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Foreign Spouses of Moroccan Women Can Soon Obtain Moroccan Citizenship

December 19, 2017 10:36 am Published by Comments Off on Foreign Spouses of Moroccan Women Can Soon Obtain Moroccan Citizenship

By Amira El Masaiti Rabat – Foreigners married to Moroccan women and living in the kingdom will soon be allowed to obtain Moroccan citizenship, after the government discussed the possibility of amending Article 10 of the Moroccan nationality code, which […]


L’âge d’éligibilité et la double nationalité balisés dans la Constitution amendée au Burundi

December 18, 2017 2:45 pm Published by Comments Off on L’âge d’éligibilité et la double nationalité balisés dans la Constitution amendée au Burundi

L’article 98 de la nouvelle constitution qui a été modifiée en 2005, stipule que le candidat aux fonctions de président de la République doit avoir 40 ans révolus et jouir de sa nationalité burundaise d’origine. Un référendum populaire sur la […]


Sénégal: 150 cas d’apatridie recensés à Yeumbeul Nord et Sud, (HCR)

December 18, 2017 2:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: 150 cas d’apatridie recensés à Yeumbeul Nord et Sud, (HCR)

« On a commencé le travail concernant le projet du HCR relatif à la lutte contre l’apatridie. C’est un projet qui se passe plutôt bien, donc plus que ce qu’on avait espéré. Dans la mesure où nous avons plus d’apatrides qu’on […]


Ghana: National ID Project Officially Begins In January 2018

December 18, 2017 10:10 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana: National ID Project Officially Begins In January 2018

LARGE SCALE rollout of national ID cards to Ghanaians will begin next month as government finishes the ground works for the exercise to be carried out at the regional level by the National Identification Authority, Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has […]


Sénégal: 65,56% Des Enfants En Âge D’aller À L’école Sans Pièces D’etat Civil

December 17, 2017 12:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: 65,56% Des Enfants En Âge D’aller À L’école Sans Pièces D’etat Civil

65,56% des enfants en âge d’aller à l’école ne disposent pas de pièce d’état civil pour être dans le système éducatif. A cela s’ajoutent non seulement un niveau très faible de résorption des abris provisoires et un encadrement pédagogique en […]


Nord du Mali: La carte d’identité nationale malienne, cible des jihadistes

December 17, 2017 10:36 am Published by Comments Off on Nord du Mali: La carte d’identité nationale malienne, cible des jihadistes

Après avoir attaqué farouchement les symboles de l’Etat (Drapeau national, écoles), les jihadistes sévissant en maîtres absolus dans le Nord du Mali ont désormais, pour cible, les civils porteurs des pièces d’identité nationale du Mali. La situation sécuritaire dans le […]


Stateless man may work and stay in South Africa

December 14, 2017 2:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Stateless man may work and stay in South Africa

By Ilse de Lange The High Court in Pretoria has granted an order to a stateless man, allowing him to work and live in South Africa while the home affairs minister reconsiders his application for permanent residence. Acting Judge MB […]


Kenya: A home to call your own – even if it is a slum

December 14, 2017 12:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: A home to call your own – even if it is a slum

Nairobi’s Nubian community has won recognition of their land rights, but can other slum dwellers? Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya, home to more than 250,000 people. Yet it has only one graveyard and only one group of people […]


Nigeria: documents d’identité pour les déplacés de Boko Haram

December 13, 2017 2:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: documents d’identité pour les déplacés de Boko Haram

Quelque 100.000 personnes déplacées par les violences du groupe jihadiste nigérian Boko Haram ont commencé mercredi à recevoir des papiers d’identité officiels afin de les aider à retrouver une existence normale dans le nord-est du Nigeria. Le Haut Commissariat aux […]


Nigeria: Boko Haram displaced get ID cards in Nigeria

December 13, 2017 1:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Boko Haram displaced get ID cards in Nigeria

Maiduguri – Some 100 000 Nigerians made homeless by Boko Haram received formal identification papers on Wednesday, to help boost security and restore normality in the country’s restive northeast. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC) began documenting personal […]


South Africa: ‘Stateless’ man struggles for citizenship

December 13, 2017 12:26 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: ‘Stateless’ man struggles for citizenship

By Zelda Venter FREDERICK Ngubane claims to have been born in South Africa 27 years ago. However, he has no birth certificate to prove it and thus cannot get a South African ID because it is said he is not […]


Nigeria: NIMC, UNHCR to enroll 100,000 displaced persons in e-identity card

December 13, 2017 10:26 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: NIMC, UNHCR to enroll 100,000 displaced persons in e-identity card

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday says it has commenced national e-identity cards registration of 100,000 displaced persons in Borno. Its Country Representative, Antonio Kayangola, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the pilot phase of the National Identification […]