On July 7, 2013, Graham Peebles quoted AFJN questioning the motives of the exploration missiong by saying “With the discovery of petroleum leading to exploration missions by foreign companies, the government’s motives [in the region] are questionable” in his article...
On June 5, 2013, Michael Sean Winters mentioned AFJN's work on land grabbing in his article " When Ants Unite..." for National Catholic Reporter. Read the full article here: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/when-ants-unite
On April 10, 2013, independent catholic news featured "A Tribute to Sjef Donders" who died on March 7, 2013. Rev. Joseph Donders, MAfr (Sjef Donders) was the first Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, incorporated in 1984. Read the full tribute here:...
On February 24, 2013, the Africa Faith and Justice Network's Executive Director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP and Policy Analyst Jacques Bahati were interviewed on Catholicism in Africa on NPR's All things considered. Listen to the full interview here:...
African leaders can learn from the Pope resignation says AFJN Executive Director Aniedi Okure in an interview with Straight Talk Africa. To read Rev. Okure's article "Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI and the Papal Election" on this topic click here.
On February 8, 2013, Graham Peebles mentioned the Africa Faith and Justice Network in "Ethiopian annihilation of the Ogaden people" in Redress Information & Analysis. In the article AFJN said “With the discovery of petroleum leading to exploration missions by...
On December 12, 2012, Chris McGreal mentioned the Africa Faith and Justice Network in his article "How US Guilt Over The Rwandan Genocide Is Leading To Another Bloody Foreign Policy Disaster" in The Guardian/Business Insider. Read the full article here:...
On December 7, 2012, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in Margarita Suárez's article "Mujeres cristianas en acciones de incidencia política" in Periodista Digital. Read the full article here:...
On July 7, 2012, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned in Mary Ratcliff's article "U.S. cuts aid to Rwanda for destabilizing Congo" featured in the San Francisco Bay View: National Black Newspaper. To read the full article click below:...
AFJN in the National Catholic Reporter under the headline “A little office that reaches a continent” (July 20, 2012)
Bahati Jacques, AFJN's Policy Analyst, on InFocus/Voice of America on the sentencing of DRC War Lord Thomas Lubanga
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war lord, Thomas Lubanga, with recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel movement in Ituri. Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, however he will serve only eight...