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CRC Concluding Observations: Mauritania, 2018

Published: 11/Oct/2018
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/MRT/CO/3-5 Extract: Birth registration The Committee welcomes the measures taken to promote birth registration, including reforms of the civil registration system, introduction of biometric registration and expansion of registration centres. However, it remains concerned about the persisting low rate of […]

Mnangagwa ally on taxation of Zimbabwe Diaspora in exchange for Citizenship

Published: 7/Oct/2018
Source: ZWNews

By Charles Mabhena Harare: President Mnangagwa’s ally and Zimbabwe Minister of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi has rubbished allegations that the government plans to withdraw diasporans citizenships over their non contribution of tax to the country. Social media […]

Zimbabwe Diaspora Who Refuse Paying Tax to Lose Citizenship

Published: 7/Oct/2018
Source: PaZimbabwe (Harare)

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is drafting a new constitutional amendment that would automatically cancel citizenship from anyone who would have stayed abroad for five years without paying tax to his government or resist newly proposed diaspora tax, a development that […]

32 million children face bleak future in Nigeria

Published: 6/Oct/2018
Source: The Nigerian Voice

Born on 25th of November, 1996, Oyetunde Oyebisi was a great source of joy to his parents and the entire family. He was christened according to the norms and his full name and his date of birth were written on […]

South Africa: Belonging, Part 3

Published: 5/Oct/2018
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)

Part 3 of the Belonging series on statelessness in South Africa. This is the story of Nosipho and Ayanda and their struggle for citizenship. For other videos in the series, see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU59aXTYQXr3tX-83VXlzosgEnGEKaacH

South Africa: Beware the new migrant legislation

Published: 5/Oct/2018
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

[opinion] By Stefanie de Saude Darbandi Changes to new immigrant legislation could mean that many long-term residents are no longer eligible to remain in South Africa. All indications are that the new law may be implemented in the next few […]

Ghana: Births And Deaths Registry Canvass For More Registration

Published: 5/Oct/2018
Source: Peace FM

The Births and Deaths Registry has indicated that having a credible data on the human resources base of the country was key for good governance and nation building. It is said that such statistics enabled the government to develop and […]

Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review: Côte d’Ivoire

Published: 4/Oct/2018
Source: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and Coalition de la société civile de lutte contre l’apatridie

[…] the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to make the following recommendations to Côte d’Ivoire: I. Fully promote, respect, protect and fulfil its obligations towards stateless persons under international human rights law and protect the right to a nationality for […]

Migrants in Egypt: Between estrangement and alienation

Published: 1/Oct/2018
Source: Goethe Institute

There are those who came to Egypt alongside foreign occupiers or as invaders, and those who came to escape war or poor conditions in their own countries, seeking asylum elsewhere. This is not to mention those people living in Egypt because of […]