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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...