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South Africa: Businessman Sam Mshengu arrested after probe into citizenship

Published: 9/Sep/2019
Source: IOL News (South Africa)

Emalahleni – Businessman Sam Mshengu of logistics company Sam Holdings has reportedly been arrested by the Hawks in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga. According to Mail & Guardian journalist Sabelo Skiti, the case is linked to an investigation of Mshengu’s citizenship status. This probe was […]

Could the Jewish community return to Sudan?

Published: 9/Sep/2019
Source: BBC World Service (London)

For decades the Sudanese government has been heavily criticised for discriminating against non-Muslims. However the new civilian government has invited a small community of Sudanese Jews living in exile to return home. There used to be up to a thousand […]

Sudanese Religious Affairs Minister Nasr Al-Din Mufreh Invites Jews Who Have Left Sudan to Return, Reclaim Their Citizenship

Published: 7/Sep/2019
Source: Middle East Media Research Institute TV Monitor Project (Washington DC)

Nasr Al-Din Mufreh, Sudan’s Minister of Religious Affairs, said in a September 7, 2019 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that Sudan is pluralistic in its views, values, cultures, ideologies, Islamic schools of thought, and religions, and he called upon […]

Zambia to eradicate statelessness through national plan

Published: 6/Sep/2019
Source: SADC News

Zambia has announced a National Action Plan to battle the statelessness becoming the first country in the SADC region which decided to implement such policies. This comes 5 years after the United Nations launched its decade-long campaign aimed at ending […]

Zambia adopts national plan to eradicate statelessness

Published: 6/Sep/2019
Source: The Mast (Zambia)

By Masuzyo Chakwe ZAMBIA has become the first country in the SADC region to come up with a National Action Plan to eradicate statelessness in the country. This is five years after the global campaign aimed at eradicating statelessness around […]

Kenya: Residents lament corruption in issuance of birth certificates

Published: 5/Sep/2019
Source: The Star

Garissa residents have expressed frustrations at the difficulty in acquiring birth certificates from the local registration offices. They said it was extremely difficult to process the crucial document and claimed that who get theirs had had to part with bribes. […]

Kenya: Rights lobby wants IDs for Garissa residents captured as refugees

Published: 5/Sep/2019
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

Victims risk being stateless since they are not recognised by the Kenyan government. by STEPHEN ASTARIKO, Correspondent, North Eastern In Summary The fingerprints of the affected Garissa residents were captured in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees database and […]

Bénin: Distribution d’actes de naissance, 27 communes encore à la traîne

Published: 3/Sep/2019
Source: ORTB

L’opération de distribution des actes de naissance réalisés dans le cadre du Recensement Administratif à Vocation d’Identification de la Population (Ravip) s’achève ce 9 septembre 2019. Le président du comité de pilotage du Ravip, Jean Aholou a fait le point […]

Incorrect that 70% of Nigerian children aren’t registered

Published: 2/Sep/2019
Source: Africa Check

When Nigeria’s uncertain population figures are discussed, a startling statistic is frequently mentioned – that seven in ten of the country’s children aren’t registered. In August 2019, Nigerian newspaper New Telegraph claimed that “about 70% of the children born annually in Nigeria are not […]