A Reflection on a Three-Day Workshop for Tanzania Catholic Association of Sisters “What is burning in your heart after these days?” asked one AFJN team member following the meeting of some seventy plus TCAS (Tanzania Catholic Association of...
Africa Faith and Justice Network is one of the 176 organizations which signed a letter to the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres in effort to protect Africa’s food system against large scale agribusinesses whose aim is in part to disposes Africa of its...
On January 1, 2018, Ngala Killian Chimtom’s article “Church in Ghana asks for action against “land grabbing”” for Crux featured “Last year, Caritas – in partnership with the Center for Indigenous Knowledge on Development and the Africa Faith...
On July 13, 2017, the Center for American Progress (CAP) held an event titled “America’s Relationship with Africa in a New Era.” The panel’s discussion was largely centered around their reactions to the New York Times article about the Trump administration’s...
Africans live on a land literally swimming in wealth yet most are impoverished by this wealth due to bad management, selfishness, lack of vision, a let-them-tell-us and let them-help us mentality and the them being anyone but Africans. This pervasive mindset affects...
In Africa, more than 13 million people are currently on the run in their own countries. We at Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) refuse to stand by and let this crisis remain silent much longer. Despite the obvious link between internal displacement and refugee...
Genetically modifying African indigenous seeds must be carefully examined so as to understand the cost-benefit relationship of this effort to Africa’s agriculture sector. There is a strong argument that those seeking to invest in the business of genetically modifying...
Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director of the Africa Faith & Justice Network gave remarks at the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference plenary 2016 on the theme “Reconciliation with God, Humanity and Nature in the Year of Mercy”. Rev. Aniedi called on the gathered...
ABSTRACT (Full report here) ‘Our land is sacred, our land is our life, our land is not for sale. God forbid that we betray this trust and turn Africa land into commodity for sale’[1]. These words are the opening commitment statement of over 150 participants at a...
From June 21 -24, 2016 at the Comboni Samaritans Conference Hall in Gulu, leaders from the Acholi sub-region gathered to discuss the way forward in solving the multifaceted land crisis in the northern part of Uganda. Goals The conference aimed at bringing together...
