One of Pope Francis’ intentions of going to Egypt is to be a “messenger of peace” as he meets with Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar. The last time a Pope visited al-Azhar was Pope John Paul II in 2000. However, this is the second time the two leaders...
Somalia’s Minister of Health, Mohammed Abdullahi, recognizes Ethiopia’s admirable position of accepting refugees and offering support while other countries are closing their doors to refugees. There are currently over 800,000 refugees in Ethiopia, making it the...
Husband and wife Paul Lonyagata and Purity Rionoripo both competed in the 41st Paris Marathon and won! Lonyagata came in first place at two hours six minutes and 10 seconds with his competitor coming in forty-six seconds behind. Rionoripo made a dash to a new record...
President John Magufuli upholds his presidential campaign platform promise to combat tax evasion as he orders an audit of the biggest mining firm in Tanzania. Mining equates to 3.5% of Tanzania’s GDP, and although this order halts the export of gold and copper by...
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...
In the midst of turmoil in the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the stalled presidential elections, people can find a little bit of hope. Just last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) granted reparations to the victims of war crimes committed by former...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of the UN and the ECOMIG Forces, ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia, has successfully conducted operations without bloodshed to ensure democracy in Gambia. After former President Yahya Jammeh refused...
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.
Born in Tanzania and raised in Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, and Great Britain, the distinguished and well respected Ghanaian Architect David Adjaye has once more marked the world of architecture by designing the iconic National Museum of African American History and...
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.
