AFJN in the News
Bishops and organisations are joining forces to combat land grabbing…
Bahati Jacques, AFJN Policy Analyst on WPFW’s Africa Now program to discuss Land Grab in Africa and Cameroon in general.
UN policies must benefit Africa
Today diversity is an indispensable component when discussing interpersonal relationships.
On September 13th, 2016, the Human Rights Watch published an article called “Coalition of NGO, Diaspora Groups Support Ethiopia Human Rights Resolution” that features AFJN support.
The Catholic Church in Ghana has released a report exposing land injustices in an attempt to urge government officials to protect rural people in the West African nation.
Rev. Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP addressing Acholi leaders in Gulu
Democracy is not about elections.
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria recently addressed a packed room of staff from Catholic organizations, Africa-focused coalitions and a representative from the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
Rev. Aniedi talks about the legacy of Pope benedict XVI
Rev. Aniedi calls for religious dialogue.
Land grabbing is a serious problem across Africa, requiring urgent attention since it threatens livelihoods and food security.
On November 23rd, 2015, the Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité published an article titled “Communiqué de Presse: L’accaparement des terres et la gouvernance juste ont été discutés lors d’une conférence panafricaine unique qui commence aujord’hui avant la visite du pape en arique”.
As the G7 leaders prepare to meet in Bavaria this weekend, small-scale farmers from around the world call on them to abandon their disastrous plan for the corporate takeover of global agriculture and the extirpation of small-scale farmers everywhere – those who produce most of the world’s food.
With extreme poverty having been cut in half over the last generation — and the Millennium Development Goals target of poverty halving having been achieved five years ahead of the 2015 deadline — veterans of the global war on poverty believe it is possible that extreme poverty can be wiped out in the next 15 years.
Granted the Islamic State group and the multiple conflicts occurring in the Middle East, is dialogue with Islam possible? This was the question asked by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, nuncio emeritus to Egypt and former president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. As a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa and an Arabic and Islamic scholar, Fitzgerald is especially qualified to discuss this topic, as he did in a March 6 lecture at The Catholic University of America sponsored by the Institute of Policy Research and Catholic Studies and the Africa Faith and Justice Network.
Granted the Islamic State group and the multiple conflicts occurring in the Middle East, is dialogue with Islam possible?
Watch here. Host Shaka Ssali and his guests discuss Martin Luther King Jr’s. commitment to nonviolent action and explore whether his reasoning is still the best option to challenge racial…
As mentioned yesterday, last week I went to a briefing at the Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) after the group took two trips to Africa last autumn.
