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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 […]


RDC: Kananga : Campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’état civil

October 15, 2020 2:33 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC: Kananga : Campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’état civil

À Kananga, le consortium CIVIPOL a lancé, ce jeudi 15 octobre 2020, la campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’Etat-civil.Ce projet que finance la Banque Mondiale vise environ 100 mille enfants en commençant par ceux des écoles de cette […]


UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July-September 2020

October 15, 2020 11:02 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July-September 2020

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 26 August, the Minister of Interior of South Sudan endorsed a National Action Plan to End Statelessness (NAP). The NAP includes the accession of South Sudan to the UN Statelessness […]


Shona community wants recognition among the stateless community in Kenya

October 14, 2020 8:10 am Published by Comments Off on Shona community wants recognition among the stateless community in Kenya

7 minute TV news report on protest march to Kiambu county assembly. Watch here: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/news-centre/video/2000197736/shona-community-wants-recognition-among-the-stateless-community-in-kenya


Malawi: R v Mussa & Ors. (Criminal Case 2 of 2017)

October 13, 2020 3:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi: R v Mussa & Ors. (Criminal Case 2 of 2017)

Media neutral citation [2020] MWHC 118 Case concerning fraudulent issue of naturalisation certificates. Download: https://old.malawilii.org/mw/judgment/high-court-general-division/2020/118


DPP’s Uladi Mussa falls: Convicted in Malawi passport case

October 13, 2020 3:26 pm Published by Comments Off on DPP’s Uladi Mussa falls: Convicted in Malawi passport case

The High Court in Lilongwe has convicted Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president Uladi Mussa and former Regional Immigration Officer, David Kwanjana for awarding Malawian passports to foreigners. Judge Chifundo Kachale has since reserved the sentencing in the case to next […]


Kenya: Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules 2020

October 13, 2020 10:03 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules 2020

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires— “Act” means the Registration of Persons Act; “enrolment” means the process of collecting specified particulars from a resident individual for the purpose of assigning Huduma Namba; “Huduma card” means a digital […]


Gambia – Lured Into return By Yahya Jammeh, Black Africans Dazed With Rejection Of Draft Constitution

October 12, 2020 4:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Gambia – Lured Into return By Yahya Jammeh, Black Africans Dazed With Rejection Of Draft Constitution

In 2010, Yahya Jammeh made a spectacular pronunciation offering citizenship to all Black African descents in the Diaspora willing to resettle in The Gambia. Hundreds of returnees have since stayed in the Gambia though Jammeh’s pronunciation got never backed legally. […]


Black African returnees at crossroads over Gambian citizenship

October 11, 2020 7:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Black African returnees at crossroads over Gambian citizenship

Banjul, Gambia(PANA) – The journey to acquiring Gambian citizenship for Black African returnees suffered a setback after parliament rejected the “Promulgation Bill 2020” on the country’s draft constitution late last month. Section 188 of the draft constitution guaranteed the acquisition […]