November 27, 2019 4:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Daniel Friedman The party claims children are assumed to be illegal immigrants and forced to try prove they are South Africans, including by way of DNA tests. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says that the department of home affairs could […]
November 27, 2019 12:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Charles Onyango-Obbo A few days ago, Daily Monitor reported State Minister for Gender, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, saying Indians [Asians] in Uganda cannot be made a national group (tribe) because their “origin cannot be traced anywhere in Uganda other than […]
November 26, 2019 7:28 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract: “Statelessness prevention. UNHCR has supported the government in issuing nationality certificates to more than 15,000 people at risk for statelessness since 2012.” Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan/unhcr-south-sudan-factsheet-october-2019
November 26, 2019 4:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Mohammed Yusuf NAIROBI – Kenyan authorities have begun a month-long vetting process at the Dadaab refugee camp near Somalia to determine who qualifies as a Somali asylum-seeker and who is a Kenyan citizen. Thousands of Somalis have called the […]
November 26, 2019 4:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
A marriage of convenience has returned to haunt a Harare woman who is legally married to a Nigerian but is customarily married to a local man, under whose name she is trying to register their child. The “fake” marriage was […]
November 25, 2019 7:39 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Robert Tapfumaneyi SURVIVORS of the devastating Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland East early this year have been allowed the chance to replace lost identity documents for free. This was confirmed by Registrar General Clemence […]
November 25, 2019 5:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Akwasi Awuah Ababio, has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be granting up to 200 Africans in the Diaspora Ghanaian citizenship this year. He said this in an interview […]
November 22, 2019 4:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Sudanese Ministry of Interior Affairs is investigating the practice of illegally granting nationalities to foreigners living in the country. In a press statement in Khartoum on Thursday, Interior Minister Lt Gen El Tereifi Idris said he will prosecute those […]
November 22, 2019 1:43 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Agboville, 22 nov (AIP) – La représentante du Haut commissariat pour les réfugiés (HCR) à Agboville, Mlle Christelle Vangah, a annoncé jeudi, en marge de la cérémonie de lancement de la campagne des ”16 jours d’activisme contre les violences faites […]
November 22, 2019 9:41 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By STEPHEN ASTARIKO Stringent rules for the de-registration of Garissa and Wajir residents whose fingerprints appear in the UNCHR refugee database are slowing the process. The rules could also lock out some citizens who do not possess some of the […]
November 20, 2019 7:32 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Paidamoyo Chipunza Ms Esther Zinyoro of Mbare, Harare, also known as Mbuya Gwena, has become an overnight sensation due to the assistance she has been rendering to expecting mothers, most of whom were stranded after council nurses went on […]