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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 […]


RDC : « Dans l’entourage de Félix Tshisekedi, il y a plusieurs détenteurs de double nationalité »

May 23, 2019 11:04 am Published by Comments Off on RDC : « Dans l’entourage de Félix Tshisekedi, il y a plusieurs détenteurs de double nationalité »

Le député provincial Mike Mukebayi, membre de la plateforme Ensemble pour le changement de Moïse Katumbi, a dénoncé les propos du secrétaire général de l’UDPS (Union pour la Démocratie et le progrès Social), Augustin Kabuya, affirmant que Salomon Idi Della […]


Kenyans Who Might Be Forced to Register for Huduma Namba Again

May 23, 2019 8:27 am Published by Comments Off on Kenyans Who Might Be Forced to Register for Huduma Namba Again

By Emmanuel Githuku New Government spokesman Retired Colonel Cyrus Oguna has announced that some Kenyans who have registered for the Huduma Namba might be forced to repeat the process. During his second weekly briefing to the public, the newly appointed spokesman […]


Documentation drive targets excluded Côte d’Ivoire villagers

May 22, 2019 11:04 am Published by Comments Off on Documentation drive targets excluded Côte d’Ivoire villagers

A successful campaign encourages rural inhabitants at risk of statelessness to sign up to obtain documents allowing them to participate in national life. By Don Murray and Horaci Garcia Marti in Olleo, Côte d’Ivoire It had the trappings of a festival. […]