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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Sudanese Supreme Court decided on Thursday that Sudanese nationality, which was withdrawn after the secession of South Sudan, must be restored to South Sudanese citizen Adel Burai Ramadan. The court ordered the Ministry of Interior to expedite the process […]
Nkwanta Cluster Manager of World Vision Ghana, Mrs Salomey Yeboah, has appealed to parents to register their children for birth certificates since it is their rights and its denial a criminal act. She said the issuance of birth certificates was […]
In an historic decision, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has granted rights equivalent to permanent residency to the majority of applications that were submitted on ‘special grounds’ by a group of Angolan former refugees. These applications were the applicants’ […]