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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: Junta Strips 5 More Exiled Critics of Nationality

Published: 22/Sep/2026
Source: Human Rights Watch

Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions (Nairobi) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending a controversial policy increasingly used against critics of the military authorities, Human Rights Watch said […]