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Cameroun: Enregistrement des naissances à l’Est, les chiffres inquiètent

Published: 20/Feb/2019
Source: Agence Cameroun Presse

Dans la localité de Ngoura située dans le département du Lom et Djerem de la région de l’Est du Cameroun, les chiffres continuent d’inquiéter. A l’établissement scolaire anglophone appelé Government bilingual school qui enregistre pour cette année 2018-2019, 70 élèves […]

Kenya: Lobby Opposes New Citizen Listing System

Published: 19/Feb/2019
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

By Maureen Kakah The battle against a platform for digitising and centralising citizens and foreigners’ records was taken to court Monday. Kenya Human Rights Commission wants the government stopped from implementing the National Integrated Identification Management System (Niims). KHRC sued […]

Kenya: Rights group seeks to block Huduma Namba project

Published: 19/Feb/2019
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By KEVIN CHERUIYOT Kenya Human Rights Commission has moved to court challenging the pilot programme of the National Integrated Identity Management System dubbed ‘Huduma Namba’. The government on Monday started testing the Sh6 billion plan to register 50 million Kenyans for […]

Malawi Citizenship (Amendment) Act No.11 of 2019

Published: 19/Feb/2019

Replaces sections 6 and 7 of the Malawi Citizenship Act, and repeals sections 8-11; adds schedule 7. The amendments permit dual citizenship for the first time, require notification of dual citizenship for adults, and establish restrictions on holding public office […]

500 millions de fantômes: comment coopérer avec l’Afrique?

Published: 15/Feb/2019
Source: La Libre Afrique (Belgique)

Par François Misser L’UE et ses partenaires africains discutent de l’avenir de leur coopération après 2020. En partie dans le brouillard: l’Afrique compte en effet 500 millions de personnes sans existence juridique. Comment faire des prévisions économiques ou mener des […]

ZHRC to conduct national inquiry on birth certificates

Published: 13/Feb/2019
Source: NewsDay (Harare)

BY SILAS NKALA THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) will soon embark on a nationwide inquiry on access to civil documentation following numerous complaints by civil and human rights groups in Matabeleland that most Gukurahundi victims faced difficulties in obtaining […]

IN DEPTH: Unpacking Ethiopia’s revised refugee law

Published: 13/Feb/2019
Source: Africa Portal

By Dr. Mehari Taddele Maru Ethiopia’s parliament adopted a revised refugee law on 17 January 2019, which the United Nations (UN) has hailed as one of the most progressive refugee laws on the continent. It replaces the country’s 2004 Refugee […]

Africa’s forgotten stateless population

Published: 12/Feb/2019
Source: Deutsche Welle

Africa has one of the largest stateless populations in the world, however governments have only recently started to recognize it as a serious problem. By Ineke Mules In the Kiambaa area on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, it’s not […]

Nigeria: Group files suit to stop Atiku’s presidential bid over citizenship

Published: 11/Feb/2019
Source: PM News (Abuja)

The Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa has asked the Federal High Court Abuja to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar from contesting the Feb. 16 presidential election. The group wants Atiku disqualified […]