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Kenya: Request for Statement – Registration of Persons in Garissa and Wajir County

July 15, 2020 8:28 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Request for Statement – Registration of Persons in Garissa and Wajir County

Request by Hon Aden B. Duale, MP, for Statement by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security in relation to Kenyan Somalis double-registered as refugees. Download: Duale Request for Statement Kenya Parliament 15072020


UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2020

July 14, 2020 1:29 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2020

Extract: Africa Nationality laws in six countries in Africa do not provide mothers equal rights as fathers to confer their nationality on their children, leading to a risk of statelessness for such children. Under the 1962 Citizenship Law of Somalia, […]


Botswana: Government to amend Citizenship Act

July 12, 2020 6:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Botswana: Government to amend Citizenship Act

The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Annah Mokgethi says the ministry will present to Parliament proposed amendments to the citizenship act. She said this during a meeting addressed by the Vice President Slumber Tsogwane in Sefhare and Mahalapye […]


400 Batswana renounce their citizenship

July 12, 2020 4:33 pm Published by Comments Off on 400 Batswana renounce their citizenship

By Cedric Swanka Since Parliament deliberations last year on dual citizenship, around 400 Batswana have so far renounced their foreign citizenship. While government is yet to take a firm stance on whether it approves or disapproves of its citizens possessing […]


Droits humains : les magistrats congolais renforcent leurs capacités

July 11, 2020 10:22 am Published by Comments Off on Droits humains : les magistrats congolais renforcent leurs capacités

Un atelier destiné aux magistrats impliqués dans la chaine de délivrance des certificats de nationalité sur l’apatridie s’est ouvert à Brazzaville, sous la direction de Quentin Banga, administrateur national de protection au HCR. Cet atelier, qui va durer deux jours, […]


Botswana Citizenship (Amendment) Bill No. 9 of 2020

July 10, 2020 4:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Botswana Citizenship (Amendment) Bill No. 9 of 2020

CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 (Published on 10th July, 2020) MEMORANDUM 1. A draft of the above Bill, which it is intended to be presented to the National Assembly is set out below. 2. The object of the Bill is to […]


Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review: Mauritania

July 9, 2020 11:04 am Published by Comments Off on Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review: Mauritania

UPR 37th Session; 3rd Cycle; January/February 2021 Joint submission by: Association des femmes chefs de Famille SOS-Esclaves Anti-slavery International Minority Rights Group International Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Recommendations: Based on the above information, […]


South Africa: Municipality won’t remove former mayor, despite home affairs demands

July 8, 2020 11:26 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Municipality won’t remove former mayor, despite home affairs demands

Thanduxolo Jika The home affairs department has given a Free State municipality an ultimatum to remove former executive mayor Nthateng Maoke from its payroll because she continues to draw a salary as an ordinary councillor, despite having been found to […]


Tunisie: Kaïs Saïed octroie la nationalité tunisienne à 135 personnes dont 34 palestiniens

July 7, 2020 1:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Tunisie: Kaïs Saïed octroie la nationalité tunisienne à 135 personnes dont 34 palestiniens

Le président de la République, Kaïs Saïed, a paraphé lundi, un arrêté présidentiel accordant à 135 personnes la nationalité tunisienne dont 34 Palestiniens, selon une source de la présidence de la République. La même source, citée par l’agence de presse […]


Ghana to black Americans: Come home. We’ll help you build a life here.

July 4, 2020 5:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana to black Americans: Come home. We’ll help you build a life here.

By Danielle Paquette Kimberly Reese has never visited Ghana, but she is already designing her dream home there. The Ohio mother of five says she doesn’t feel safe in the United States. “Some of us are tired,” said Reese, 54. […]


Ghana: The Hidden Light Of The Zongo People

July 4, 2020 5:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: The Hidden Light Of The Zongo People

By Babs-Khalid Hassan A.k.a. Babs Dopouh I observed with a keen interest in how our people in the Zongos are being subjected to the trash by politicians. They all have the same message when they are in Zongos, all they […]