Madison Stewart is a rising senior at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania where she majors in political science with a minor in public administration. Madison has spent much of her academic career researching the effects of ethnic groups and ethnic political parties...
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 seeking to invest in the business of genetically modifying...
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 listen in order to help the country heal following the 1994 genocide. Sr. Marie...
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 Women and Gender Studies. Through her studies, Jamie has developed a passion for human...
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". AFJN received $360,000 to "build the capacity of Catholic sisters to mobilize African women to work for...
On January 27th, 2017, the National Catholic Reporter's Global Sisters Report published a live blog titled "Women's marches around the world". Sr. Eucharia Madueke of AFJN and Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur is featured in the blog quoted saying "We are in solidarity...
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