AFJN News, Articles, and Information
Uganda On February 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakita, the Africa Faith & Justice Network Uganda (AFJN-Uganda) organized a nationwide prayer session for the victims of human trafficking, and called for an end to this evil. On the same day three sisters held a...
Africa Faith and Justice Network is one of the 176 organizations which signed a letter to the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres in effort to protect Africa’s food system against large scale agribusinesses whose aim is in part to disposes Africa of its...
An interview with Florentin Mokonda Bonza, Professor at the University of Kinshasa and President of the Convention of Christian Democrats (CDC) and of the political platform the New Initiative for the Congo (NIC). The opinions expressed in this interview do not...
To the faithful in Christ, men and women of good will, who love justice and peace: 1.Given the gravity of the security and humanitarian situation facing the populations of their respective countries, the bishops, priests, and lay delegates of the Conferences of...
PORT HARCOURT, 17 January, 2020 / 2:35 AM (ACI Africa).- The brave fight mounted by religious sisters against human traffickers in Nigeria has been a key highlight of the ongoing conference that has brought together religious men and women in the west African...
On January 16, 2020, the strengthening of a coalition network of sisters by the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned by Julia Freidman in a Business Wire/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation press release. The full article "Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awarded More...
On January 17th, 2020, ACI Africa published an article titled "Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference" by Agnes Aineah. Sr. Teresa Okure spoke on the behalf of AFJN at a conference against human trafficking in Nigeria. Read...
Dear Supporters, Happy New Year to you and yours!We resumed work today, Thursday, the second day of the Year 2020 after New Year’s Day celebration. As the first order of business and to refocus and renew our commitment to the mission of the Africa Faith & Justice...
Nigeria currently has 13.2 million out-of-school children, according to Nigeria's education board. Also, child labor has remained an issue throughout the country despite the Child Rights Act that was signed into law by the federal government. In February, Nigeria's...