Ghana

Re: Request that you do rigorous due diligence to ensure your institution’s funds are not invested in land grabbing/ agro-colonialism in Africa.

Dear Chair of Board of Trustees This is an appeal regarding responsible investment and an opportunity for…

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Justice With Charity: Ghanaian Sisters Responding to Violence Against Women and Children

In May 2017, members of the Africa Faith & Justice Network team met with the major superiors…

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Rare victory for rainforests as nations vow to stop ‘death by chocolate’

Up to 70% of the world’s cocoa is produced by 2 million farmers in a belt that…

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Ghana is rolling out a digital address system to help formalize more of its economy

Mail and delivery is not that straightforward in Ghana, which like many developing countries, lacks a formal…

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Coffee Industry Revives in DRC, Ghana

Due to ongoing conflict in the 1990s and 2000s, coffee, which was once the second biggest export…

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Major Superiors of Ghana on the Role of Religious Vocation, Leadership, and Justice Ministry

The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) secured financial support from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to mobilize…

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AFJN receives a $360,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

On April 5th, 2017, Business Wire published an article titled “Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million in Grants in the First Quarter of 2017”.

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Land Grab and Environmental Pollution: Long Term Consequences for Ghanaians. A Briefing to the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference

Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director of the Africa Faith & Justice Network gave remarks at the…

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Ghana: The Church takes action against land grabbing

Bishops and organisations are joining forces to combat land grabbing…

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Recent Updates on our Campaign’s Impact in Ghana

Part of our approach in fighting against land grabbing in Ghana has been to reach out to…

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AFJN report findings featured in The Tablet

The Catholic Church in Ghana has released a report exposing land injustices in an attempt to urge government officials to protect rural people in the West African nation.

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Unmasking Land Grabbing In Ghana; Restoring Livelihoods; Paving Way For Sustainable Development Goals

ABSTRACT (Full report here) ‘Our land is sacred, our land is our life, our land is not…

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Photo Gallery: Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign in Ghana’s Volta Region

In November 2015 Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) spearheaded a continental conference on land grabbing in…

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We Have Increased in Number, But Has Our Land Increased in size?

The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) team just concluded an unprecedented land grab prevention and awareness…

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Ghana: AFJN’s Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention Campaign on local FM radio stations

To get ahead of the brokers who are going from village to village looking for land on…

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Highlights of 2015: Major Activities and Accomplishments

PDF file with photos here  AFJN spearheads an impressive coalition to stop land grabbing in Africa The…

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REPORT: Continental Conference on Land Grab and Just Governance in Africa 2015

PDF file with pictures here From November 22 to 26, 2015, an international conference on Land Grab…

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Another Victory against land grabs in Ghana: one more cluster of towns pulls out of a memorandum of understanding

On October 13, we informed you about our latest victory in the fight against land grabs in…

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Photo Gallery: Land Grab Prevention Campaign in Volta Region, Ghana

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Land Grab Prevention Campaign in Volta Region, Ghana

AFJN’s Ghana volunteer Task Force on Land Grab Prevention under the leadership of Paramount Chief Tidibo Kowura…

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