Region (Western Africa)
AFJN’s First Empowerment and Advocacy for Just Governance Workshop
From October 8-10, 2014, we organized our first pilot workshop on Empowerment and Advocacy for Just Governance…
Campaign to Prevent Land Grabbing in Ghana’s Volta Region
Land Grabbing Research, Awareness and Prevention in Ghana’s Volta Region is a project of the Africa Faith…
Preventing land-grabbing in Africa
As the international community joins hands to stop the threat of the Ebola virus, Bahati Jacques of Africa Faith…
Church Experience in Africa: Cheerful Offering
This is a typical Sunday mass at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Nkwanta/Jasikan Diocese. Dancing is one…
Transition to Glory: Rev. Thomas E. (Ted) Hayden, SMA (1932-2014)
Celebrating a life well lived, the Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) announces the transition to eternal…
AFJN In Solidarity With The Families Affected By The Ebola Outbreak
Barthelemy Bazemo Throughout history, there have been cases of outbreak of infectious diseases that have claimed thousands…
Empowerment Project Update
Originally published in the June-Sept Edition of Around Africa. By Aniedi Okure, OP. On May 19, 2014…
National Catholic Reporter: AFJN’s Fr. Okure on Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
On May 9, 2014 AFJN Executive Director Fr. Aniedi Okure, OP was quote in Michael Sean Winter’s…
Bring Back Our Girls
We gather here to demand the safe and unconditional return of the kidnapped girls to their families…
Kleptocracy: US Won’t Be a Harbor for Stolen Assets
We are encouraged by the US Justice Department announcement, made on March 5, 2014, about the asset…
Sowing Seeds for Justice: The Empowerment Project in Ghana
In May Father Aniedi Okure will travel to Accra, Ghana to help launch the first pilot project…
Update on the Empower Africa Project
From the end of September to early October 2013, I was in Accra, Ghana for a series…
Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis of Liberia
One of Africa’s outstanding advocates for justice, human rights and good governance, Emeritus Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis…
Mali: A State in Crisis
By Melaura Homan-Smith, AFJN Program Coordinator This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa”…
Ghana: Religious Bodies Meet Political Leaders
By Rita Murphy This article was first published in our Oct-Dec 2012 “Around Africa” newsletter The Ghana…
Amnesty International Urges President Ouattara to Approve Côte d’Ivoire’s Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Amnesty International Press Release Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org Thursday, December 13, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@aiusa.org, 212-633-4150, @strimel (Washington,…
Religious Freedom: Reflections on Nigeria
By Aniedi Okure, Executive Director This article was first published in our July-September Newsletter. On September 12,…
Militarization without Boots—or Conscience: US Drones across Africa
Whereas formerly the continent of Africa was merely a tactical jumping-off point for access to the Middle East, now…
African Woman Leaders
Liberian President — Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf — The first female president of Liberia and Africa’s first female head of state, she was elected in…
Hazardous Waste Dumping in Africa
As concerns over environmental issues on the African continent gain attention around the world, the problem of…
