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Zimbabwe: Cyclone Idai, large number of citizens lost documentation – ZHRC

Published: 9/Oct/2019
Source: NewZimbabwe.com

LARGE numbers of citizens were left without any form of identification after tropical Cyclone Idai ravaged eastern parts of Manicaland province early this year, an investigation conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has revealed. The cyclone, which brought […]

Liberia: Official Gazette on the National Referendum – 2020

Published: 8/Oct/2019

Liberia Government Gazette VOL. XIX  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019, NO. 52 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA ANNOUNCES: That PURSUANT to Joint Resolution Leg-002/2019 adopted September 30, 2019 by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature […]

Acquisition of identity documents still a challenge in Zimbabwe

Published: 8/Oct/2019
Source: Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)

The acquisition of national identity documents, though considered to be a fundamental human right, has remained a challenge and beyond the reach of many Zimbabweans. The story of a 50 year-old Mutare woman, Jessica Makwela, whose parents were from Mozambique […]

End of statelessness in sight for Shona as Kenya issues birth certificates

Published: 8/Oct/2019
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Maina Waweru NAIROBI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Happiness Kapota will remember forever the day when her children lined up in Nairobi to receive their birth certificates. Joyce, Caleb and Sidet Moyo were among the first children from Kenya’s […]

Angola adere à Convenção sobre Estatuto do Apátrida

Published: 7/Oct/2019
Source: ANGOP

Luanda – O Governo angolano depositou nesta segunda-feira, em Genebra (Suíça), as Cartas de Adesão à Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre o Estatuto dos Apátridas, numa cerimónia que contou com a participação de Estados que já aderiram ao acordo. O […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Un comité de lutte contre l’apatridie installé à Gborodouo

Published: 5/Oct/2019
Source: Agence Ivoirienne de Presse

Bouna, 05 oct (AIP)- Le comité de lutte contre l’apatridie de Gborodouo, dans la sous-préfecture de Doropo, a été installé, jeudi, a constaté l’AIP. La décision de création du comité de lutte contre l’apatridie et de promotion des déclarations de […]