Dear Friends, I am delighted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Br. Alberto Parise, a Comboni Missionary from Italy, just appointed as President of the Executive Committee of AEFJN. I have had the honour of serving in the Executive since 2020, in which...
One of the most successful campaigns in the year 2000 led to debt relief for 37 of the world's poorest countries. 20 years later, Africa is once again in a debt crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic. This new debt crisis has become a burning political issue. How did the...
The last Civil Society Dialogue of the EU commission held the 22nd of March provided information about the ongoing negotiations of the existing EU-ESA Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the so called “ESA-5 – Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, the...
More than 100 Civil society organisations demand a stop to trade talks that will further endanger EU rules on health and the environment and aggravate the climate crisis. A change of course is needed. We have followed the recent talks between the European Commission...
I am Dr. Lawrence S. Pedregosa, a Filipino theological ethicist specializing in socio-political and economic issues. I am the advocacy and communication officer of the Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN) at the International Secretariat based in Brussels,...
On the old trade routes through the Sahara, where caravans used to trade in salt and other coveted goods, a lively human, arms and drug trade by criminal gangs is flourishing today. THE SAHEL-THE POOR HOUSE OF AFRICA The Sahel countries are the former French colonies...
The sixth African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Summit will be held on 17-18 February 2022 in Brussels. This meeting has been postponed in the last two years due to the situation of COVID'19 in order to be able to hold it in a face-to-face mode that ensures the...
I am delighted to extend warm greetings to all our esteemed partners and sponsors on behalf of the Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN). It is with great enthusiasm that I introduce myself as the newly appointed Executive Secretary, entrusted with the...
Local communities across Africa demand justice and land rights over abuses by Belgium’s SIAT Group 21 September 2023 – Local communities impacted by the operations of Belgium’s SIAT Group are rising up in unity against land and human rights abuses. From Ghana to...
Land is at the center of African peoples’ life. It is the sacred base of their lives, providing timber and stone for building homes, firewood for cooking, clay for cooking pots, grass for livestock, food to nourish families, and sacred plants for rituals and...
There are thousands of medicines on the market of varying usefulness, efficacy and price, and the possibility of obtaining medicines over the Internet has added to this plethora. How can you find your way around when you are in a position of responsibility and have...
In this article, we continue our study of the quality of medicines by following the value chain from the medicine producer to the consumer. Medicines, as manufactured, marketed and consumed by all, require a chain of many successive actors. There are two stages: - The...
With this article, the author wants to indicate the value of putting back the theme in the agenda of AEFJN as a top priority for the network. Why re-open this issue? Because the issue of the quality of medicines and their accessibility in dispensaries, hospitals and...
The raising of Lazarus from the dead (Jn 11:1-145) has always inspired faith actors in advocacy. Still, it has become more meaningful for me recently to go with the Massai in their struggle against forced eviction from their ancestral home by the Tanzanian government....
Gospel 2. October 2022 Lk 17, 5-10 The faithful servants In many of Jesus' parables, a wealthy owner hands over the management of his household, vineyard or estate to his servants. The owner's expectation is that they will treat his property responsibly and...
Listen to the voice of creation" Gospel 25. September 2022 Luke 16: 19-31 Lazarus and the rich man There is a sick and hungry beggar lying in his misery at the well-guarded gates of a millionaire's villa. Hundreds of people walk past him every day, even the...
Dear Friends, I am delighted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Br. Alberto Parise, a Comboni Missionary from Italy, just appointed as President of the Executive Committee of AEFJN. I have had the honour of serving in the Executive since 2020, in which...
The evolution of events concerning the precarious situation of the Maasai communities in northern Tanzania are moving so quickly. Last week, AEFJN brought to you the MISA (Maasai International Solidarity Alliance) newsletter or rather diary to highlight some of the...
For many African countries, political independence from the colonial powers has not brought the hoped-for economic development. One positive exception is the island nation of Mauritius. What are the reasons for its success? A Tropical Paradise Mauritius is a volcanic...
