The Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) was created in March 2014 with the aim of maintaining a focused momentum and stakeholder engagement towards durable solutions for displaced and displacement affected communities. The secretariat was established following extensive consultations among NGOs […]
By Regina Jane Jere Excitement, praise, concern, and heaps of speculation have greeted the much-hyped launch of the common African e-passport at the Kigali African Union Summit on 17th July. To the majority of ordinary Africans, over a billion of […]
Following the launch of the AU diplomatic passport during the just ended AU Summit in Kigali, the government of Tanzania will review the travel documents act in a bid to clarify their usage. The passport was firstly issued to the […]
The AU urges all Member States to adopt the African Passport and to work closely with the AU Commission to facilitate the processes towards its issuance at national level based on international, continental and national policy provisions, and continental design […]
Update from UNHCR, including Sierra Leone and Mali join the statelessness conventions. Awareness raising in Burkina Faso Translating the Abidjan Declaration commitments into action. And more. Read the full issue.
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)—At least, 95, 000 Malawians are expected to have national identity cards (IDs) in the 2016/2017 financial year, The Maravi Post has established. This is a welcome development consideration security lapses the country is going through where foreigners reside freely […]
By Ishmael F. Menkor There was a high turnout in the mobile birth registration for children aged 0 – 12 years in Ganta City, Nimba County. “The mobile birth registration, which kicked off March 3, this year, is a first […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is collaborating with relevant government agencies and communities to ensure that non- Nigerians were not captured in the country’s voters register. INEC Deputy Director for Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Nick Dazang, […]
Johannesburg – About 500 foreign nationals from various countries were today officially given South African citizenships. Judge President Dustan Mlambo, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and his deputy, Fatima Chohan, officiated at the Naturalisation Ceremony held in Johannesburg. Citizenship by […]
A Botswana chief, Kgafela Kgafela, who is a “fugitive” in South Africa has been accused of using “bulldozing tactics” in his attempts to take control of the platinum-rich Bakgatla ba Kgafela community in the North West. Kgafela left Botswana after […]
by Amelia Kuch This article discusses the implementation of the Tanzania Comprehensive Solution Strategy (TANCOSS), which aimed to provide durable solutions for Burundian refugees living in Tanzania since 1972. In 2008, over 200,000 refugees were given a choice between repatriation […]
Green paper by the South African Ministry of Home Affairs proposes that naturalisation should be “exceptional”. Read the full paper.