On September 12, 2019, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned by Valentine Iwenwanne in an article published in Global Sisters Report entitled “Nuns try to fight lure of Europe by offering programs for young Nigerians”. Read the full article...
On September 13th, 2019, The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation published ‘A CASE STUDY Catholic Sisters in Nigeria’ by the Catholic Sisters initiative. AFJN is mentioned as a previous grant receiver from The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Read the report here:...
On September 9th, 2019, Mary Lilly Driciru published an article in the Global Sisters Report titled “Consecrated partner to fight trafficking”. The report mentions a partnership with the Association of the Religious in Uganda (ARU) and the AFJN creating a...
On August 23rd, 2019, Sr. Eucharia Madueke published “Africa Faith and Justice Network and the Damages of Land Grabbing: The Case of the Brewaniase Community, Ghana” in The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, 58-74. Read the essay here:...
On May 13, 2019, the engagement of the Africa Faith and Justice Network against human trafficking in Uganda was explained by Mary Lilly Driciru in an article published in the Global Sisters Report. The full article, entitled “Ugandan sisters act against...
April 24, 2019Written by Adwoa Ohemeng, edited by Ntama Bahati Who is the first female President in Africa? How many female Presidents has Africa had so far? This is one of many unknown great stories of African women. In fact, the narrative we hear often is negative,...
Ethiopia recently got its first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, on October 25, 2018, and she is now Africa’s only female head of state. This is a monumental change for the patriarchal country, and even though the position is mostly ceremonial, this symbolizes a...
On April 24th, 2019, Andy Storey published an article in The Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt titled “Structural violence and the struggle for state power in Rwanda”. AFJN’s policy analyst Jacques, Bahati Ntama and Beth Tuckey’s...
On April 22, 2019, Notre Dame Sr. Eucharia Madueke, coordinator of the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Women Empowerment Project, was mentioned by Gail DeGeorge in her article “As GSR turns 5, we thank the sisters for their inspiration”. The...
Isaac Kgosi was walking out of the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Botswana when he was approached by waiting security agents who had a warrant for his arrest. They preceded to hand him the warrant and handcuff him, all the while this was being recorded and...
