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Kenya: ‘I Don’t Think Her Heart Will Ever Like This Baby’

February 14, 2017 11:31 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: ‘I Don’t Think Her Heart Will Ever Like This Baby’

Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence Akinyi was only 11 years old when three men broke into her home in Kericho, Kenya, in December 2007, as post-election violence raged, and gang raped her and […]


Zambia: Why birth registration is vital

February 12, 2017 3:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: Why birth registration is vital

KALUNGA MUSONDA, Kabwe THE inadequate health facilities in communities have for the past decades subjected expectant mothers to giving birth either in homes or on their way to the nearest health centres.nAdded to that, because of traditional beliefs, some expectant […]


Togo Convening Increases Momentum for Nationality Law Reform

February 12, 2017 7:33 am Published by Comments Off on Togo Convening Increases Momentum for Nationality Law Reform

This February the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights convened a national workshop on Achieving Gender Equal Nationality Rights in Togo, in partnership with national coalition member Questions des Femmes and Campaign steering committee member Equality now. The workshop brought […]


Togo / Pour l’acquisition de la nationalité, même droit pour les hommes et les femmes

February 9, 2017 7:45 am Published by Comments Off on Togo / Pour l’acquisition de la nationalité, même droit pour les hommes et les femmes

Les 7 et 8 février dernier, un atelier de formation sur l’égalité du droit à la nationalité au Togo a rassemblé des acteurs de la société civile, des ministères, des magistrats et des médecins. En effet, la législation togolaise comporte […]


Dual US-Somali Citizen is Somalia’s New President-elect

February 8, 2017 12:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Dual US-Somali Citizen is Somalia’s New President-elect

Somali lawmakers elected a new president Wednesday, choosing a former prime minister who is a dual U.S.-Somali citizen. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known as “Farmajo,” was declared the winner after two rounds of voting by the Somali parliament in Mogadishu. […]


Angola: Justice Ministry Trains Civil Registration Technicians

February 8, 2017 11:50 am Published by Comments Off on Angola: Justice Ministry Trains Civil Registration Technicians

Luanda — The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (MJDH) will hold on 8-13 February a training on “Civil registration, under its subprogramme dubbed to be born with registration”, taking place at the National Institute of Judicial Studies (INEJ) in […]


Big read: Kenya’s 43rd tribe: Makonde’s long journey to identity

February 7, 2017 7:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Big read: Kenya’s 43rd tribe: Makonde’s long journey to identity

By ALLOYS MUSYOKA When Thomas Nguli led the over 1,000 Makonde community and other stateless people from Kwale to State House, Nairobi, on October 2016, he had one thing in mind: to get recognised as Kenyan citizens. The walk, supported […]


En bref – la carte d’identité au Togo

February 7, 2017 10:19 am Published by Comments Off on En bref – la carte d’identité au Togo

Michael Offermann, “En bref – la carte d’identité au Togo” Présentation, Atelier national sur l’égalité du droit à la nationalité au Togo, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, Lomé, février 2017 Download: En bref – la carte didentite au Togo


By the skin of its teeth: How Namibia narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis

February 7, 2017 10:01 am Published by Comments Off on By the skin of its teeth: How Namibia narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis

By Kaity Cooper and Dianne Hubbard, Legal Assistance Centre, Namibia — Mr de Wilde and Ms van den Meij are Dutch citizens who have been living in Namibia on employment permits since 2006.  In 2009, the couple had a child, […]


Enfants sans identité et apatrides en Afrique de l’Ouest: quelles solutions?

February 6, 2017 6:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Enfants sans identité et apatrides en Afrique de l’Ouest: quelles solutions?

2 ans exactement après la Conférence d’Abidjan, où plusieurs pays ont pris des engagements pour mettre fin à ce que l’on appelle l’apatridie, qui touche plusieurs millions de personnes, quelle est la réalité dans les familles ? Peut-on éradiquer l’apatridie […]


Burkina : pour retrouver leur identité, les enfants fantômes attendent que l’état civil tranche entre deux technologies

February 6, 2017 9:34 am Published by Comments Off on Burkina : pour retrouver leur identité, les enfants fantômes attendent que l’état civil tranche entre deux technologies

ICivil veut doter les nouveau-nés non-déclarés d’un bracelet ayant valeur de carte d’identité, mais l’Etat teste une autre application et la solution se fait attendre. Ils sont les oubliés de la société. Aux yeux de l’Etat, ils n’existent pas. Au Burkina […]