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Kenya: Citizens’ perceptions on refugees

Published: 19/Jun/2018
Source: International Rescue Committee

The much-anticipated Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), expected in late 2018, together with the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), promise to revitalize refugee response through a multi-stakeholder “whole of society” approach. At a time when the international community is grappling […]

Passeport de Katumbi : une information judiciaire ouverte en RDC contre l’opposant

Published: 18/Jun/2018
Source: Jeune Afrique

La justice congolaise a annoncé lundi l’ouverture d’une information judiciaire contre l’opposant en exil Moïse Katumbi, récemment interpellé à Bruxelles en possession d’un passeport litigieux. Ce dernier dénonce l’« instrumentalisation » des services de l’État. Dans un communiqué, le parquet […]

Over 3 million of unregistered children in Angola

Published: 17/Jun/2018
Source: Angola Press/ EIN News

Cazenga, ANGOLA, June 17 – At least 3.8 million Angolan children from zero to five years lack any record of their birth, posing a serious challenge to the Government. The statistics was released Saturday by the minister of Justice and […]

Foreign love is pricey in eSwatini

Published: 17/Jun/2018
Source: City Press (Johannesburg) / News24

By Sibongakonkhe Nkosi Residents of the kingdom of Swaziland, now called eSwatini, will have to pay dearly if they want to marry a foreign national – if the Finance Bill of 2018 is signed into law. According to the draft […]

Congolese authorities cancel passport of exiled opposition leader Katumbi

Published: 16/Jun/2018
Source: Africanews / Reuters

Congolese authorities cancelled the passport of opposition leader Moise Katumbi, his office said in a statement on Friday, just days after the exiled politician gathered thousands for an opposition rally in the capital Kinshasa. The statement said Katumbi noticed his […]

Passeport de Katumbi : « falsification » ou « manipulation » ?

Published: 15/Jun/2018
Source: Jeune Afrique

Au lendemain de la brève interpellation de Moïse Katumbi dans l’aéroport de Bruxelles-Zaventem, les autorités belges ont confirmé à Jeune Afrique que le passeport de l’opposant congolais avait bel et bien été falsifié. Il a désormais quinze jours pour régulariser […]

IRRI hosts meeting in Kampala on the draft protocol on the right to a nationality

Published: 14/Jun/2018
Source: International Refugee Rights Initiative

On Wednesday 2 May 2018, the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), organised a workshop in Uganda on the Right to Nationality, ahead of the second meeting of African Union’s Member States Experts […]

Ghana: Let’s Resolve Issues With Ghana Card Now!

Published: 14/Jun/2018
Source: Ghanaian Times

Editorial: The National Identification Authority (NIA) has, after clearing all the technical hitches, paved the way for the registration and issuance of the all important Ghana Card necessary for conducting businesses in the country. But the issuance of the card […]

UNHCR steps up efforts to prevent statelessness in South Sudan

Published: 13/Jun/2018
Source: UNHCR

Press release: JUBA, 13 JUNE 2018 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) jointly with the Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration (DNPI) of South Sudan and Forcier Consulting launched today a study on statelessness in South Sudan. The Study commissioned […]

South Africa: Family stateless for a year as Malusi Gigaba dawdles

Published: 11/Jun/2018
Source: Timeslive (South Africa)

Man prevented from visiting sick mother‚ and from attending her funeral By Ernest Mabuza A family of three has been stateless for a year as a result of the Home Affairs Department not finalising his South African citizenship. The father […]