Cameroon
Restoring Identity, Unlocking Futures: AFJN’s Birth Registration Initiative in Cameroon
Across Cameroon, thousands of children remain invisible in the eyes of the law—without birth certificates, they are…
Press Release: AFJN Letter to Pope Leo XIV Ahead of Visit to Africa Highlighting Key Concerns
On Friday, ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s maiden visit to Africa, Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) sent a letter to The Supreme Pontiff (through the Apostolic Nuncio) urging His Holiness to highlight key areas of injustice impacting the region.
2025 AFJN End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2054 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights and Updates
2024 AFJN End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Updates
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights and Updates
The Vital Record System: Breaking the Cycle of Corruption and Unlocking Opportunities in Cameroon
In Cameroon, the absence of birth certificates sets countless lives on a precarious path, marked by struggles…
2023 AFJN End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Activities
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2023 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Activities
Empowering Community: AFJN Launches Monitoring Program to Combat Corruption in Cameroon’s Justice System
On December 13, 2023, AFJN, in partnership with the Justice and Peace Commission of the Diocese of…
African migrants entering the US through Mexico: a story of desperation
The crisis at the US border with Mexico reveals that migrants are not only coming from Latin…
The Abuse behind Banana production in Cameroon
Banana is one of the fruits available every season and widely consumed in many homes in Europe,…
U.S. Military Presence and Activity in Africa: West Africa
Read Part I of the series, “U.S. Military Presence and Activity in Africa: Sahel Region.” WEST AFRICA AFRICOM’s…
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa hearing on the Crisis in Cameroon
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a…
Open letter on the role of US Embassy officials in a land grab deal in Cameroon
AFJN is one of many organizations which signed on a letter to Assistant Secretary of State for…
U.S Embassy in Cameroon Linked to Herakles Farms’ Land Grab
Tell a friend to tell a friend that “Backroom Bullying the Role of The US Government in…
Presidents for Life
By: Rebecca Short, Intern Spring 2016. As the United States buzzes with anticipation of the presidential primaries,…
Herakles Abandons All Operations in Mundemba And Toko Concessions Area
Herakles Farms, a New York based agro-investment firm and its subsidiary SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) is once again in the spotlight. On May 29, 2015 it announced that it has abandoned all operations in Mundemba and Toko Subdivisions in the Ndian Province.
The New Theft of Africa: America’s Involvement in African Land Grabs
The ongoing massive lease of Africa’s most fertile land as a development approach risks the well-being of millions of people throughout Africa, especially traditional small farmers and pastoralists, who rely on the land as their sole means of survival. This is land grabbing in its worst form.
Land Grabs: 19 organizations call on the UN to investigate Herakles Farms’ retaliation against activists in Cameroon
Herakles Farms, a US-based agribusiness, filed a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Nasako Besingi, a Cameroonian activist, in…
Land Grabs: Letter to US Company Herakles Farms
We are aware of the signing on November 25, 2013 of the Cameroonian presidential decrees no. 2013/418,…
Herakles Farms must stop Unjust Lawsuits Against a Cameroonian Activists
We urge you to cancel the lawsuit Herakles Farms filed against Mr. Nasako Besingi, Managing Director of…
Cameroon: President Approves Land Grab Deal with Herakles Farms
Land grabbing is a global issue involving large-scale leasing or buying of land in developing countries by…
