Region (Western Africa)
African migrants entering the US through Mexico: a story of desperation
The crisis at the US border with Mexico reveals that migrants are not only coming from Latin…
President Trump delays deportation of Liberians and South Sudanese
Yesterday March 28, President Trump extended for 12 months the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED ) status of…
Wars in Africa are in line with neocolonialism
Is the United States and Europe’s war on terrorism masking another kind of war? “Shadow War in…
Urgent Call to Renew the Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese and Liberian in the US!
Africa Faith and Justice Network recently sent a letter to over 50 members of Congress, urging them…
Italy accuses France for mass African migration to Europe
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has accused France of creating poverty in Africa and causing…
Africa Faith and Justice Network Women Empowerment in Enugu, Nigeria
AFJN is in Enugu, Nigeria to galvanize the energies of Catholic nuns across the country to wake…
Africa in Global Perspective then and Now
Stop for a minute and think of the saying attributed to the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus: “The only…
Nigerian teenagers win World tech innovation challenge
Despite all odds, women in Nigeria are breaking the code in technology. Yesterday, August 9th, five teenage…
U.S. Military Presence and Activity in Africa: West Africa
Read Part I of the series, “U.S. Military Presence and Activity in Africa: Sahel Region.” WEST AFRICA AFRICOM’s…
Building Broader Support in the Fight against Human Trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria
Download PDF file/ Photos included From November 22 to December 1, 2017, Catholic religious Sisters in Nigeria,…
The Nigerian Government Must End the Killings Without Delay!
On May 22, 2018, two priests and 17 parishioners who were gunned down on April 24th during…
AFJN’s Jacquest Bahati’s article in Africa Revista on the Kivu Month of Blood
La crisi politica nella Repubblica democratica del Congo continua a peggiorare.
Now is the time: The battle against land grabbing carried to the arena of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Republic of Central Africa
Sr Elianna Baldi is a Comboni Missionary and the Coordinator of the AEFJN antenna in the Republic…
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson trip to Africa
Ahead of his trip to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Chad and Nigeria, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson…
Meet Ghana’s first female pilot, engineer and trainer
Patrecia Mawuli is raised in the rural village of Ghana where there is no electricity and water…
Tell President Trump and the world that African nations are not what he said them to be
Instead of exchanging insults with President Trump, let us take the microphone from him and tell the…
AFJN’s Sr. Eucharia Madueke’s Global Sisters Report on Women Porters in Ghana
Fou, a young female “head porter” (kayayoo in the local language) spoke with a group of women religious of Ghana being trained in advocacy.
ECOWAS and Partners Want Protection of Women’s Rights in Agriculture and Access to Land
According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) agriculture accounts for one third of gross domestic…
Land Grab in Francophone Africa: Identifying and Promoting Lasting Endogenous Solutions
A Review of Follow-up Actions After the Limuru Conference Remarks by Aniedi Okure, OP, Executive Director, AFJN,…
“Nobel Prize of Agriculture” – a recognition for pioneering Nigeria’s E-Wallet technology
The World Food Prize is awarded yearly for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production…
