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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
L’initiative émane de l’Honorable Gérard Gbénonchi, député du Bloc de la majorité parlementaire (Bmp). A travers une proposition de loi portant enregistrement dérogatoire à l’état civil, celui qui a eu la charge de la mobilisation sociale au Comité technique de […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
La représentation locale du Fonds des Nations unies pour l’enfance (Unicef) organise une série d’activités, dès ce 13 juin, dans la ville de Yaoundé pour promouvoir l’enregistrement de naissances ; l’une des principales causes de risque d’apatridie au Cameroun. Une session […]
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 […]