July 19, 2017 9:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dénonce la condamnation inique du journaliste indépendant Baba Alpha, à deux ans de prison et dix ans de privation de tout droit civique et politique. Le 18 juillet, le journaliste Baba Alpha et son père d’origine […]
July 18, 2017 11:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
When the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF in collaboration with the Bauchi state government and the National Population Commission, NPC, flagged off the massive birth registration campaign of children under the age of five years in the state, residents of communities […]
July 18, 2017 9:11 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Do you know that the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act and the Immigration Act is out dated and far behind in terms of alignment with the new Constitution of Zimbabwe? Do you know, every Zimbabwean citizen and everyone else who is […]
July 17, 2017 11:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Supreme Court of Sudan reaffirmed the right Sudanese women to confer nationality on their children in a July 6 decision. This important advancement for gender equal nationality rights underscores the need for the country’s Nationality Act to be aligned […]
July 17, 2017 11:04 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Editorial The government could do more to cushion the plight of Bakassi people Following heavy-handed laws and state-sponsored violence from the Cameroonian authorities, thousands of Nigerians have fled Abana, the headquarters of Bakassi Peninsula which is currently under the sovereignty […]
July 17, 2017 8:55 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Peine lourde pour le journaliste de la chaîne privée Bonférey Baba Alpha et son père, détenus depuis le 3 avril à la prison de Niamey. La justice nigérienne vient de les condamner à deux ans de prison pour faux et […]
July 15, 2017 12:25 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le 9 mai 2017, la lutte contre l’apatridie faisait un pas de plus en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ce jour-là, à Banjul, la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a adopté un Plan d’action pour régulariser le million […]
July 14, 2017 5:58 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Farren Collins Government brought brief relief to Angolan former refugees when it granted a blanket exemption to those who qualified‚ but would not provide reasons why it was limited to a period of four years. In a landmark decision […]
July 14, 2017 9:19 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
This Update highlights many activities and developments on statelessness that have taken place globally in the last three months, demonstrating the ongoing commitment to eradicating statelessness: Madagascar and Sierra Leone have amended their nationality laws to grant women equal rights […]
July 13, 2017 5:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
SDN105838.E 1. Overview According to a 2015 case study document on electronic passports in Sudan, published by HJP Consulting, a company that “provided [c]onsulting and [p]roject [m]anagement [s]ervices for the planning, procurement, testing and implementation of the Sudanese [electronic] passport […]
July 13, 2017 12:38 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
La communauté Sant’Egidio (coopération italienne) via son programme BRAVO !, en collaboration avec le ministère de l’administration territoriale et de la décentralisation, a organisé un atelier de formation au profit d’acteurs de l’état civil pour l’enregistrement universel des naissances au Burkina. […]
July 12, 2017 8:33 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The ongoing under five children registration exercise across the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State is recording a high turnout. Bauchi State state government, the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the National […]