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Multi-national corporations’ Land Grabbing in Africa

November 16, 2010

In the recent economic downturn, some of the world’s largest foreign corporations have found a new sector to invest in: African farmland. The countries that are most vulnerable to the…

Liberian Women Lay Foundation for Strength and Progress

July 1, 2010

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…

Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Seen Through Africa Eyes

April 13, 2010

Download the full PDF document here or watch part of his presentation here Between 1980 and 2003, the three northern regions of Ghana experienced 26 violent conflicts. The worst was…

Obama Trip to Ghana, Rewriting U.S-Africa Policy: What are the Issues

July 6, 2009

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, will travel to Ghana July 10-11th, 2009. Although his trip will be brief, it is an excellent opportunity to raise the issues…

Interpreting Ghana’s 2008 Presidential Election

January 16, 2009

Once again Ghana set the bar higher for the future of the democratic process in Africa. Much has been written about the past, present and the future of democracy in…

Read Rocco’s Blog from West Africa

December 4, 2008

From November 2nd through December 2nd, Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Executive Director, Rocco Puopolo, s.x. visited Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to conduct research and interviews as part of…

The Ritual of Military Coup in Mauritania

August 12, 2008

On August 6th, the first democratically elected president of Mauritania, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, was overthrown in a military coup lead by the head of his presidential guard, General…

Floods Create Havoc in Africa

October 12, 2007

  In the past three months, floods have ravaged many African nations including Ghana and Togo in the west, as well as Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, and Kenya in the central…

Child Abuse: UN Report Expresses Concern Over Sexual Crimes Against Children in Cote d’Ivoire

September 26, 2007

Five years after the civil war in Cote d‘Ivoire, the UN is urging political actors to give due attention to the needs of children. The continued sustenance of the culture…

Promote Reunification and Stability in Côte d’Ivoire

June 21, 2006

Since 2002, Côte d’Ivoire has been paralyzed by a divide between the rebel-held North and the army-controlled South. The instability began in 1999 when General Robert Guei organized a coup…