Uganda
Read the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s 2054 End of Year Report: Activity Highlights and Updates
This year, the celebration of the Ugandan Martyrs holds profound significance, not only for the Christian community but also for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Their story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of compassion, empathy, and protection for those fleeing persecution.
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
Join the Africa Faith and Justice Network and Friends of the Congo for “Crisis in the Congo: Voices from the Frontlines” with Justine Masika and Pascal Mugaruka, recently arrived in Washington, DC from Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They will provide firsthand accounts of the atrocities, displacement and occupation being carried out by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia. They will also share policy prescriptions that U.S. policymakers can implement in order to contribute to peace and stability in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In our ministry, we celebrate the strength and power of women worldwide, and send a resounding shoutout to the important role of Catholic nuns whose tireless passion for social justice has helped advance the rights of women in Africa for 40 years.
Ahead of your August 2022 meetings with leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) (a non-partisan coalition of 28 US-based religious communities) urges frank discussions on the following issues: Rwanda’s violations of DRC’s territorial integrity, bad governance in the DRC, and reasons why the UN peacekeepers should leave.
Sisters in Uganda are using the radio to spread the message to end domestic violence. It has been reported that domestic violence has increased throughout the world following the lockdown…
Uganda On February 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakita, the Africa Faith & Justice Network Uganda (AFJN-Uganda) organized a nationwide prayer session for the victims of human trafficking, and…
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that 15 grants were approved, totaling more than $32 million during the fourth quarter of 2019.
As violence escalated last weekend in the latest of four months of protest, Cardinal Joseph Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, laid the blame firmly with the Hong Kong authorities.
The Association of the Religious in Uganda (ARU), Fort Portal Diocese in partnership with Africa Faith and Justice Network Uganda (AFJN) have kicked off a campaign to curb human trafficking.
On September 9th, 2019, Mary Lilly Driciru published an article in the Global Sisters Report titled “Consecrated partner to fight trafficking”.
A day before World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20th, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has announced that there are about 71,000,000 displaced people around the world.…
“We are tired,” “This is too much,” “I am angry”: These were some of the comments sisters in Uganda made, after study and reflection on how the social teachings of the Catholic Church parallel to social issues affecting Uganda.
A brief account of the major Uganda’s regimes cannot possibly do justice to their impact to on the country today, but in order to understand, one must begin somewhere. However,…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has recently imposed a new tax on his citizens requiring a 200 Ugandan Shilling payment per day of use of over 50 social media…
Read Part I (Sahel region), Part II (West Africa), and Part III (North Africa) of the series. EAST AFRICA General Waldhauser began by addressing Somalia and the country’s ongoing conflict, including…
In May 2018, Uganda’s parliament passed a law which imposed a levy of 200 shillings ($0.05) per day on many online platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and several others. The…
