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Nigeria: UN, Cso Launch Project Against Statelessness

Published: 14/Sep/2016
Source: Daily Trust (Abuja)

The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has launched a project aimed at reducing the risk of statelessness in Nigeria. The United Nations (UN) describes statelessness as a situation […]

Uganda: Refugees call for naturalization in UPR submission

Published: 14/Sep/2016
Source: Foundation People for Peace and Defence of Human Rights

“Republic of Uganda: Submission to the representatives of different Diplomatic Missions accredited to Uganda and other people of good will during the United Nations Universal Periodic Review” October 31st – November 11th, 2016 Refugee organization submission on the Universal Periodic […]

Birth registration helps fight child trafficking

Published: 13/Sep/2016
Source: IOL

Limpopo – Proper birth registration has been identified as a major tool in the fight to prevent child trafficking and other social ills that include child labour, illegal adoption and sexual exploitation. Limpopo MEC of health DR Phophi Ramathuba made […]

Tanzania: Former Country Director of NGO Stateless

Published: 12/Sep/2016
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Musoma — Former Country Director of Ped World Organisation Anudo Ochieng’ Anudo is stranded at no-man’s land on the Tanzania-Kenya border at Sirari. Mr Anudo insists he was born of Tanzanian parents and lived and worked in Manyara Region for […]

Egyptian court rules Egyptians married to Israelis must be stripped of citizenship

Published: 8/Sep/2016
Source: Al Ahram (Cairo)

An Egyptian administrative court ruled on Thursday that the interior ministry must strip Egyptian citizenship from Egyptians who have married Israelis, in order to protect the country’s national security. Shaimaa Amin, a private citizen, had filed a lawsuit demanding the […]

Stateless no more – a win for stateless children in South Africa

Published: 6/Sep/2016
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)

Press Release: Supreme Court of Appeal: Minister of Home Affairs and others v DGLR and another (Case number 1051/2015 SCA) This morning, the 6th of September 2016, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was scheduled to hear the case of […]

Rwanda: NIDA to Work With Local Leaders to Improve Service

Published: 6/Sep/2016
Source: The New Times (Kigali)

By Sharon Kantengwa The officials were trained at a two-day workshop organised by Irembo in partnership with Ministry of Local Government (Minaloc) and National Identification Agency (NIDA). Robert Habimana, the territory coordinator of Rwanda Online, said the workshop sought to […]