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Sénégal : les réfugiés mauritaniens sur le qui-vive

Published: 20/Jun/2017
Source: Les Mauritanies (Nouakchott)

Les réfugiés mauritaniens au Sénégal sont toujours dans une situation difficile. Ils n’arrivent pas à se procurer de cartes d’identité et  commencent même à perdre leur statut de réfugié. Une situation déplorable que pointe du doigt le Haut-commissariat aux réfugiés […]

Tanzania: Stand Up for the National Count, Tanzanians

Published: 20/Jun/2017
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

Despite encouraging response to register with the national civil Registration and vital statistics (CRVS) roster, the legal documents are turning up virtually useless to the holders, apparently. As the government works to encourage people to provide vital statistics on birth, […]

Liberia: ‘No One Has Right to Question My Citizenship’ – Chairman Korkoya

Published: 20/Jun/2017
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

Monrovia – The Chairman of the National Election Commission, Cllr. Jerome George Korkoya, facing a mountain of allegations from some Liberians that he holds an American citizenship, says those making the claim are opening a Pandora box. Report by Kennedy […]

Liberia: Korkoya Weeps At Supreme Court

Published: 20/Jun/2017
Source: Liberian Observer

By Abednego Davis National Elections Commission (NEC) chairman Jerome G. Korkoya challenged political parties, individuals, and organizations demanding to know if he ever took American citizenship to take him to court, but when what he had requested took place yesterday […]

Benin: Loi no. 2017-08 du 19 juin 2017 sur l’identification des personnes physiques

Published: 19/Jun/2017

“La présente loi a pour objet de définir et de determiner les procédés d’identification nominative, personnelle, numérique et biométrique des personnes physiques.” Télécharger: Benin Loi sur identification des personnes physiques 2017-08 Proposition de loi avec exposé des motifs: Benin proposition […]

Uganda: ‘Lack of birth records fueling child sexual violence’

Published: 19/Jun/2017
Source: New Vision (Uganda)

By Jeff Andrew Lule Statistics indicate that 40% or 3,000,000 children under the age of five are not registered at birth. KAMPALA – The failure to have birth information of all children is to blame for the increasing sexual violence […]

Uganda: Speaker Kadaga calls for recognition of stateless children

Published: 19/Jun/2017
Source: KFM (Kampala)

By Moses Kyeyune The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged Heads of State in the Great Lakes region to assist children born of war attain a decency of nationhood. Kadaga says that given a number of insurgencies within the […]

Liberia: NEC Chairman Wants Court To Dismiss Dual Citizenship Lawsuit

Published: 15/Jun/2017
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

Monrovia – Claims by a group of concerned Liberians now before the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice for adjudication that the Chairman of the National Election Commission Jerome Korkoya is an American citizen, Wednesday took another dimension […]

Apatridie : ils sont avec nous, mais « n’existent pas »…

Published: 14/Jun/2017
Source: Ouestaf news

Ouestafnews – Ne lui demandez pas son âge, elle ne saurait y répondre avec la promptitude que requiert une telle question. Son plus grand regret : n’être pas allé à l’école. L’image de ses camarades du quartier empruntant le chemin […]