In October, ahead of the 2021 election in Jos, Nigeria, AFJN – Nigeria youth produced and circulated a video calling for nonviolence ahead of the elections. Generally elections in Nigeria are bloody and politician are known to use youth to perpetrate the...
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...
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...
By: Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJune 24, 2021 In the last year, a twitter trend known as the #WeAreTired Movement has taken Nigerian social media by storm. This tag advocates for the women of Nigeria, who are tired of sexual and domestic violence which is often ignored...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 25, 2021 Washington DC – On February 23, 2021, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria issued We Must Pull back from the Brink of Collapse, a letter to the “People of Goodwill in Nigeria.” The Bishops acknowledged the ongoing...
On October 23, 2020, Patrick Egwu’s article “Nigeria’s Catholic leaders call for an end to crackdown on #EndSARS protestors” in America quotes Rev. Aniedi Okure, AFJN Executive Director. In the article Rev. Okure says ““This protest is long...
On August 3, 2020, the work of the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) in Nigeria was featured in America Magazine. In the article “The Catholic Church’s fight against gender-based violence in Nigeria” Patrick Egwu talks about the increased need for...
By Chazmine A. Moore, Research Intern 31 July 2020 Inspired by the African Proverb, on June 22nd and 23rd, Nigerian youth gathered online to unite in an effort to combat sexual violence. The two-day workshop, Voices for Change, sponsored by the Africa Faith and...
