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End to decades of uncertainty for Makonde as they get Kenyan IDs

Published: 31/Jan/2017
Source: Daily Nation

There was excitement in Makongeni Village in Msambweni, Kwale County on Monday afternoon as more than 400 members of the Makonde community prepared to receive their first Kenyan national identity cards, documents they have yearned to have for decades. The community’s […]

Zimbabwe: Children Without Birth Certificates; A Cause For concern

Published: 30/Jan/2017
Source: Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust

Bulawayo – A birth certificate is an essential document that one should not struggle to obtain as it lays the foundation to the validity of the status of the individual, particularly for children as they grow up in the modern […]

UNHCR Fact Sheet: Ghana November – December 2016

Published: 30/Jan/2017
Source: UNHCR

Extracts: Protection & Solutions Liberian Red Coded Mission: A Liberian Red Coded Mission composed of four officials from the Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in Ghana to vet locally integrating refugees of Liberian […]

Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

Published: 28/Jan/2017
Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

Investment tends to follow infrastructural facilities. People follow transportation routes, job opportunities and money. Money attracts more money and also attracts talent. But above all, an infrastructure-supported mobility regime is sustainable and irreversible, even in the face of serious security […]

Algeria Issues List of Official Positions Banning Dual Nationality

Published: 24/Jan/2017
Source: North Africa Post

Any Algerian vying for political, military and judicial top positions needs to be holding the Algerian nationality only and renounce dual nationality if such is the case, the Algerian Presidency announced. In total, 15 top positions are targeted by the […]

South Africa: Tsonga schools continue despite problems

Published: 23/Jan/2017
Source: KathorusMail

With the first school term starting this week, it was “problems as usual” at two Kathorus schools: problem-prone Chivirikani Primary in Siluma View and Vhumbeni Primary, in Mokoena Section. These two are the only schools catering for xhi-Tsonga-speaking learners around […]

Chad helps returnees at risk of statelessness to get papers

Published: 20/Jan/2017
Source: UNHCR

UNHCR is working with Chad and partners to ensure the children of Chadian émigrés fleeing war in neighbouring countries finally receive ID cards to start over. GORÉ, Chad – One day three years ago, during a break at the farm […]