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In a historic first, Ethiopia begins civil registration for refugees

Published: 27/Oct/2017
Source: UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the launch of civil registration for refugees in Ethiopia. Starting today, all refugees in the country will be able to register their vital life events, including birth, death, marriage and divorce, directly with national […]

Denial and Denigration: How Racism Feeds Statelessness

Published: 24/Oct/2017
Source: Minority Rights Group

Minorities and indigenous peoples are especially vulnerable to statelessness. Through research, films, photos and case studies, this website explores how statelessness is often an outcome of discrimination and racism. Author: Bronwen Manby. Link to web resource: http://stories.minorityrights.org/statelessness/home/

Minority Stories: Statelessness: Sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 24/Oct/2017
Source: Minority Rights Group

The communities within Africa most at risk of statelessness are similar to those in other continents: the descendants of people who migrated to the country before independence; ethnic groups whose pre-colonial boundaries cross modern borders, including the many millions of […]

Côte d’Ivoire : 500.000 écoliers n’ont pas d’acte de naissance

Published: 24/Oct/2017
Source: Abidjan.net

En Côte d’Ivoire, quelque 500.000 enfants fréquentant l’école primaire n’ont pas d’acte de naissance, selon l’UNICEF qui s’engage à fournir ce document administratif à 80% de ces enfants pour leur assurer une identité juridique. “Chaque enfant qui naît doit être […]

Zimbabwe : Father of eleven children in battle for birth certificate

Published: 23/Oct/2017
Source: The Chronicle (Bulawayo)

A 53-year-old man is struggling to get birth certificates for his 11 children who cannot access any official service in the country as they do not have identity particulars. Their mother who also did not have a birth certificate or […]

ECOWAS: Coordination Meeting on the implementation of the Banjul Plan of Action

Published: 20/Oct/2017
Source: ECOWAS / UNHCR West Africa

Documents adopted by a meeting of representatives of ECOWAS member states, 17-20 October, 2017, Saly, Senegal Terms of Reference for the Government Focal Points; ENG-ToRs FR_ToRs POR-ToRs Guidelines to Draft, Adopt and  Monitor the Implementation of the National Action Plans […]