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Mali: Nioro du Sahel, des actes de naissance pour 1000 enfants

Published: 15/Oct/2024
Source: studiotamani.org

La cérémonie a eu lieu ce lundi 14 octobre 2024. L’activité initiée par la commission état civil de la mairie a été possible grâce à l’appui financier des fils du terroir. Cette remise a concerné les enfants des 7 quartiers […]

Statelessness advocate celebrates historic academic achievement in Kenya

Published: 14/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

Dizzying excitement filled Nosizi Dube’s heart as she opened a letter offering her a place to study economics at the University of Nairobi four years ago. But with neither the birth certificate nor identity card required for university entry in […]

Au Niger, neuf responsables du régime renversé “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: VOA Afrique (Washington DC)

Neuf responsables du régime civil nigérien renversé en juillet 2023 sont “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité, soupçonnés notamment “d’intelligence avec une puissance étrangère” et de “complot contre l’autorité de l’Etat”, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement militaire. Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, […]

From Stateless to Citizens: the journey of the Shona community in Kenya

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]

From stateless to citizens: Kenya’s success offers hope in Africa

Published: 10/Oct/2024
Source: Context News (Thomson Reuters)

By Nita Balla NAIROBI – Nosizi Dube beams with pride as she clutches her newly issued Kenyan passport. For many, obtaining a passport might be a mundane task, but for 24-year-old Dube, who was born into the stateless Shona community […]

Identity vs. Perception: the case of Chidimma Adetshina and South African opinion on migrants

Published: 8/Oct/2024
Source: Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA), Cape Town

The case of Chidimma Adetshina, who came under national scrutiny between August and September, sheds light on the levels of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. The 23-year-old model—born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South African mother—was […]

Rapport sur le droit de la citoyenneté : Benin

Published: 7/Oct/2024
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Eric Codjo Montcho Agbassa et Renaud Fiacre Avlessi COUNTRY REPORT RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2024/03 1. Introduction Le Dahomey d’alors, Bénin aujourd’hui, ancienne colonie de la France, n’avait pas une législation propre sur la nationalité ; avant la décolonisation, les ressortissants dahoméens étaient […]