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AFJN eBulletin | March 2022

March 31, 2022

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Welcome to Spring Intern Salena Geahwie

January 18, 2022

AFJN welcomes Salena Geahwie as our 2022 Spring Intern. Salena is a senior at Trinity Washington University, where she is majoring in political science with a minor in English. Salena contributes to the Trinity community through numerous activities such as the black student alliance, poetry slams, and “Herstory”, an oral history class that focuses on the legacy and evolution of Trinity; she conducted interviews of Trinity alumni on their experiences at Trinity.

AFJN eBulletin | November 2021

November 30, 2021

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AFJN Welcomes Our Fall Intern: Ayo Adeyemi

October 11, 2021

Ayo Adeyemi is a first-year undergraduate student at American University. She majors in Business, Language, and Culture with a language specialization in Mandarin Chinese.

AFJN Welcomes, Researcher, Author, Journalist and Consultant, Denis Mpagaze, as an AFJN Senior Fellow

September 20, 2021

The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is excited to have Denis Mpagaze, teacher, researcher, author, journalist, consultant and the voice of the of the voiceless marginalized communities in Tanzania, as our newest AFJN Senior Fellow. Denis has over 12 years of teaching experience at St. Augustine University of Tanzania, a university owned by Tanzania Catholic Bishops. Apart from teaching he manages a community radio station called Radio Jogoo. It is the leading community radio station in Songea and Ruvuma region at-large in reporting issues affecting the marginalized community!

AFJN Welcomes Award Winning Journalist, Patrick Egwu, as an AFJN Senior Fellow

August 13, 2021

AFJN Welcomes Award Winning Journalist, Patrick Egwu, as an AFJN Senior Fellow. Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he is currently an Open Society Foundation fellow on Investigative Reporting at the University of the Witwatersrand. Patrick has covered the work of AFJN on the continent of Africa, with a special focus on AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Project.

AFJN Jobs: Executive Director

August 10, 2021

The Africa Faith and Justice Network is now accepting applications for the Executive Director Position.

List of Female Africa Presidents – Updated July 2021

July 28, 2021

July 14, 2021Updated by Jared Watkins Who is the first female President in Africa? How many female Presidents has Africa had so far? This is one of many unknown great…

Events and Updates June 2021

June 18, 2021

Events and Updates June 2021

AFJN Reflections on the International Day of the African Child

June 16, 2021

AFJN’s Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN provides reflections on the International Day of the African Child and the video premiere of Mmadueke Onyinye Silvia’s spoken poem “Africa, My Africa”

Welcome AFJN’s 2021 Summer Interns

June 10, 2021

Join AFJN in welcoming our 2021 Summer Interns: Josh Schlicht and Jared Watkins

International Day of Prayer and Awareness with the AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Project!

February 8, 2021

Join AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Project as we pray and learn from religious sisters in Africa about the realities of human trafficking.

Past Interns

January 21, 2021

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Rev. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, SMA, AFJN Executive Director

January 15, 2021

Rev. Fr. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, a member of the Society of African Missions (SMA), was appointed Executive Director to the Africa Faith and Justice Network in January 2021.

Press Release: The Africa Faith and Justice Network Welcomes New Executive Director, Rev. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, SMA

January 15, 2021

The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) has appointed Rev. Nelson Adjei-Bediako, SMA as the new Executive Director. Rev. Nelson is a priest and member of the Society of African Missions (SMA) who has worked extensively among Catholic religious in Africa and in the United States on issues of justice.

It’s not too late to donate to AFJN in 2020!

December 31, 2020

There is still time to make an end-of-year donation to support the work of AFJN!

AFJN’s Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP on new roles in Ordo Praedicatorum

December 30, 2020

On December 30, 2020, the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP was featured in Pietro Scala’s “NEW GENERAL PROMOTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE” in Ordo Praedicatorum on…

Merry Christmas from the Africa Faith and Justice Network!

December 25, 2020

A Christmas Blessing from AFJN

A Call To Peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

December 21, 2020

By Iman Mekonen Edited by Ntama Bahati The ongoing armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has displaced many people into neighboring countries. According to the Los Angeles Times, at least…

No to Military Coups and Reward to Coups Leader: The Case of Mali

December 2, 2020

December 2, 2020By Mariah Omer, AFJN Intern Both the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) prohibit the overthrow of democratically elected governments by the…