AFJN News, Articles, and Information
Guinea's health workers skillfully identified and addressed a case of Marburg virus disease in Temessadou M’Boket, Guinea. The health worker's quick detection of this disease was essential to preventing a potential outbreak of this deadly virus on top of already...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 23, 2021 Washington, DC - On Monday the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), along with a coalition of over 50 organizations, issued the joint statement “Groups Urge US Senate to Authorize Additional Relief to Combat the COVID-19...
August 20, 2021By: Lydia Andrews The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) Women's Empowerment Project (WEP) was hard at works this past week Tanzania. After a year of online workshops, AFJN's WEP Program Coordinator Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN was back on the...
Today, join the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) and other organizations by calling on White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to support policies that promote global access to vaccines and vaccine intellectual property that...
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...
Executive Director Position The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a Catholic education and advocacy network based in Washington DC, seeks a full-time Executive Director to lead the network’s commitment to challenging the U.S. Congress to enact just policies...
The Central African nation of Gabon has received $17 million for meeting established goals for forest conservation. The payment comes from an agreement with the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), which is a partnership between African and European nations to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2021 Washington DC - Today, on this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the world acknowledges the millions of people who are being trafficked around the globe. According to the United Nations’ “Global Report on Trafficking in...
On July, 30th, 2021, the Church of the Brethren published an article titled "Letter encourages equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines". AFJN is listed as one of numerous organizations that signed a letter advocating for improved COVID-19 vaccine access by the U.S.A....