AFJN News, Articles, and Information
On Feb 18th, 2018 the Crux published an article "Women religious in Nigeria hold National Day of Prayer and Fasting". AFJN and the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious facilitated this event on February 14th, 2018 in light of violence in Nigeria.
Patrecia Mawuli is raised in the rural village of Ghana where there is no electricity and water was fetched from sand pipes. One day, she saw a plane flying over the sky while she was cutting a tree in her village. At that point she become curious about where the...
[columns] [span4] We are thankful to CHANNELS TV for covering the event. To watch the video read the instructions or just click on “Watch on YouTube” Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018, from 10 am to 12 noon, Catholic Women Religious in Nigeria held a nationwide day of...
Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018, from 10am to 12 noon, women religious in Nigeria will hold a national day of prayer and fasting across the country to uphold the sacredness of life. This event will take place in the public square nationwide.The sisters invite...
The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) just ranked the small African nation of Seychelles as the most improved country over the past decade in terms of its climate and energy strategies. This can be attributed to their reduction in greenhouse gas emissions...
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...
On February 6, 2018, Teresa Anyabuike's article "Advocacy on human trafficking" in Global Sisters Report highlighted the Africa Faith and Justice Network - Nigeria's events against human trafficking on the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human...
The use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has grown exponentially on the African continent. In Mali, however, where the literacy rate is lower than average and oral tradition dominates, accessing such apps can prove difficult. To...
In December 2015, members of the terrorist group al-Shabaab stormed a bus in northeastern Kenya and demanded Christians identify themselves with the intention to kill those who did. In a show of bravery, the Muslim passengers on the bus stood beside their Christian...