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Pan-Africa

Africa’s Next CRVS Decade: From Progress to Universal Legal Identity

Published: 12/Aug/2026
Source: UNICEF

By Nankali Maksud, Senior Adviser, Child Protection & Migration, UNICEF, and Bhaskar Mishra, Global Technical Lead, Civil Registration and Legal Identity, UNICEF Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day 2026 comes at an important moment for the continent. As Africa […]

Central Africa

East Africa

Gashumba: We don’t have any other home but Uganda

Published: 30/Aug/2026
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

Recently, Juma Witonze Kisekka, a member of Abavandimwe, was appointed State minister of Internal Affairs, thus getting directions from President Museveni to sort out the citizenship questions that have faced the community. We had an interface with Frank Gashumba, the […]

North Africa

Southern Africa

West Africa

Niger : cinq nouvelles déchéances de nationalité

Published: 18/Sep/2026
Source: Agence de Presse Africaine

Le président nigérien Abdourahamane Tiani a signé, jeudi 17 septembre 2026, un décret portant déchéance provisoire de la nationalité de cinq personnes, dont l’ancien Premier ministre de Mohamed Bazoum, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou. Cette nouvelle décision intervient après plusieurs vagues similaires depuis […]