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

December 15, 2017

Dear Chair of Board of Trustees This is an appeal regarding responsible investment and an opportunity for your institution to make a difference. We bring to your attention the fact…

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

November 13, 2017

In May 2017, members of the Africa Faith & Justice Network team met with the major superiors of Ghana, encouraging them to engage structures of injustice in their communities while…

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

November 10, 2017

Up to 70% of the world’s cocoa is produced by 2 million farmers in a belt that stretches from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, but Ivory Coast and Ghana are the…

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

November 3, 2017

Mail and delivery is not that straightforward in Ghana, which like many developing countries, lacks a formal addressing system. Instead of a number and street name, often landmarks, be it…

Coffee Industry Revives in DRC, Ghana

October 6, 2017

Due to ongoing conflict in the 1990s and 2000s, coffee, which was once the second biggest export in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, suffered a drastic blow to its…

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

July 28, 2017

The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) secured financial support from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to mobilize sisters in three African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya) to engage issues of…

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

April 5, 2017

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”.

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

October 13, 2016

Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director of the Africa Faith & Justice Network gave remarks at the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference plenary 2016 on the theme “Reconciliation with God, Humanity…

Ghana: The Church takes action against land grabbing

October 11, 2016

Bishops and organisations are joining forces to combat land grabbing…

Recent Updates on our Campaign’s Impact in Ghana

October 7, 2016

Part of our approach in fighting against land grabbing in Ghana has been to reach out to traditional leaders who then summon people in their jurisdictions to attend awareness town…

AFJN report findings featured in The Tablet

August 31, 2016

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.

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

August 23, 2016

ABSTRACT (Full report here) ‘Our land is sacred, our land is our life, our land is not for sale. God forbid that we betray this trust and turn Africa land…

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

April 14, 2016

In November 2015 Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) spearheaded a continental conference on land grabbing in Nairobi, Kenya. At AFJN we challenge ourselves to ensure our workshops result in…

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

April 14, 2016

The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) team just concluded an unprecedented land grab prevention and awareness campaign in several villages and one very large high school in Nkwanta South…

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

March 23, 2016

To get ahead of the brokers who are going from village to village looking for land on behalf of foreign companies, we have taken our Land Grabbing Awareness and Prevention…

Highlights of 2015: Major Activities and Accomplishments

February 5, 2016

PDF file with photos here AFJN spearheads an impressive coalition to stop land grabbing in Africa The Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) initiated a coalition to protect Africa’s farm…

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

December 31, 2015

PDF file with pictures here From November 22 to 26, 2015, an international conference on Land Grab and Just Governance in Africa brought to Limuru, a suburb of Nairobi (Kenya)…

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

October 21, 2015

On October 13, we informed you about our latest victory in the fight against land grabs in Ghana’s Volta region. Today we have another exciting news for you: one more…

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

October 12, 2015

Land Grab Prevention Campaign in Volta Region, Ghana

October 5, 2015

AFJN’s Ghana volunteer Task Force on Land Grab Prevention under the leadership of Paramount Chief Tidibo Kowura Odamba II and AFJN office in Washington DC reached out to the Regional…