Kenya

AFJN mentioned in CIDSE article on land grabbing and just governance conference in Kenya

November 23, 2015

On November 23rd, 2015, the Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité published an article titled “Communiqué de Presse: L’accaparement des terres et la gouvernance juste ont été discutés lors d’une conférence panafricaine unique qui commence aujord’hui avant la visite du pape en arique”.

Kenya Wind Farm Project

February 16, 2015

By Rita Murphy Kenya has stepped up its efforts to transform 40,000 acres of land into a huge wind farm, in a bid to meet growing demand for electricity. The…

Middle class sprawls in Nairobi, Kenya

December 5, 2014

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Kenya’s Ogiek Women Conquer Cultural Barriers to Support their Families

September 30, 2014

NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya, Sep 22 2014 (IPS) – Just two years ago, Mary Ondolo, a 50-year-old mother of nine from Kenya’s marginalized, hunter-gatherer community the Ogiek, used to live in…

Global Peace Initiative for Women Inspires Hope and Courage

April 2, 2012

This artlicle was first pulished in AFJN’s January-March Newsletter To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Global Peace Initiative for Women (GPIW) held an international conference in Kenya on the theme…

Women of Wajir

August 26, 2009

In the early 1990’s, six women began a process that transformed much of the Wajir district in northeast Kenya. Attempting to cope with what was described as a “disaster waiting…

Toward the 2009 Africa Synod: An Interview with Fr. Pius Rutechura

August 25, 2009

AFJN recently facilitated Fr. Pius Rutechura’s visit to Washington, DC. He is the secretary general of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) which extends from Sudan…

A Different Olympic Story

August 20, 2008

When President Bush said he was attending the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games despite China’s misdeeds in the international arena, he said it is because the Olympics…

Catholic Relief Services Helps Kenyans Affected by Violence

January 3, 2008

As violence erupts across Kenya following the Dec. 27 general elections, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding with assistance to a growing number of people displaced by armed mobs, looters…