Justice
Sign the Declaration! On May 25, 2020, Africa’s Liberation Day, the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration (CALAR), urged Africans on the continent and in the diasporas to wake up and claim…
Held on May 25, 2020. The event is now closed.
25 mai, 2020 Salut et paix à vous ! Veuillez trouver ci-dessous la déclaration de la Coalition pour la libération et le Renouveau de l’Afrique (COLIRA), exhortant la diaspora et les…
Action de grâces Nous disons merci à Dieu notre Créateur pour les grâces abondantes répandues sur notre Mère Afrique et sur tous ses enfants : pour les terres fertiles et riches,…
The Comboni Missionaries, an AFJN Organizational Members, featured a story about our work on child protection in Nigeria. In the article “Africa Faith and Justice Network: An international organization is…
By: Ntama Bahati, Policy Analyst On April 13, 2020, in a press statement, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that its “Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25…
[Read in English] La pandémie de coronavirus a terrorisé le monde et nous a paralysés. Le nombre de cas de Covid-19 dans le monde a dépassé un million, avec un…
Pope Francis “urged an estimated 60,000 Mozambicans to continue on the path of post-civil war reconciliation.” According to The Straits Times, “he warned that progress in peace was not a given and that there were fears that ‘past wounds will reopen and reverse the progress already made toward peace’, as in Cabo Delgado”.
Kenya and Somalia are currently fighting at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a specified area of 100,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean in which natural resources have…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the country. Recently, the disease has spread quickly, and, as of now,…
Zimbabwe recently went through a change in government. In 2017, Robert Mugabe militarily removed via a coup that instated Emmerson Mnangagwa as the new president. The people of Zimbabwe were…
This past year was unique and special in many ways. Your support over the years made it possible for AFJN to reach a landmark – 35 years of advocacy and…
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…
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has accused France of creating poverty in Africa and causing mass migration to Europe as a result. The Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stated…
On the Calendar of the liturgy of the Catholic Church we remember and celebrates today February 8th Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who as a child was sold by her…
My sincerest apologies that Rep. McGovern had to cancel his appearance at the last minute. He very much regrets that he is unable to be here this morning and sends…
Currently South Sudan’s political crisis has no end in sight. However, there is certainly no shortage of empty statements of political good will from those responsible for the ongoing crisis,…
Recently the United States has had a fiery debate over immigration issues, generally centered around the southern border shared with Mexico. However, this is not the only area of the world that ICE is cracking down on refugees and immigrants. Plenty of people from Africa are being turned around, or even deported after many years spent in the United States in legal residency.
On June 19, 2018, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley spoke at the U.S. State Department alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, officially declaring the U.S.’s withdrawal from…
