Focus Campaigns
Photo Gallery: Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign in Ghana’s Volta Region
In November 2015 Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) spearheaded a continental conference on land grabbing in…
We Have Increased in Number, But Has Our Land Increased in size?
The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) team just concluded an unprecedented land grab prevention and awareness…
Nigerians Object to Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn and Cotton
Nigerian civil society groups, faith-based organizations, farmers associations, students and local community groups are calling for a…
Ghana: AFJN’s Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign on local FM radio stations
To get ahead of the brokers who are going from village to village looking for land on…
AFJN Participation in the West Africa Caravan on Land, Water and Seed struggle
Africa Faith and Justice Network cosponsored and participated on March 2nd in the launch of the Ghana…
Presidential Term Limits in Africa: A surprising announcement from Angola
On Friday March 11th, President of Angola Jose Eduardo de Santos announced that he will not be…
Prosecuted for Advocacy
The United States Constitution makes it possible for citizens to express our true beliefs, a freedom we…
Straight Talk Africa Host Shaka and Rev. Aniedi Okure Discuss the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
Rev. Aniedi talks about the legacy of Pope benedict XVI
Presidents for Life
By: Rebecca Short, Intern Spring 2016. As the United States buzzes with anticipation of the presidential primaries,…
Highlights of 2015: Major Activities and Accomplishments
PDF file with photos here AFJN spearheads an impressive coalition to stop land grabbing in Africa The…
Our Land Is Sacred, Our Land Is Our Life, Our Land Is Not For Sale
Nairobi Land Grab and Just Governance Conference: Commitment to A Plan Of Action Land grabbing has become…
Nairobi Declaration on Land Grabbing and Just Governance in Africa
We, the participants of the Nairobi conference on “Land Grabbing and Just Governance in Africa” coming from…
Land Grabbing in Africa: The New Colonization
What can you buy with $3.95? Probably a lot of different things. A soda or two, maybe…
REPORT: Continental Conference on Land Grab and Just Governance in Africa 2015
PDF file with pictures here From November 22 to 26, 2015, an international conference on Land Grab…
A Keynote Address Biblical Perspective on Land with Laudato Si as the Background
God provides enough land space for all human beings when He tells them to “Increase, multiply and…
A Nation’s Journey from Tyranny to Democracy, the 2014 Popular Revolution in Burkina Faso
On December 29, 2015 Mr. Roch Marc Kabore was sworn in as president of the West African…
Issue Statement: Land Grab and Just Governance in Africa
A new scramble for Africa akin to the frenzy that followed the Berlin conference of 1885 and…
Press release: Land grabbing and just governance discussed in a unique pan-African conference starting today ahead of Pope’s visit to Africa.
The conference will highlight the state of land grabbing in Africa, cases of resistance across the continent,…
Continental Conference on Land Grab and Just Governance, Nairobi November 23, 2015
Opening Remarks by ANIEDI OKURE, Executive Director, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN), Washington DC Good morning!…
Another Victory against land grabs in Ghana: one more cluster of towns pulls out of a memorandum of understanding
On October 13, we informed you about our latest victory in the fight against land grabs in…
