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Kenya: Huduma Bill, 2021

December 3, 2021 2:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Bill, 2021

Bill to provide a primary law on civil registration and legal identity management. Would repeal and replace the Registration of Persons Act, the Births and Deaths Registration Act, and the Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Act. Version introduced to […]


Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Les cadres du Lôh-Djiboua se mobilisent pour le RGPH

December 3, 2021 11:35 am Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Les cadres du Lôh-Djiboua se mobilisent pour le RGPH

Abidjan, 03 déc 2021 (AIP) – Les cadres de la région du Lôh-Djiboua ont appelé leurs ressortissants, jeudi 02 décembre 2021, à la Bibliothèque nationale d’Abidjan Plateau, à participer au 5e Recensement général de la population et de l’habitat (RHPH […]


Anudo Ochieng Anudo v United Republic of Tanzania: Judgment on Reparations

December 2, 2021 3:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Anudo Ochieng Anudo v United Republic of Tanzania: Judgment on Reparations

Judgment Summary ANUDO OCHIENG ANUDO v. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA APPLICATION NO. 012/2015 JUDGMENT ON REPARATIONS Dar es Salaam, 2 December 2021: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment on reparations in the case […]


Liberia: National Identification Registry to Issue National ID Cards to Liberians along Sierra Leone Border

November 26, 2021 8:31 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: National Identification Registry to Issue National ID Cards to Liberians along Sierra Leone Border

MONROVIA – The National Identification Registry (NIR) has launched a pilot project that will allow for issuance of national identification cards to Liberians living in communities along our border with the Republic of Sierra Leone. This project, which will be […]


Expert Group Meeting of African registrar generals kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda

November 26, 2021 8:28 am Published by Comments Off on Expert Group Meeting of African registrar generals kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda

Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 – A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting that runs between November 23 – 26 is organized by […]


Diaspora Liberian Group Appeals to Senate to Concord with House to Pass Dual Citizenship into Law

November 26, 2021 8:12 am Published by Comments Off on Diaspora Liberian Group Appeals to Senate to Concord with House to Pass Dual Citizenship into Law

By Alaskai Moore Johnson MONROVIA – The distinguished Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Mr. Emmanuel S. Wettee is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concord with the House of Representatives on the passage of the […]


Liberia: ALCOD Calls on Senate Pass Dual Citizenship Bill

November 26, 2021 8:09 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: ALCOD Calls on Senate Pass Dual Citizenship Bill

The Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Emmanuel S. Wettee, along with other diaspora Liberians, is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concur with the House of Representatives on the passage of the Dual Citizenship […]


Human Rights Committee Concluding observations: Botswana, 2021

November 24, 2021 1:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Human Rights Committee Concluding observations: Botswana, 2021

Human Rights Committee Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Botswana CCPR/C/BWA/CO/2 Treatment of refugees and asylum seekers and prevention of statelessness 29.While welcoming the drafting of the Refugee (Recognition and Control) Bill, the Committee is concerned about: (a) […]


CEDAW Concluding observations: South Sudan, 2021

November 23, 2021 6:40 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding observations: South Sudan, 2021

Concluding observations on the initial report of South Sudan CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1 Nationality 34.The Committee notes that, pursuant to the Nationality Act of 2011 and its regulations, women and men have equal rights, without discrimination on the basis of sex, to acquire, […]


Report on the Public Petition No. 023 of 2021 regarding accessing national identity cards by the Nubian community

November 23, 2021 5:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Report on the Public Petition No. 023 of 2021 regarding accessing national identity cards by the Nubian community

Twelfth Parliament, Fifth Session, November 2021. Recommending listing of the Nubian community as a ‘tribe of Kenya’ and issue of guidelines to ensure that the vetting process is transparent and non-discriminatory. Download (32MB) from www.parliament.go.ke


Another Court Order: Miguna given 72 hours to obtain emergency travel document back to Kenya

November 22, 2021 11:10 am Published by Comments Off on Another Court Order: Miguna given 72 hours to obtain emergency travel document back to Kenya

by SUSAN MUHINDI The High Court has directed lawyer Miguna Miguna to obtain an emergency travel document from the Kenyan High Commission in Ottawa Canada or Berlin Germany within 72 hours. Justice Hedwig Ong’undi said Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo […]