South Africa
Coalition members in urging the US Congress to reject bills HR 4051 and HR 2633, which aim to penalize South Africa for its lawful foreign policy decisions and engagement with the International Court of Justice.
The Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Executive Director Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers was interviewed on the May 21, 2025 podcast Background Briefing with Ian Masters on what some call the “Oval Office Ambush of South Africa’s President”.
The recent shift in US policies towards Africa has raised concerns about the future of US-Africa relations, leaving vital programs uncertain. Despite this challenge, some experts see this ‘America First’ shift as an opportunity for African nations to accelerate economic self-sufficiency by transitioning beyond aid as evidenced in the Sahel and other regions of Africa.
On May 29, 2024 Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers, Executive Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, was interviewed on Background Briefing with Ian Masters’ “Today’s Election in South Africa as a Referendum on the ANC”.
Nine organizations and 103 individuals signed the letter to the Hon. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa demanding a decisive response to the recurring attacks against foreign nationals living in…
We raise the tone against xenophobia with all our energy and condemn these attacks in the strongest terms possible, as they defeat the spirit and potentialities of pan Africanism. Moreover, this cyclical violence deters developments that includes African Continental Free Trade agreements which protect freedom of movement of the people as well as the right to the security of person as protected under the constitution of South Africa; the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which South African is signatory to.
A statement issued by Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SABC) Justice and Peace Commission on September 12, 2019 denounced the epidemic of violence against women, and “expressed outraged by the…
In March, 55 nations of the African Union joined in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss the possibility of an open trade agreement throughout the continent. Free trade and free movement…
On April 2, 2018, Easter Monday, South Africa received the sad news that Ms. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away. A ten-day mourning period was declared by the government and her burial…
As we mourn the loss of Mr. Ahmed Kathrada, whom passed away this March, we take the time to remember his good works and devotion to end the apartheid in…
Bahati Jacques, AFJN Policy Analyst on WPFW’s Africa Now program to discuss Land Grab in Africa and Cameroon in general.
On March 2, 2016, Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) co-sponsored and participated in the Ghana Integrated Platform for Governance of Land, Water and Seed as part of the launch…
Barthelemy Bazemo The memories of the two-decade long civil war leading to the independence of South Sudan in July 2011 are still vivid and fresh in the minds of most…
Africa’s greatest political icon, former South African President Madiba Nelson Mandela has joined the ranks of Africa’s ancestors. Madiba Mandela was by all accounts one who believed in the goodness…
Posted on December 6, 2013 As the world mourns and readies for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, the greatest tribute you can pay the former South African President would be…
This global climate change poses a great spiritual challenge to all Christians, people of all faiths, and all people of good will as it is the consequence of the destruction…
By Alyse Martin Arms’ trafficking in Africa is an issue that should be monitored. Wars in African countries are fought with the illicit small arms that are smuggled in from…
During these months running up to the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) World Cup games taking place this summer in South Africa, the Justice and Peace Office of the South African Catholic Bishops Conference is organizing an innovative and creative project that will focus on achieving full human rights for migrants worldwide and assistance to integrate them into the country of their destination.
The Future is Certain: It is the Past that is Unpredictable Ten years ago the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (known as the TRC) handed over its final report…
In early June of 2006, Islamic militants stormed Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu–site of the 1993 killings of 18 American marines, captured in the movie Black Hawk Down–and wrested control…
