December 7, 2016 4:56 pm
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By Wafa Ben Hassine For all of its successes – initiating a peaceful democratic transition, engaging in its collective past to create roadmaps for the future, and hosting the most active and dynamic civil society in the Arab world – […]
December 7, 2016 9:52 am
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By Lily Kuo Contractors, petty traders, investors, and entrepreneurs from China have been pouring into Uganda for the past decade. China is a top investor in the east African country, accounting for as much as half of total foreign investment between 2014 […]
December 5, 2016 9:11 pm
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The journalist, who is reportedly based in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) was declared wanted by the Nigeria Army authorities sometime ago. Salkida was later arrested when he came into the country from the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and allowed […]
December 2, 2016 5:14 pm
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Pretoria — Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says policies and legislation have been developed to continue to ensure an efficient civil registration. “In South Africa, the right to a name, identity, citizenship and to be registered at birth is a […]
December 2, 2016 11:05 am
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Remarks by Minister Malusi Gigaba on the occasion of the signing of the partnership agreement between the Department of Home Affairs and Procter & Gamble at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto A few years ago, in 2012, we […]
December 1, 2016 6:00 pm
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CCPR/C/MAR/CO/6 Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Morocco Asylum seekers and refugees 35. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to develop a legal framework on migration, asylum and human trafficking. It finds it regrettable that the regularization […]
December 1, 2016 5:58 pm
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Download: https://www.lac.org.na/projects/grap/Pdf/statelessness_improving_law.pdf
December 1, 2016 5:55 pm
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Download: https://www.lac.org.na/projects/grap/Pdf/statelessness_conventions.pdf
December 1, 2016 11:37 am
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Extract: Mission to Re-vet Red-Coded Cases. The mission to re-vet former Liberian refugees who were at risk of statelessness, as a result of the Government of Liberia red-coding them on nationality grounds, continues. The team was in Ghana from 31 […]
December 1, 2016 10:47 am
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By Liesl H. Muller, chapter in Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from Judges and Lawyers in Southern Africa on Promoting Rule of Law and Equal Access to Justice Introduction In the past year significant progress has been made […]
November 30, 2016 11:28 am
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By Heba Afify At a sit-in by the Ministry of Defense in East Cairo in June 2013, an Egyptian protester held a sign that read, “Palestinians equal Israel for us.” Protesters were demanding that Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi end […]
November 28, 2016 3:07 pm
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By Kizito Makoye NJOMBE, Tanzania, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At Lunyanywi village in Tanzania’s southern highlands, local residents gather to welcome a new member of their community. Antonia Kisena and her husband Moses are celebrating the birth of […]