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Press release on the first anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

Published: 17/Feb/2025
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

18 February 2024 marked a historic day for the African continent with the adoption at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union of the Protocol to the African Charter on […]

Communiqué de presse à l’occasion du premier anniversaire de l’adoption du Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples relatif aux aspects spécifiques du droit à une nationalité et l’éradication de l’apatridie en Afrique

Published: 17/Feb/2025
Source: CADHP

Le 18 février 2024 marquait un jour historique pour le continent africain avec l’adoption lors de la 37ème session ordinaire de la Conférence des Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement de l’Union Africaine du Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits […]

South Africa: Home Affairs detains Ms Chidimma Adetshina’s mother in Cape Town

Published: 15/Feb/2025
Source: South Africa Department of Home Affairs

Investigators from the Department of Home Affairs, assisted by the South African Police Service (SAPS), this morning detained Ms Anabela Rungo, the mother of Ms Chidimma Adetshina, at a property in Cape Town. The Department withdrew Ms Rungo’s South African […]

Gambia: 247 Ghanaians Hold Valid/ Expired Gambian ID Cards

Published: 12/Feb/2025
Source: The Voice (Banjul)

By: Binta Jaiteh Omar T. Camara, the Acting Commissioner & Government Focal Point at the Gambia Commission for Refugees, has revealed that a total of two hundred and forty-seven (247) Ghanaians living at Brufut/ Ghana Town hold valid or expired […]

Gambia: GID presents assessment report to address statelessness at Ghana Town

Published: 12/Feb/2025
Source: The Point (Banjul)

By: Jankey Touray The Gambia Refugees Commission under the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) yesterday informed the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Disaster, Humanitarian Relief and Refugees that Ghana Town residents faced significant risks of barrier to obtaining citizenship due […]

Kenya: Government ends extra vetting for ID registration in border counties

Published: 5/Feb/2025
Source: Presidency of Kenya

It will now be easier for the residents of Northern Kenya to acquire national identification documents after President William Ruto signed a decree ending years of State discrimination in the issuance of the vital documents. Signing the Presidential Proclamation on […]

Zimbabwe: Byo man (59) struggles to obtain birth certificate, ID

Published: 31/Jan/2025
Source: Newsday (Harare)

By Nizbert Moyo A 59-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man is appealing for assistance to enable him to obtain a birth certificate and identity document (ID). Many people in the Matabeleland region have approached government seeking assistance to obtain the necessary documents so […]