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Conference Photo Gallery: Land Management and Administration in Acholi
From June 21 -24, 2016 at the Comboni Samaritans Conference Hall in Gulu, leaders from the Acholi sub-region gathered to discuss the way forward in solving the multifaceted land crisis in the northern part of Uganda. Goals The conference aimed at bringing together stakeholders on land justice to map out practical mitigation pathways to land-related…
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Uganda: Cleric Predicts “Bloody War” Over Africa’s Raw Resources & Scramble Over Land
“It is going to be a bloody war because there is no increase in land size, but people are increasing in numbers..” source: Mutonoblog
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Uganda: Cleric Predicts “Bloody War” Over Africa’s Raw Resources & Scramble Over Land
Rev. Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP addressing Acholi leaders in Gulu
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Images: Conference on Just Governance, The Nigerian Bio-Safety Law, GMOs, and Implications for Nigeria and Africa
From May 23-25, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) and our coalition partners held a national conference on the theme Just Governance: The Nigerian Bio-Safety Law, GMOs, and Implications for Nigeria and Africa. AFJN Executive Director Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP remarked in his opening address that Nigeria should act as a…
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Questions about the Relevance of the International Community
In the international community there are clear distinctions between those nations that have influence and those who have none. For example, the United Nations (UN) is an organization where these distinctions have been coded and accepted by some and while merely tolerated by others. As this struggle for influence and power continues, the predicted results…
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Abuja Declaration on the Release of Genetically Modified Organisms (Gmos) in Nigeria
(Download the PDF version) At the conclusion of the conference on Just Governance: The Nigerian Bio-Safety Law, GMOs, and Implications for Nigeria and Africa held at Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja, May 23-25, 2016; we, the participants from diverse religious and faith based bodies, communities and civil society organizations (CSOs) from Nigeria, Africa and other parts…
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Africa’s First Solar-powered Bus
May 2016. This month at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya introduced its ”Kayoola Solar bus”. The bus is a product of Kiira Motors Corporation, a company that started in 2014 as a brainchild of Makerere University. The company is owned by the Uganda Development Corporation, an arm of the university and the…
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Fighting Ebola with Garbage Bags
Rather than formal health systems, it was local ingenuity that was crucial in ending the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The disease was unprecedented. It was unknown in the region until December 2013. And yet the Ebola epidemic was overcome in a matter of months, and a large part was played by local responses…
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Straight Talk Africa Guest Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Ph.D., on Democracy in Burundi
Democracy is not about elections.
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Organic Food vs. Genetically Modified Food: Who Will Win?
Did you know that countries like Japan, New Zealand, and Germany oppose Genetically Modified Foods, also identified as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)? In general the European Union, a great buyer of Africa’s organic food, opposes Genetically Modified Foods. Africa’s economic giant, Nigeria, was let down on this issue by its leaders in spite of a…
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The DRC Elections: the Electoral Commission’s Chairman Explains
In March the President of the electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr. Cornielle Nangaa, was in Washington, D.C. to meet with partners and share with them the status of the electoral process in his country. The presidential election, one of the eleven elections required by law in the DRC, is…
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AFJN Event with Bishop Matthew Kukah featured in OMI USA JPIC
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).
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Linking Toxic Waste Dumping to Africa’s Land, Water and Seed Struggle
On March 2, 2016, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) co-sponsored and participated in the Ghana Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed as part of the launch of the West Africa Caravan on the Struggle for these resources. Representatives from Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra…
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There Is No Land For Toxic Dumping In Africa
As we fight land grabbing in Africa we are concerned about leasing land not only for agriculture, but for toxic dumping. We need to be vigilant to make sure that this does not continue to happen and that people are aware that this is currently going on throughout Africa. Below are articles which show how…
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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 Nairobi, Kenya. At AFJN we challenge ourselves to ensure our workshops result in concrete actions. The pictures below are from our March 2016 radio shows and town hall meetings held in villages in Ghana’s Volta Region. This project was funded by…
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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 campaign in several villages and one very large high school in Nkwanta South District of Ghana’s Volta region. Click here to learn what land grabbing is. During this time, we reached millions of people through radio shows on three…
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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 global mobilization to object to an application to the Nigerian National Biosafety Management Agency in Abuja by Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited for the release of genetically modified cotton and corn onto Nigeria’s agriculture system. Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited…
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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 behalf of foreign companies, we have taken our Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign to local FM radio stations. (Click here to learn more about what is land grabbing.) This is a fast and effective way to make…
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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 Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed. AFJN Policy Analyst Ntama Bahati discussed “The Global Trends of Land, Water and Seed Discrimination and Struggles” at this gathering of more than 110 people. Those who gathered included…
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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 running for reelection in 2018. He did not elaborate on his decision to not run, but those who advocate for just governance in Africa were thrilled that he is setting an example for other long term presidents throughout…
