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Uganda: 60 Per Cent of Foreigners in Jinja Have National IDs, Passports

Published: 26/Sep/2016
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Nakato Tausi Jinja — Sixty per cent of foreigners in Jinja District are in possession of documents that identifies them as citizens of Uganda, rendering them eligible to run retail and other petty businesses they would ideally not have […]

Tanzania: Free Birth Registration Launched in Iringa, Njombe

Published: 24/Sep/2016
Source: Tanzania Daily News

The Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe has launched the under-five birth registration initiative in Iringa and Njombe regions that will benefit more than 200,000 under five children in the two regions, According to a statement issued […]

Madagascar: Code de nationalité : les femmes aux oubliettes

Published: 21/Sep/2016
Source: News Mada

Malgré les promesses de revoir la loi sur la nationalité au pays, c’est encore le statu quo. Le code reste toujours inchangé et discriminatoire envers les femmes. Ce code élaboré au lendemain de l’indépendance stipule clairement que, « La femme […]

Sénégal: Double-nationalité : Le général Seck veut que l’interdiction soit étendue aux ministres, députés et ambassadeurs

Published: 20/Sep/2016
Source: Le Soleil (Senegal)

L’ancien chef d’Etat-major général des armées sénégalaises (Cemga), le général Mouhamadou Mansour Seck, a estimé, dimanche, que l’interdiction de la double-nationalité doit notamment être étendue aux ministres, aux ambassadeurs et aux députés. Invité dimanche de l’émission « Grand Jury » de Radio Futurs […]

Lungu urges Zambians abroad to apply for duo citizenship

Published: 20/Sep/2016
Source: The Post (Zambia)

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has advised Zambians living in the diaspora to benefit from the new constitutional provision that allows them to have duo nationalities. President Lungu gave the advice when he met Zambians living in America during the “Meet the […]

Tanzania: Unicef Moves to Reduce Birth Certificate Burden

Published: 17/Sep/2016
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Dar es Salaam — Unicef and the government will on Thursday roll out a new birth registration process. The Under-five Birth Registration Initiative (U5BRI) aims to address challenges around birth registration across the country. In an exclusive interview with The […]

Liberia: A Case for Dual Citizenship

Published: 16/Sep/2016
Source: Liberian Observer (Monrovia)

Liberia has a political structure that closely resembles that of the United States. As the country prepares for its next election, which will be held in 2017, Liberians in the country and the Diaspora are closely monitoring each presidential candidate […]

WACSOF: 750,000 Stateless Persons Pose Security Threat to West Africa

Published: 15/Sep/2016
Source: Nigeria Today

Chineme Okafor in Abuja The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has warned that countries in the West African region are at the risk of having the security of lives and properties of their citizens compromised by about 750,000 stateless […]