September 19, 2016 2:00 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Serigne Mbaye THIAM Secrétaire national aux élections du Parti socialiste Ministre de l’Éducation nationale Le Sénégal est agité depuis plusieurs mois par un débat relatif à la nationalité des candidats à l’élection présidentielle. Ce débat trouve sa source dans […]
September 17, 2016 12:57 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Dar es Salaam — Unicef and the government will on Thursday roll out a new birth registration process. The Under-five Birth Registration Initiative (U5BRI) aims to address challenges around birth registration across the country. In an exclusive interview with The […]
September 16, 2016 2:33 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Selon l’enquête publiée jeudi par le quotidien régional français Midi Libre, Ali Bongo aurait passé une partie de son enfance à Alès, dans le sud de la France. Des informations qui remettent en cause la thèse selon laquelle il serait […]
September 16, 2016 12:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Liberia has a political structure that closely resembles that of the United States. As the country prepares for its next election, which will be held in 2017, Liberians in the country and the Diaspora are closely monitoring each presidential candidate […]
September 15, 2016 3:58 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Population Verification Exercise During the reporting period, report of the Population verification Exercise was finalized and published. The exercise was conducted in the Dadaab camps from 4th July to 10th August 2016, after more than three years from the previous […]
September 15, 2016 1:57 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Chineme Okafor in Abuja The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has warned that countries in the West African region are at the risk of having the security of lives and properties of their citizens compromised by about 750,000 stateless […]
September 14, 2016 2:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has launched a project aimed at reducing the risk of statelessness in Nigeria. The United Nations (UN) describes statelessness as a situation […]
September 14, 2016 1:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Department of Home Affairs has noted a hoax article in the social media space purported to emanate from an interview conducted with Minister Malusi Gigaba pertaining to the introduction of compulsory DNA testing requirements for registration of new births. […]
September 13, 2016 12:23 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Liesl Muller, Head of the Statelessness Project at Lawyers for Human Rights On 6 September 2016 a 4 year court battle of a stateless child to access South African citizenship came to an end. Even though South African law […]
September 13, 2016 10:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Limpopo – Proper birth registration has been identified as a major tool in the fight to prevent child trafficking and other social ills that include child labour, illegal adoption and sexual exploitation. Limpopo MEC of health DR Phophi Ramathuba made […]
September 12, 2016 6:12 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Musoma — Former Country Director of Ped World Organisation Anudo Ochieng’ Anudo is stranded at no-man’s land on the Tanzania-Kenya border at Sirari. Mr Anudo insists he was born of Tanzanian parents and lived and worked in Manyara Region for […]
September 12, 2016 9:58 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By KATHARINE CHILD In the eyes of the state Vusi*, 7, doesn’t exist. He has no birth certificate or ID number. For the past five years his father has tried to register his birth with the Department of Home Affairs […]
