by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Feb 24, 2015
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... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Feb 18, 2015
On Friday, February 6th, AFJN’s Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati joined Sasha Lezhnev of the Enough Project and Carly Oboth from Global Witness on Capitol Hill to brief staffers from the Senate and House on the implementation of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Feb 16, 2015
By Rita Murphy Kenya has stepped up its efforts to transform 40,000 acres of land into a huge wind farm, in a bid to meet growing demand for electricity. The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which is being developed in the country’s North-East, aims to produce... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Feb 2, 2015
Edited by Rita Murphy, story distributed by AllAfrica.com A Liberian newspaper, Daily Observer, has singled out Dr. Anne Deborah Atai-Omoruto, an Ugandan doctor, as one of 2014’s persons of the year. This is in recognition of her efforts in battling Ebola in the... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jan 28, 2015
“The Extractive Industries Working Group is a Washington, D.C. based coalition of faith, human rights, and environmental organizations concerned about the negative impact of extractive industries on Creation which includes both the human and natural... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jan 25, 2015
Watch here. Host Shaka Ssali and his guests discuss Martin Luther King Jr’s. commitment to nonviolent action and explore whether his reasoning is still the best option to challenge racial injustice. Guests: Kadiatou Diallo, Mother of Amadou Diallo¸ Founder &... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jan 21, 2015
Edited by Rita Murphy, from the Tanzania Daily News The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more, according to Survival International. President Jakaya Kikwete has pledged never to evict the Maasai people after an international... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Jan 13, 2015
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181471.html Edited by Rita Murphy. Photo: I. Kaledzi/DW Winifred Selby, a 19 year old social entrepreneur from Ghana, founded Ghana Bamboo Bikes in 2009 and it has become a huge success. She decided she wanted to found her... by Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP | Dec 22, 2014
In October AFJN held its first Empowerment Project workshop in Accra, Ghana. Read the report. Read more about the background of the Empowerment Project, and the formation of this workshop. AFJN thanks the Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy... 