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Guinée : le gouvernement lance un projet d’identification de la population…

Published: 26/Jun/2019
Source: AfricaGuinee.com

CONAKRY-Le Gouvernement guinéen en collaboration avec la Banque Mondiale a lancé ce mercredi 26 juin 2019 le programme d’identification unique pour l’inclusion et l’intégration sous régionale. L’objectif visé est de doter chaque résident guinéen et chaque guinéen à l’étranger d’un […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Botswana, 2019

Published: 26/Jun/2019
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/BWA/CO/2-3 Concluding observations on the combined second and third reports of Botswana Extract: Birth registration and nationality 29.The Committee welcomes the measures taken to promote birth registration, including through the amended National Registration Act, but remains concerned about the significant […]

The embassies, Nigerian passport and Nigerians

Published: 25/Jun/2019
Source: The Guardian (Abuja)

Editorial These are not the best of times for the average Nigerian citizen. At home the dire straits of the economy impose hardship hitherto unknown in our documented history. The social climate is akin to that of a season of […]

Case note: Anudo Ochieng Anudo v Tanzania (African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights)

Published: 22/Jun/2019
Source: Statelessness and Citizenship Review

Manby, B. (2019). Anudo Ochieng Anudo v Tanzania (Judgment) (African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, App No 012/2015, 22 March 2018). Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 1(1), 170–176. Introduction: Anudo Ochieng Anudo v Tanzania (‘Anudo case’) is the first case […]

Refugees wallow in Mozambique jail months without charge

Published: 21/Jun/2019
Source: Centre for African Journalists (CAJ) News Africa

from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – SOME 16 refugees and asylum seekers from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain in detention six months after their arrest on unclear charges in Mozambique. The 15 Congolese and their Ethiopian counterpart have […]

Niger: Assemblée Nationale : les députés adoptent la loi sur l’état civil

Published: 19/Jun/2019
Source: Niamey et les 2 jours

Les parlementaires nigériens réunis en séance plénière de la première session ordinaire de l’année 2019, ont adopté le 18 juin, le projet de loi portant régime de l’état civil en République du Niger. Le texte a été voté à l’unanimité, […]

National Identity: FG sets five-year target to provide identification for Nigerians

Published: 19/Jun/2019
Source: Premium Times (Abuja)

By Ayodeji Adegboyega The Federal Government says it is determined to provide a lifelong unique identification for every individual physically residing in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora within the next five years. The Director-General of the National Identity Management […]