KIRUMBA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — In Kirumba, a village in DRC’s northeastern Lubero territory, land ownership is the basis of all wealth. It’s also a matter of succession – a person inherits land from his or her parents. But […]
The Sustainable Mechanism for Improving Livelihoods and Household Empowerment, SMILES, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has identified over 30,000 children without birth registration and certificates in parts of Benue state This was disclosed at […]
By Yvonne Rarieya Foreigners interested in Egyptian citizenship will deposit at least 7 million Egyptian pounds ($392,000) and then hand it over to the Treasury after five years, an amendment passed by parliament on Monday said. Egypt has been looking […]
Watch our short explainer video here. Hundreds of children are forced into undocumented lives and denied their basic rights due to their parents’ documentation status. The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre call for the South African government […]
Several civil societies have formally requested the South African government to change the rules about birth registration following a landmark legal victory in the Grahamstown High Court. The case was brought by a Makhanda ( Grahamstown ) father who was […]
Le maire de la commune de Parakou, Charles Toko a organisé ce mardi 17 juillet 2018 une rencontre de sensibilisation avec les imams, les alphas et les dignitaires de la ville à la mosquée centrale de Parakou. L’objectif poursuivi par […]
The Sekyere East Cluster of World Vision Ghana (WVG) has funded the birth registration of over 3,165 children from poor and vulnerable homes in communities in the Asante Akim North and Sekyere East Districts of Ashanti. Mr Joseph Kwogyenga, the […]
Egypt is offering citizenship to foreigners who deposit at least seven million Egyptian pounds ($392,000) and then hand it over to the Treasury after five years, an amendment passed by parliament on Monday said. Egypt has been looking to boost its finances and […]
«Si l’apatridie n’est pas bien gérée au sein d’un État, cela pourrait générer des problèmes sociologiques, politiques et juridiques. Puisque les apatrides constituent un groupe de personnes qui existent sur un territoire bien précis, mais considérés comme des invisibles n’ayant […]
By Bongani Nkosi Johannesburg – Home Affairs has been accused of violating human rights after refusing to grant citizenship to children born to undocumented mothers, but whose fathers are South African. In a scathing judgment delivered at the North Gauteng […]
Le Numéro 1 de la cité des Kobourou, Charles Toko, s’emploie à changer l’image de la ville de Parakou. C’est ce qui explique pourquoi il vient de prendre trois décisions importantes au profit de ses administrés. La première résolution est […]
Botswana’s authorities should not force any of the Caprivi refugees to return to their home country Namibia, if a real risk remains that they would face persecution or other serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said as the deadline for […]