Adelowo est tout heureux ce matin du mois de mai 2015 en sortant du palais de justice au Plateau. C’est que ce Nigérian d’origine vient de se voir délivrer un certificat de nationalité, un an après avoir déposé son dossier […]
MALAWI’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Jane Kambalame took Mbare Christians by surprise on Sunday when she took to the pulpit to deliver the Word of God. BY CHARLES LAITON The service was attended by hundreds of mostly Malawian congregants during a […]
Les problèmes d’établissement de cette pièce sont la conséquence des luttes d’intérêt qui ont causé le départ de la société française Thalès Security Systems. Depuis des mois voire des années, les camerounais vivent au rythme des ruptures de production de la […]
Chadian authorities have expelled hundreds of foreign nationals from the capital N’Djamena. Reports say most of the foreigners were from Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Cameroon Concord newspaper reported that about 300 Cameroonians were amongst those expelled […]
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has advised the Federal Government to urgently address issues of displaced persons in the northern part of the country as more Nigerians are becoming stateless. The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, […]
According to Niger’s interior ministry, more than 60 percent of displaced people no longer have identification documents to prove their nationality. “No birth certificate or no identity document means the basic rights of the target population will be violated and […]
Depuis des décennies, Koalou, un lopin de terre de 68 km2 est source de litige frontalier entre le Burkina Faso et son voisin, le Bénin. En 2009, cette localité a été érigée en une zone à statut particulier par les […]
Bakassi returnees in Cross River state have called for permanent resettlement and intervention to improve their welfare. The leaders of the returnees made the demand in interviews in Akpabuyo, Cross River. The leaders are Etim Ene, Okon Etim Effiom and […]
Hamida Malahassen runs a successful business in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, but her case is unique. Being Nubian, she has faced lots of challenges in applying for citizenship. And without a Kenyan identity card that enables one to be […]
The proposed adoption of the dual citizenship clause in the Zambian constitution through Parliament is a double-edged sword that is bound to hurt ordinary Zambians more and reverse the drive for indigenous Zambian participation in the economy. The first 27 […]
Four-year-old Mariza Iussufo is perhaps not fully aware of the life-changing event that happened to her today, when the enthusiastic crowd at Namachilo community suddenly turned silent as her name was called out. As she quickly replied “yes” with her […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (ECCJ) on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, signed a partnership agreement on training, capacity building and information sharing in Abuja, Nigeria. A dispatch from the Liberian […]