Dear Chair of Board of Trustees This is an appeal regarding responsible investment and an opportunity for your institution to make a difference. We bring to your attention the fact that some university investments are contributing to land grabbing in Africa, thus...
More than 80 percent of Ethiopians live in the rural areas of the country and depend on climate sensitive sectors including pastoralist and semi-pastoralist people. Climate change has devastation effects on these populations include worsening poverty, water shortages,...
About 10% of the world’s population has a disabilities, of which 80% live in developing countries. The majority of this 80% living in developing countries lack access to education and rehabilitation services. In Ethiopia, people with disabilities have been unable to...
Africa was the continent hardest hit by internal displacement in 2016. Conflict and violence displaced more people in Sub-Saharan Africa than in the Middle East, according to a report released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian...
On September 13th, 2016, the Human Rights Watch published an article called “Coalition of NGO, Diaspora Groups Support Ethiopia Human Rights Resolution” that features AFJN support. Read the article here:...
The recent government clashes with peaceful and unarmed protesters in Ethiopia, where security forces have killed, jailed, detained, tortured, restricted access to information and kidnapped people from their homes and taken them to unknown locations, highlights once...
The United States Constitution makes it possible for citizens to express our true beliefs, a freedom we constantly take for granted. We go to the store wearing the shirt of our favorite political candidate; we passively share a Facebook post that expresses our strong...
One of the leading publishers of travel guidebooks, Rough Guides, recently held an online vote allowing its readers to select their top international destination choices for 2015.According to the results, Ethiopia ranks number seven on the People’s Choice list...
Land grabbing threatens the livelihood of many communities in Africa. Saudi Arabian companies are among the many grabbing land in Africa. Under the umbrella of the King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi Investment Abroad, Saudi investors have acquired land in Africa with...
News reports from East Africa indicate that Ethiopian Security Forces are using live bullets against unarmed students and farmers who are protesting against Ethiopian authorities’ plan to extend the boundaries of the capital city Addis Ababa to surrounding...
