Liberia
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2054 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights and Updates
Read the “Promoting Integrity in Education: Survey Findings on Corruption in Diocese of Gbarnga Schools, Liberia” following AFJN’s Just Governance work in Liberia.
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2024 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights and Updates
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2023 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights & Activities
Yesterday March 28, President Trump extended for 12 months the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED ) status of our brother and sisters from Liberia who reside in the United States. This…
Africa Faith and Justice Network recently sent a letter to over 50 members of Congress, urging them to send a letter to Homeland Security to extend the Temporary Protected Status…
All are welcome to join the Africa Faith and Justice Network for a briefing on just governance and citizen participation in Liberia on August 7, 2018 from 10-12. At The Catholic University of America.
Sisters Agnes Mueller, Barbara Ann Muttra, Kathleen McGuire and cousins Mary Joel Kolmer and Shirley Kolmer died during the civil war in Liberia. Sisters Barbara Ann and Mary Joel accompanied…
The United States Constitution makes it possible for citizens to express our true beliefs, a freedom we constantly take for granted. We go to the store wearing the shirt of…
Barthelemy Bazemo Throughout history, there have been cases of outbreak of infectious diseases that have claimed thousands and in some cases millions of lives, such as the bubonic plaque that…
One of Africa’s outstanding advocates for justice, human rights and good governance, Emeritus Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis of Monrovia died Sunday May 19, 2013 in Monrovia, Liberia. A courageous preacher…
Since 2008, foreign investors, some of whom are private banks and pension funds, have acquired farm land in Africa resulting in the displacement and loss of livelihood of many families. Africans cannot financially afford to entrust their food security to foreign large-scale commercial agriculture multinationals.
Liberian President — Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf — The first female president of Liberia and Africa’s first female head of state, she was elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2011. She served as Minister of Finance, and is one of…
By: Josh Perry For women in the United States, the rights of today were achieved by courageous women with a cause and a drive to see change. These women came,…
For women in the United States, the rights of today were achieved by courageous women with a cause and a drive to see change. These women came, and continue to…
In June, AFJN staff member Beth Tuckey presented information on private security contractors in Africa to staffers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Her presentation was part of a larger…
One of the goals of the United States’ new military command for Africa, AFRICOM, as defined by the Department of Defense (DOD) is to promote security and stability on the…
by Ezekiel Pajibo and Emira Woods Just two months after U.S. aerial bombardments began in Somalia, the Bush administration solidified its militaristic engagement with Africa. In February 2007, the Department…
On August 4th, 1997, the Africa Faith and Justice Network published an article featured in allAfrica titled “Nigeria: The End Justifies the Means”
AFJN urged action by Congress on the Liberian crises.
