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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review: Mauritania

Published: 9/Jul/2020
Source: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

UPR 37th Session; 3rd Cycle; January/February 2021 Joint submission by: Association des femmes chefs de Famille SOS-Esclaves Anti-slavery International Minority Rights Group International Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Recommendations: Based on the above information, […]

Ghana: The Hidden Light Of The Zongo People

Published: 4/Jul/2020
Source: ModernGhana.com

By Babs-Khalid Hassan A.k.a. Babs Dopouh I observed with a keen interest in how our people in the Zongos are being subjected to the trash by politicians. They all have the same message when they are in Zongos, all they […]

Liberia: Diaspora Taxation – a Possible Compromise to the Dual Citizenship Debate

Published: 4/Jul/2020
Source: The Bush Chicken (Monrovia)

by Joseph Guannu Bartuah, Jr. In recent times, there have been interesting conversations surrounding the issue of dual citizenship. The issue is sensitive to both diaspora Liberians (people of Liberian lineage living abroad) and home-based Liberians (Liberian citizens living in […]

Nigeria: Unfair complaints

Published: 3/Jul/2020
Source: Vanguard (Abuja)

By Donu Kogbara WHEN it was announced, two days ago, that Mrs Opunimi (or Nimi) Akinkugbe was the Governor of Ondo State’s ambassadorial nominee, some Ondo indigenes got miffed and decided to kick up a huge fuss. Their beef? Though […]

Gambia: Over 232,000 Gambians Issued Biometric ID Cards Since 2018

Published: 1/Jul/2020
Source: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)

By Momodou Jarju Over two hundred and thirty-two thousand Biometric Identification Cards have been issued to Gambians since the commencement of the issuance of the document in October 2018, the Minister of Interior, Yankuba Sonko told lawmakers in Banjul on […]