Lawyers for Human Rights welcomes the decision by the High Court this week dismissing an attempt by the Department of Home Affairs to deprive a stateless child of her right to citizenship. This decision will hopefully end the 6 year […]
By Liz Orembo Nyangi, an 18-year-old woman in Kenya, was turned back for lack of documents when she went to register for Huduma Number. The unique number has been the talk in the village. Without it, she will not be […]
Ivory Coast has one of the biggest stateless populations in the world. The Women’s Legal Aid Association is trying to help thousands of people living on the fringes of society to get their official documents. Nneka Chile reports. Watch: https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/video/2019/05/29/lawyers-step-up-fight-against-statelessn?videoId=555671125&videoChannel=117759
Des spécialistes de l’association d’aide juridique des femmes de Côte d’Ivoire entreprennent une campagne contre l’apatridie dans les communautés rurales. L’apatridie peut avoir différentes raisons. Pour certaines personnes, leurs ancêtres ont émigré ici il y a des générations provenant d’autres pays. […]
Only 2.8 million under-five children out of a population of 32 million in Nigeria have birth certificates. According to the law establishing the birth registration scheme in Nigeria, birth registration is free, and any child not registered legally does not […]
By Salomey Appiah-Adjei The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will grant Ghanaian citizenship to more than 200 members of the African-American-Caribbean Diaspora community residing in the country. The conferment of citizenship will take place next month. The Director of Diasporan […]
Cheik Fita, éditeur de Cheikfitanews.net – info en ligne des Congolais de Belgique, a organisé le 24 mai au Press Club de Bruxelles une conférence sur la nationalité congolaise. Les intervenants étaient deux juristes: le professeur Samutomdi Ikombi, qui a […]
Extracts: From 16-18 April 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Government of Kenya, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) co-organised a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication […]
Une étude faite par le « Mouvement je m’inscris sur la liste électorale et je vote (Milev-Ci) » démontre que 60% de la population ivoirienne n’ont pas de pièces administratives (extrait d’acte de naissance, jugement supplétif, carte nationale d’identité, carte […]
The number of Kenyans who have registered for Huduma Namba has risen from 35 million to 38 million with the number expected to hit 40 million plus by closure of business on Saturday. The ICT Cabinet Secretary (CS), Joe Mucheru […]
By Allan Mungai The characteristic queues for the last minute Kenyans, which prompted President Kenyatta to give a one week window period last Friday, were missing.At registration centres in Nairobi and across the country there were only a handful of […]
Le roi Mohammed VI a octroyé la nationalité marocaine à 12 personnalités étrangères par dahir publié dans le bulletin officiel du 2 mai dernier. Parmi elles, un champion tchétchène de MMA, un boxeur allemand et un écrivain français. Quelles sont […]