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Gambie: L’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest préoccupe la CEDEAO et le HCR

May 9, 2017 3:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Gambie: L’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest préoccupe la CEDEAO et le HCR

M. Fatty a lancé cet appel, ce dimanche 7 mai 2017, à Banjul, en Gambie, lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture de la réunion des experts pour la validation du plan d’action pour l’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest. « Un enfant […]


Millions of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram risk statelessness, UN warns

May 9, 2017 8:54 am Published by Comments Off on Millions of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram risk statelessness, UN warns

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR, Regional Representative for West Africa, Liz Ahua, has said massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone posed great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua, who stated this at the opening ceremony of a […]


Millions of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram risk statelessness, UN warns

May 9, 2017 8:45 am Published by Comments Off on Millions of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram risk statelessness, UN warns

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR, Regional Representative for West Africa, Liz Ahua, has said massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone posed great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua, who stated this at the opening ceremony of a […]


UNHCR and NGOs to reinstate returnees in danger of statelessness in Chad

May 9, 2017 8:19 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR and NGOs to reinstate returnees in danger of statelessness in Chad

By Elsa Buchanan Humanitarian organisations in Chad have commenced an identification operation to help Chadian returnees at risk of statelessness to get documentation. With nearly 400,000 refugees on its territory, including more than 71,000 people from the Central African Republic […]


West Africa on path to become the first region in the world to adopt a plan of action to end statelessness

May 9, 2017 8:05 am Published by Comments Off on West Africa on path to become the first region in the world to adopt a plan of action to end statelessness

Banjul, 9 May 2017 – Ministers of Interior and Justice of the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted today an ambitious regional Plan of Action to end statelessness in West Africa. Gathered at a […]


West Africa to fight statelessness with world’s first action plan

May 8, 2017 4:20 pm Published by Comments Off on West Africa to fight statelessness with world’s first action plan

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – West Africa has become the first region in the world to adopt an action plan to end statelessness, aiming to help more than one million people without a nationality gain identity papers […]


ECOWAS experts finalise strategies to eradicate statelessness

May 8, 2017 7:50 am Published by Comments Off on ECOWAS experts finalise strategies to eradicate statelessness

Experts from within West Africa and outside are meeting in The Gambia to review a draft 8-year Plan of Action which set forth concrete measures to end statelessness in the sub-region by the year 2024. The Plan of Action is […]


Namibia among few countries to implement digital IDs

May 8, 2017 7:32 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia among few countries to implement digital IDs

Windhoek – Namibia is among a few countries in Africa to have digitalised the National Population Register, which is fully integrated, combining the birth, ID, marriage and death registers under one profile, Vice-President Nickey Iyambo has confirmed. Read more


Gambie: Le HCR et la Cédéao autour de la table pour lutter contre l’apatridie

May 7, 2017 1:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Gambie: Le HCR et la Cédéao autour de la table pour lutter contre l’apatridie

Etre apatride, c’est ne pas avoir de nationalité. Cela peut sembler abstrait, mais dans les faits, cela implique beaucoup de choses. Impossible pour les enfants, par exemple, de se rendre dans les écoles qui demandent des extraits de naissance, puis […]


Statelessness looms in Nigeria’s North-East, if…, says UNHCR Rep

May 7, 2017 7:50 am Published by Comments Off on Statelessness looms in Nigeria’s North-East, if…, says UNHCR Rep

Mrs Liz Ahua, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for West Africa, says massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone poses great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua said this on Sunday in Banjul at the opening […]


L’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’ouest préoccupe la CEDEAO et le HCR

May 7, 2017 7:43 am Published by Comments Off on L’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique de l’ouest préoccupe la CEDEAO et le HCR

Banjul, le 7 mai 2017. Le ministre gambien de l’Intérieur, Mai Ahmad Fatty, a invité les Etats membres de la Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique de l’ouest (Cedeao) à tout mettre en œuvre pour éradiquer l’apatridie dans l’espace communautaire. M. […]


Eradicating Statelessness: UNHCR Rep lauds ECOWAS as global pacesetter

May 7, 2017 7:42 am Published by Comments Off on Eradicating Statelessness: UNHCR Rep lauds ECOWAS as global pacesetter

Mrs Liz Ahua, the Regional Representative, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has described ECOWAS as a global pacesetter for its progress towards eradicating statelessness in the West Africa sub-region. Ahua said on Sunday in Banjul at the opening of […]