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Sudan strips citizenship from thousands of Syrians

October 29, 2020 5:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan strips citizenship from thousands of Syrians

Sudan’s transitional government has stripped thousands of foreigners, including Syrians, from their naturalised Sudanese citizenship, Erm News reported yesterday. In an official statement, the government said that the foreigners had acquired the Sudanese nationality in “illegitimate ways during the era […]


Kenya: Uhuru’s Huduma Namba in limbo after court nullified laws

October 29, 2020 12:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Uhuru’s Huduma Namba in limbo after court nullified laws

by KEVIN CHERUIYOT The High Court’s ruling on Thursday to nullify 23 bills that were passed by the National Assembly without involving the Senate could cause a potential hitch for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Among the bills affected is the Statute […]


Liberia: The Supreme Court Ruling in the Jalloh Case and “Proposition One” are Entirely Different

October 28, 2020 6:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: The Supreme Court Ruling in the Jalloh Case and “Proposition One” are Entirely Different

In September 2019, the Legislature adopted a Joint Resolution (“The Resolution”) proposing a constitutional referendum to amend various articles of the Liberian Constitution. Proposition One of the Resolution (“The Proposition”) seeks to amend article 28 (art. 28) of the Constitution, […]


Malawi ex-minister Uladi sentenced to 6 years in jail over passport scandal

October 22, 2020 3:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi ex-minister Uladi sentenced to 6 years in jail over passport scandal

The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced former cabinet minister Uladi Mussa to six years in jail after he was found guilty in a corruption trial linked to the passport case. Mussa, who served as Minister of Home Affairs and […]


Zambia: State has strictly followed the Constitution in mobile registration exercise – Mvula

October 21, 2020 7:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: State has strictly followed the Constitution in mobile registration exercise – Mvula

By Mwaka Ndawa THE State has argued that it has strictly followed the provisions of the Constitution in implementing the mobile registration exercise and in the issuance of National Registration Cards and has abided by the National Registration Act Chapter […]


Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 38th Session of the UPR: Somalia

October 20, 2020 2:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 38th Session of the UPR: Somalia

1. The Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC), the Somaliland Human Rights Centre (SHRC), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR)and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the […]


Ghana’s Identification Ecosystem

October 19, 2020 3:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana’s Identification Ecosystem

This report provides an overview and analysis of Ghana’s identification ecosystem (IE). It discusses seven major identification (ID) systems: Birth Certificates, Voter ID cards, National Health Insurance cards, Driver’s Licences, Passports, National Identification cards (Ghanacard), and SIM cards. The authors […]


Kenya: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans and violates court orders under new regulations

October 19, 2020 1:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans and violates court orders under new regulations

On 19th October 2020, the Nubian Rights Forum, alongside Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE), Haki Centre, Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Defenders Kenya – Coalition held a joint press briefing to issue a press statement […]


Kenya: New regulations pave way for Huduma Namba cards

October 16, 2020 9:30 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: New regulations pave way for Huduma Namba cards

By JOHN MUTUA Kenyans are inching closer to getting their long-awaited Huduma Namba identification cards after the State published the issuing rules. The Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules, 2020 will guide the operations of the National […]


Cameroun: Régionales 2020 : le rejet de la candidature d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe secoue le RDPC

October 15, 2020 8:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Régionales 2020 : le rejet de la candidature d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe secoue le RDPC

Dans ses diverses sorties, le militant frustré accuse les cadres du parti au pouvoir de vouloir déstabiliser le RDPC. La disqualification d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe au poste de Conseiller régional dans la région du Littoral, continue d’agiter les militants du Rassemblement […]


Stateless Shona plead for Kenyan citizenship

October 15, 2020 4:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Stateless Shona plead for Kenyan citizenship

The community arrived in the country as missionaries in 1960s and is settled at Kinoo In Summary • Governor Nyoro says the Shona should be treated as Kenyans for their contribution to the country’s development since their arrival from Zimbabwe […]