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Agenda 2040, Africa’s Agenda for children: Fostering an Africa Fit for Children

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: African Union / African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Adopted by the ACERWC 2016; approved by the AU Executive Council of Ministers, July 2017 Aspiration 3: Every child’s birth and other vital statistics are registered. By 2040 Birth registration is universal, compulsory and free. All legal systems contain an […]

Namibians urged not to assist foreigners to acquire IDs

Published: 1/Aug/2017
Source: New Era

Nkurenkuru-The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni  Ivula-Ithana says Namibians should be patriotic citizens and protect their country jealously by ensuring they do not write letters as community leaders or make Police declarations, issue baptismal certificates supporting foreigners who […]

Ethiopia to give ID cards to Rastafarians long stateless

Published: 29/Jul/2017
Source: Associated Press / Borkena News

July 27, 2017 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia will issue national identity cards for the nearly 1,000 Rastafarians who long have been seen as stateless in the East African nation, the government announced Thursday. The decision means they can […]

Ethiopie: les rastafari vont enfin bénéficier des cartes d’identité

Published: 28/Jul/2017
Source: Le360afrique (Casablanca)

C’est un pas important que le gouvernement éthiopien vient de franchir en annonçant ce vendredi qu’il allait remettre des cartes d’identité aux rastafari, garantissant la jouissance d’un certain nombre de droits aux membres de la secte messianique d’origine jamaïcaine qui […]

Ethiopian Jews, Rastafarians to receive Ethiopian IDs

Published: 27/Jul/2017
Source: Agence de Press Africaine

Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community, followers of Rastafarian beliefs and foreign nationals who have contributed to the welfare of the country can be issued Ethiopian national ID cards. This was based on a new Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

Tanzania: Human rights activist quizzed by immigration officers

Published: 25/Jul/2017
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

By Alex Malanga Dar es Salaam. Immigration officers from Kinondoni District on Monday interrogated Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) national coordinator, Mr Onesmo Ole Ngurumwa, for one hour on his nationality. The immigration officers, according to Mr Ole Ngurumwa, […]

Zimbabwe: ZEC clears air on ‘alien’ voters

Published: 24/Jul/2017
Source: The Herald (Harare)

Collen Murahwa Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has clarified the confusion regarding the voting rights of the socalled “aliens”, saying they were eligible to register as voters.ZEC chief elections officer Ms Constance Chigwamba said in a statement that […]

Kenyans of Indian descent become 44th tribe

Published: 22/Jul/2017
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

By DAVID MWERE President Uhuru Kenyatta has gazetted the recognition of the Kenyans of Indian decent as the 44th tribe in Kenya and invited them to participate in the political, economic, cultural and social development of the nation. The presidential […]