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4 000 Shonas to be granted Kenyan citzenship by 2020

Published: 11/Jun/2019
Source: Bulawayo24.com

by Mandla Ndlovu There was joy among the 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya after the Government of Kenya pledged to recognise them as citizens and register them by 2020. The Shona Community of Kenya  had launched a […]

West Africa: A success in the resolution of boundary dispute

Published: 11/Jun/2019
Source: UNOWAS (United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel)

Extract from UNOWAS Magazine #8 (June 2019) : « Peaceful elections » The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission has been established in 2002 to facilitate the implementation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judg–ment on the Cameroon-Nigeria boundary dispute as well […]

Côte d’Ivoire : inquiétudes autour des nouvelles cartes d’identité biométriques

Published: 7/Jun/2019
Source: Jeune Afrique

Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé le lancement des nouvelles cartes d’identité biométriques pour octobre prochain. À l’aune de l’élection présidentielle de 2020, certains députés doutent de l’efficacité de ces cartes et s’inquiètent du coût pour les citoyens. Les nouvelles cartes […]

Ethiopia: Center Starts to Give Birth Registrations & More for Refugees

Published: 7/Jun/2019
Source: Ethiopian Monitor

ADDIS ABEBA – Government and United Nations agencies launched on Friday a center where refugees can access services such as the registration of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths and receive protection referrals and civil documentation. These services will also be […]

South Africa: Report no 27 of 2019/20 on an investigation into allegations of maladministration by the Department of Home Affairs in respect of the alleged improper revocation of a minor child’s birth certificate and consequently his South African citizenship

Published: 7/Jun/2019
Source: Public Protector South Africa

The Complainant is a South African citizen who had a child with a Zimbabwean national who held a Permanent Residence Certificate in the Republic at the time the child was born on 11 December 2014. Finds that: “The cancellation of […]

Kenya: US citizenship or the job? Tough choice for Uhuru’s appointee

Published: 4/Jun/2019
Source: Daily Nation (Kenya)

By DAVID MWERE Ms Mwende Mwinzi, who has all but passed the parliamentary vetting for the position of Kenya’s High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea, now faces a tough choice. She can either renounce her US citizenship and take up […]

Birth Registration for children born in LRA captivity in Northern Uganda

Published: 1/Jun/2019
Source: Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics

Summary In order to participate fully in society and exercise their rights as Ugandan citizens, children born in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) captivity need access to birth registration. At present, this is prohibited by a number of factors. Recommendations […]

Côte d’Ivoire : des avocates engagées contre l’apatridie

Published: 30/May/2019
Source: Africanews

Une campagne contre l’apatridie dans les zones rurales. L’initiative est pilotée par l’Association des femmes juristes de Côte d’Ivoire. La question est épineuse dans le pays alors que de nombreuses personnes n’ont pas de papiers. La loi impose que les […]