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100 000 enfants marocains sont sans papiers dans leur propre pays

Published: 18/Oct/2020
Source: Le Desk (Casablanca)

Par Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Si le gouvernement a lancé une première campagne en 2017 qui, en décembre 2018, aréussi à inscrire 53 418 enfants à l’état civil, il y a cependant encore 100 000 enfants «invisibles » au Maroc, rapporte […]

Kenya: New regulations pave way for Huduma Namba cards

Published: 16/Oct/2020
Source: Business Daily (Nairobi)

By JOHN MUTUA Kenyans are inching closer to getting their long-awaited Huduma Namba identification cards after the State published the issuing rules. The Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules, 2020 will guide the operations of the National […]

Stateless Shona plead for Kenyan citizenship

Published: 15/Oct/2020
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

The community arrived in the country as missionaries in 1960s and is settled at Kinoo In Summary • Governor Nyoro says the Shona should be treated as Kenyans for their contribution to the country’s development since their arrival from Zimbabwe […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July-September 2020

Published: 15/Oct/2020
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 26 August, the Minister of Interior of South Sudan endorsed a National Action Plan to End Statelessness (NAP). The NAP includes the accession of South Sudan to the UN Statelessness […]

Malawi: R v Mussa & Ors. (Criminal Case 2 of 2017)

Published: 13/Oct/2020
Source: High Court of Malawi (Lilongwe)

Media neutral citation [2020] MWHC 118 Case concerning fraudulent issue of naturalisation certificates. Download: https://old.malawilii.org/mw/judgment/high-court-general-division/2020/118

DPP’s Uladi Mussa falls: Convicted in Malawi passport case

Published: 13/Oct/2020
Source: Nyasa Times (Lilongwe)

The High Court in Lilongwe has convicted Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president Uladi Mussa and former Regional Immigration Officer, David Kwanjana for awarding Malawian passports to foreigners. Judge Chifundo Kachale has since reserved the sentencing in the case to next […]