February 22, 2017 11:41 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Dakar, 22 Fév 2017: A l’occasion du 2ème anniversaire de la Déclaration d’Abidjan*, l’UNHCR et le Ministère de la Justice du Sénégal se félicitent des avancées dans la lutte contre l’apatridie. “L’éradication de l’apatridie est une question de volonté politique. […]
February 22, 2017 7:53 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By: Leroy M. Sonpon III The House of Representatives is reviewing the option to allot funds for the production and release of national identification (ID) cards for all Liberians. The House’s Committees on State Enterprise, Judiciary and Ways, Means, Finance […]
February 19, 2017 3:00 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Ebrin Brou avec Agences Une attaque meurtrière dans le village de Kyaghala à l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo a fait 25 morts dont 24 victimes décapitées et une femme tuée par balles. Ils étaient tous de l’ethnie […]
February 19, 2017 1:17 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Eddie Cross says the Zanu-PF govt has been determined to deny anyone with foreign ancestry their birthright citizenship I am a Zimbabwean Citizen and my African roots go back to 1867 when my Great Grandfather came out on a sailing […]
February 17, 2017 6:13 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
On 15, 16 and 17 February 2017, the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) submitted 1,757 applications for permanent residency to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). These applications were made by a group of Angolan former refugees who, upon […]
February 17, 2017 1:21 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Bernadette Wolhuter A FATHER’S desperate wish to have his daughters recognised as South African citizens was finally realised this week when they were both issued with birth certificates, but he was not around to witness it. The Durban man, […]
February 16, 2017 1:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By David Ohito Grandparents and parents of an estimated 500 Rwandans were moved from Rwanda to Kenya by the British colonial administration in 1940’s to work mostly in tea plantations in Kericho County and other parts of Kenya. In 1945, […]
February 16, 2017 8:52 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
QUEEN MOSARWE The Botswana Gazette understands that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 which is expected to be presented to parliament in the near future is “just a formality to what has been ongoing as there have been some people linked […]
February 15, 2017 8:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Despite current logistical challenges, Ghana’s newly appointed National Identification Authority (NIA) CEO told the The Ghanaian Times this week that he is working towards carrying out his mandate to coordinate and supervise the registration and issuance of national biometric identification […]
February 15, 2017 2:13 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Ziad Alami Des instructions “au plus haut niveau” ont été données aux autorités algériennes afin de procéder au retrait des passeports algériens aux Sahraouis des camps dès leur retour de l’étranger, accentuant le sentiment d’humiliation et de ras-le-bol chez […]
February 15, 2017 1:27 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Joshua Masinde Thomas Nguli has seen the worst of times as an ‘outsider’ in Kenya, where he was born 60 years ago. He is one of the thousands of the Makonde community that originated from Mozambique about 80 years […]
February 15, 2017 1:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Jan Cronje, News24 Correspondent Cape Town – Nineteen years ago, Kazi Irene Boaventura, aged 7, and her 3-year-old brother Filipe fled with their mother to South Africa from Angola, as full-scale fighting again broke out in a protracted and […]
