Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
August 18, 2021 8:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja In order to avoid a stateless situation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria, has issued birth certificates to under 17 children in New Kuchingoro and Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps in Abuja. […]
August 17, 2021 5:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
NAIROBI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Unable to secure Kenyan citizenship for years, the Shona community who reside mainly in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and neighboring Kiambu County had long resigned to a fate of statelessness. This unwanted status had […]
August 16, 2021 2:51 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Abubakar Juma Kwale, Kenya: Omari Siriako, 74, is in pain and on the point of despair as he sits outside his grass-thatched hut. He has been ailing of diabetes and has had physical injuries for a long time, dating […]
August 13, 2021 11:14 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Sam Kiplagat Close to 20,000 northern Kenya residents, who registered as asylum seekers to benefit from services offered to refugees, have sued the government seeking to be removed from the database and given national identity cards. The Kenyans, who […]
August 12, 2021 2:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Due to the continued failure of the Kenyan government in 2016 and 2019 to deregister thousands of Kenyan citizens from the refugee database and issue them with identity cards, Haki na Sheria Initiative will file a petition on behalf of […]
August 12, 2021 1:53 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le Mali, à l’instar de tous les autres pays africains, a célébré, le 10 août dernier, la quatrième édition de la Journée Africaine de l’Etat-Civil (JAEC). Elle était placée sous le thème : » Leadership pour un service essentiel : […]
August 12, 2021 1:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le ministère de l’Administration territoriale, de la Décentralisation et du Développement des territoires, a procédé le 10 août 2021 à Lomé, au lancement de la 4ème édition de la Journée africaine de l’enregistrement des faits d’état civil et de l’établissement […]
August 11, 2021 12:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
L’agence nigériane chargée des questions d’état civil et de démographie a dénoncé mardi le faible taux d’enregistrement des naissances et des décès au Nigeria, seuls 43 % des enfants de moins de cinq ans et 10 % des décès étant […]
August 11, 2021 11:38 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Sola Ogundipe The births of more than 50 per cent of the births of children under-5 in Nigeria remain unregistered, accounting for 11 per cent of unregistered children in West Africa, even as the births of 166 million children […]
August 10, 2021 7:51 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Fred Odianosen Itua Dr. Solomon Oseghale Momoh is a Nigerian lawyer and protection associate with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency in Nigeria. He recently completed a PhD research at Utrecht University’s Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) […]
August 10, 2021 9:01 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Download (13MB): Report on Public Petition 41 of 2020 Recognition of the Pemba People as Citizens of Kenya Also at Kenya Parliament website.
August 9, 2021 11:41 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The regional consultations organized by the African Union and UNICEF in June and July 2021 show that progress has been made despite COVID-19, but that drastic measures are needed to achieve the SDG goal of universal birth registration. Dakar, 9th […]
