No to Military Coups and Reward to Coups Leader: The Case of Mali

December 2, 2020By Mariah Omer, AFJN Intern Both the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) prohibit the overthrow of democratically elected governments by the process of a coup. Did their response to the recent military coup...

The first African women to address the U.N. General Assembly

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...

The US is Not a Safe Haven for Foreign Human Rights Violators

By Chazmine A. Moore, AFJN Research Intern Michael Sang Correa, a human rights abuser and member of the “Junglers,” a hit squad unit of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, entered the United States in 2016 and was arrested in 2019 by the United States (US)...

Ghanian flag designer Theodosiah Okoh recognized as Revolutionary

By Chazmine A. Moore Theodisiah Okoh is the artistic designer behind Ghana’s flag, which is no small achievement since the design influenced many other African countries’ flags such as Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, Togo, Mali, The Republic of Congo, and more. Okoh...