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Genetically modifying African indigenous seeds must be carefully examined so as to understand the cost-benefit relationship of this effort to Africa’s agriculture sector. There is a strong argument that those…
The Benebikira Sisters, the oldest indigenous congregation in Rwanda, have a number of nuns in their community referred to as “Sister Listeners.” Their job is simply to listen – to…
Jamie Vieson is a senior at the University of Dayton, where she is double majoring in Human Rights Studies and Philosophy. She is also pursuing minors in Political Science and…
On April 5th, 2017, Business Wire published an article titled “Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million in Grants in the First Quarter of 2017”.
On January 27th, 2017, the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report published a live blog titled “Women’s marches around the world”.
Rev. Aniedi Okure is featured in Servizio Informazione Religiosa, on the impact of the 2016 Presidential elections in the US on Immigrants. Theis article is in Italian.
To harness African sisters’ enormous potential to work for a more just society and to engage in action for justice requires rallying their political will in this direction.
Opposition and civil society groups which declined to attend the dialogue or boycotted the forum made a very bad political calculation.
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).
On Friday, March 6, 2015 at a lecture sponsored by Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) and the Institute for Policy Research at Catholic University, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald spoke on…
Rev. Aniedi talks about the legacy of Pope benedict XVI
Rebecca Short is a senior sociology major and psychology minor at the Catholic University of America. She was born and raised in a small sea side town outside of Boston…
