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Lawyers step up fight against statelessness in Ivory Coast

May 29, 2019 1:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Lawyers step up fight against statelessness in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast has one of the biggest stateless populations in the world. The Women’s Legal Aid Association is trying to help thousands of people living on the fringes of society to get their official documents. Nneka Chile reports. Watch: https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/video/2019/05/29/lawyers-step-up-fight-against-statelessn?videoId=555671125&videoChannel=117759


Côte d’Ivoire : des avocats aident les apatrides à se documenter

May 29, 2019 8:53 am Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire : des avocats aident les apatrides à se documenter

Des spécialistes de l’association d’aide juridique des femmes de Côte d’Ivoire entreprennent une campagne contre l’apatridie dans les communautés rurales. L’apatridie peut avoir différentes raisons. Pour certaines personnes, leurs ancêtres ont émigré ici il y a des générations provenant d’autres pays. […]


Nigeria: Birth registration is low in Imo, Rivers; and govt. officials are responsible (PART III)

May 28, 2019 8:45 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Birth registration is low in Imo, Rivers; and govt. officials are responsible (PART III)

Only 2.8 million under-five children out of a population of 32 million in Nigeria have birth certificates. According to the law establishing the birth registration scheme in Nigeria, birth registration is free, and any child not registered legally does not […]


200 African Americans to get Ghanaian citizenship

May 28, 2019 8:31 am Published by Comments Off on 200 African Americans to get Ghanaian citizenship

By Salomey Appiah-Adjei The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will grant Ghanaian citizenship to more than 200 members of the African-American-Caribbean Diaspora community residing in the country. The conferment of citizenship will take place next month. The Director of Diasporan […]


RDCongo: plaidoyer pour l’acceptation d’une double nationalité

May 27, 2019 6:22 pm Published by Comments Off on RDCongo: plaidoyer pour l’acceptation d’une double nationalité

Cheik Fita, éditeur de Cheikfitanews.net – info en ligne des Congolais de Belgique, a organisé le 24 mai au Press Club de Bruxelles une conférence sur la nationalité congolaise. Les intervenants étaient deux juristes: le professeur Samutomdi Ikombi, qui a […]


Outcome document – Ministerial Conference on the Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes Region

May 27, 2019 8:51 am Published by Comments Off on Outcome document – Ministerial Conference on the Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes Region

Extracts: From 16-18 April 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Government of Kenya, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) co-organised a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Pièces administratives “60% d’Ivoiriens n’en possèdent pas”, indique une étude

May 26, 2019 6:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Pièces administratives “60% d’Ivoiriens n’en possèdent pas”, indique une étude

Une étude faite par le « Mouvement je m’inscris sur la liste électorale et je vote (Milev-Ci) » démontre que 60% de la population ivoirienne n’ont pas de pièces administratives (extrait d’acte de naissance, jugement supplétif, carte nationale d’identité, carte […]


Kenya: More Kenyans Register For NIIMs

May 25, 2019 1:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: More Kenyans Register For NIIMs

The  number of Kenyans who have registered for Huduma Namba has risen from 35 million to 38 million with the number  expected to hit 40 million plus by closure of business on Saturday. The  ICT  Cabinet  Secretary (CS),  Joe  Mucheru […]


Kenya: State closes Huduma Namba registration

May 25, 2019 1:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: State closes Huduma Namba registration

By Allan Mungai  The characteristic queues for the last minute Kenyans, which prompted President Kenyatta to give a one week window period last Friday, were missing.At registration centres in Nairobi and across the country there were only a handful of […]


12 étrangers, dont des personnalités, deviennent marocains par décret royal

May 24, 2019 3:39 pm Published by Comments Off on 12 étrangers, dont des personnalités, deviennent marocains par décret royal

Le roi Mohammed VI a octroyé la nationalité marocaine à 12 personnalités étrangères par dahir publié dans le bulletin officiel du 2 mai dernier. Parmi elles, un champion tchétchène de MMA, un boxeur allemand et un écrivain français. Quelles sont […]


South Africa: Blocked ID hell for man

May 24, 2019 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Blocked ID hell for man

Nokuthula Khanyile Hilton College Farm dweller Edward Thusi says his life has been halted since Home Affairs blocked his ID. Home Affairs says that a local man’s South African citizenship is in dispute, despite him being in possession of a […]