Ghana

The 58th Independence Celebration of Ghana

Ghana declared independence from the United Kingdom on March 6th, 1957. This was the result of the…

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Her Business is Rolling

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181471.html   Edited by Rita Murphy.  Photo: I. Kaledzi/DW Winifred Selby, a 19 year old social entrepreneur…

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AFJN’s First Empowerment Project Workshop-Ghana

In October AFJN held its first Empowerment Project workshop in Accra, Ghana. Read the report. Read more…

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A Government’s Band-aid Solution to Education

(Download PDF file) In June 2014 Ghana was granted a $156 million loan by the World Bank…

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Photo Gallery: AFJN’s First Empowerment and Advocacy for Just Governance Workshop

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AFJN Publication: “Land Grabbing in Africa: Herakles Farms’ Failed Venture in Brewaniase, Ghana”

AFJN travelled to Brewaniase, a town in Ghana’s Volta Region, to learn more about a potential land grab deal by Herakles Farms, a New York based agribusiness.

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Investigating Herakles Farms in Ghana: AFJN’s Report

What happened with Herakles Farms in Ghana? How is the community doing now? What is the prognosis…

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AFJN’s First Empowerment and Advocacy for Just Governance Workshop

From October 8-10, 2014, we organized our first pilot workshop on Empowerment and Advocacy for Just Governance…

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Campaign to Prevent Land Grabbing in Ghana’s Volta Region

Land Grabbing Research, Awareness and Prevention in Ghana’s Volta Region is a project of the Africa Faith…

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Preventing land-grabbing in Africa

As the international community joins hands to stop the threat of the Ebola virus, Bahati Jacques of Africa Faith…

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AFJN publishes report titled “Land Grabbing in Africa: Herakles Farms’ Failed Venture in Brewaniase, Ghana”

On October 1st, 2014, AFJN authors and publishes a report titled “Land Grabbing in Africa: Herakles Farms’ Failed Venture in Brewaniase, Ghana” in the Land Portal Foundation.

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Church Experience in Africa: Cheerful Offering

This is a typical Sunday mass at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Nkwanta/Jasikan Diocese. Dancing is one…

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Empowerment Project Update

Originally published in the June-Sept Edition of Around Africa. By Aniedi Okure, OP. On May 19, 2014…

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Sowing Seeds for Justice: The Empowerment Project in Ghana

In May Father Aniedi Okure will travel to Accra, Ghana to help launch the first pilot project…

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Update on the Empower Africa Project

From the end of September to early October 2013, I was in Accra, Ghana for a series…

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Ghana: Religious Bodies Meet Political Leaders

By Rita Murphy This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter The Ghana…

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Hazardous Waste Dumping in Africa

As concerns over environmental issues on the African continent gain attention around the world, the problem of…

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Multi-national corporations’ Land Grabbing in Africa

In the recent economic downturn, some of the world’s largest foreign corporations have found a new sector…

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Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Seen Through Africa Eyes

Download the full PDF document here or watch part of his presentation here Between 1980 and 2003,…

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Obama Trip to Ghana, Rewriting U.S-Africa Policy: What are the Issues

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, will travel to Ghana July 10-11th, 2009. Although his…

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