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16 réfugiés mauritaniens obtiennent la nationalité malienne

Published: 11/Feb/2019
Source: bamada.net

Au Mali, selon nos confrères de la Radio Mikado, seize ressortissants de la Mauritanie ont été naturalisés maliens à Kayes. La Cour d’appel de Kayes leur a remis, mercredi dernier, leurs certificats de nationalité, en présence d’une délégation de l’Agence […]

Uganda: NIRA starts massive 3-month registration for IDs

Published: 11/Feb/2019
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Misairi Thembo Kahungu Kampala. The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) will today commence a three months massive registration of citizens to be enrolled on the national register and for issuance of National Identification Numbers (NINs). NIRA’s public relations […]

Declaration on the African Union Theme of the Year 2019: “The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa”

Published: 11/Feb/2019
Source: Assembly of the African Union

32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 10-11 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Decl.8(XXXII) WE, the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union meeting at the 32nd Ordinary Session of  the Assembly from 10 to 11 February 2019 in […]

Kenya Government mandates DNA-linked national ID, without data protection law

Published: 8/Feb/2019
Source: Open Policy and Advocacy (Mozilla)

Alice Munyua Last month, the Kenya Parliament passed a seriously concerning amendment to the country’s national ID law, making Kenya home to the most privacy-invasive national ID system in the world. The rebranded, National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) now […]

Adopt strategies that address plight of ‘invisible’ children

Published: 8/Feb/2019
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa) / Project Syndicate

By Dominique Nouvian Ouattara A name, an official identity, and a nationality recognised by everyone: most of us take these things for granted. Yet, for nearly a quarter-billion children around the world, including tens of millions in sub-Saharan Africa, such […]

Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7-8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees (STCs)

Published: 8/Feb/2019
Source: Executive Council of the African Union

EX.CL/Dec.1032(XXXIV) The Executive Council, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Reports of the Specialized Technical Committees (STCs); […] III. THE 1ST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE STC ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND IDPs, 29 OCTOBER -3 NOVEMBER 2018, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, MALABO-Doc.EX.CL/1107(XXXIV) […] B. […]

2.4 million Ugandans don’t have national IDs

Published: 7/Feb/2019
Source: Daily Monitor (Kampala)

By Misairi Thembo Kahungu Kampala. At least 2.4m Ugandans aged 16 and above have not enrolled for the National Identity Cards, Daily Monitor can reveal. These include 585,265 people whose application for National IDs has been queried because they provided […]

What a constitutional clause reveals about Liberians’ ideas of citizenship

Published: 4/Feb/2019
Source: The Conversation

By Robtel Neejai Pailey In 1973 Liberia introduced its Aliens and Nationality Law. This, and the country’s 1986 Constitution, allow only people of “Negro descent” – those who are black – to obtain Liberian citizenship by birth, ancestry or naturalisation. […]

Nigeria: Atiku Abubakar Is Cameroonian, Nnamdi Kanu Claims

Published: 3/Feb/2019
Source: News Agency of Nigeria

By Biola Adebayo Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra has stirred new dust with his latest claim that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar is a Cameroonian. Atiku was born […]

South Africa: Constitutional Court win paves the way for immigration progress

Published: 2/Feb/2019
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

COMMENT Immigration law expert Stefanie de Saude Darbandi, representing a family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has helped bring about a change in immigration law by taking the case to the high court and Constitutional Court. This […]