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Isaac Kgosi was walking out of the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Botswana when he was approached by waiting security agents who had a warrant for his arrest. They preceded to hand him the warrant and handcuff him, all the while this was being recorded and...
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has accused France of creating poverty in Africa and causing mass migration to Europe as a result. The Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stated that, “The migrant problem has many causes. In Africa, some take away wealth from...
On the Calendar of the liturgy of the Catholic Church we remember and celebrates today February 8th Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who as a child was sold by her kidnappers to Arab slave traders. Josephine Bakhita was born in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur...
Adwoa Ohemeng is originally from Ghana and is pursuing her Bachelors Degree here in the United States. She is a senior at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she is studying International Relations with double minors in Business and French. She has had a...
Maranata Zemede is a senior at Fresno Pacific University in Fresno California and is pursuing a bachelors in Communications with a minor in English. She has an interest in media because of the powerful ways it can change and influence the public. As a first generation...
AFJN is in Enugu, Nigeria to galvanize the energies of Catholic nuns across the country to wake up the public and the government to the increasing violence against women and children in that state. In 2015, The TAMAR Sexual Assault Referral recorded more than 400...
On January 29, 2019, remarks on corruption given by the Africa Faith and Justice Network's executive director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, were published by the News Agency of Nigeria under "Corrupt public officials must be treated as thieves – cleric". Read the full...
Defending democracy: Was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo elected or nominated?
Calls for a votes recount in the December 30, 2018 Presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo came from countries in Africa, Europe, and North America and from international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the...
Roy Allela is a 25-year-old Kenyan engineer who has recently received recognition for inventing smart gloves that allow sign language to be translated into audio speech via an Android application. The inspiration behind the creation of these gloves, known as Sign-IO,...