The Need for a US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region” written by The Human Rights Watch. AFJN is mentioned as signing the joint letter in support of advocacy for U.S....
AFJN was mentioned in an article by Latindadd titled “Civil Society Organizations Call for Quick Special Drawing Rights Allocation”. AFJN was a part of 240 organizations that signed an a letter calling for a quick special drawing rights allocation. Find...
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....
By Iman MekonenEdited by Ntama Bahati Out of the 193 total United Nations (UN) Member states, 54 represent African countries. Only four women representing their own countries have addressed its General Assembly. This is an important forum for a head of state to not...
On August 14th, 2020, the AFJN Exe. Dir. Aniedi Okure was questioned on his thoughts regarding the controversy of Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in the article “‘Left-wing anti-Catholic’ –...
