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Will creation of an all-Africa passport deliver African unity?

Published: 9/Jul/2016
Source: The New Times

The African Union is set to launch a common electronic passport that would grant visa-free travel to all of its 54 member-states, a move that hits at the organisation’s long-running goal of more closely linking nations from across the continent. […]

Stateless refugees fear their fate in Kenya

Published: 8/Jul/2016
Source: eNews Channel Africa

NAIROBI  – As the United Nations begins the verification  of refugees in Dadaab refugee camp, a group of stateless refugees is worried about their own fate. This week, the United Nations announced that it had begun a verification exercise of […]

Statelessness in West Africa Newsletter #9 April-June 2016

Published: 7/Jul/2016
Source: UNHCR

Update from UNHCR, including Sierra Leone and Mali join the statelessness conventions. Awareness raising in Burkina Faso Translating the Abidjan Declaration commitments into action. And more. Read the full issue.  

Zimbabwe: Paunganwa v Registrar of Births & Deaths & Another

Published: 7/Jul/2016
Source: High Court of Zimbabwe

(HH 406-16 HC 9462/10) [2016] ZWHHC 406 MUNANGATI-MANONGWA J: In this opposed application, the applicant seeks to compel the first respondent, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, to issue a birth certificate to her minor child in the family name […]

Angola – ID Issuing Back to Normal

Published: 7/Jul/2016
Source: Angola Press Agency

Luanda — Angolan citizens awaiting their ID are notified to approach any concerned counter with their respective invoice and claim it, as the technical hurdle that prevailed from January to May this year has been removed. This was said Thursday […]

Kenya: UN starts sorting false from genuine refugees in Dadaab

Published: 6/Jul/2016
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

“We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food” – UN refugee agency spokesman In Summary: The Kenyan government has pledged it will not violate its international obligations by forcing any refugees […]

Madagascar: Projet de loi – Petite réforme au code de la nationalité

Published: 6/Jul/2016
Source: L'Express (Madagascar)

Les autorités ne sont pas allées loin dans leur volonté de réformer le code de la nationalité. Le projet de loi soumis au Parlement reste discriminatoire. Un tout petit pas. Le code de la nationalité malgache évolue, mais à pas […]

Etat-civil d’Ali Bongo : Le tribunal de Nantes ouvre une enquête

Published: 5/Jul/2016
Source: Gabon Review

À l’approche de la prochaine présidentielle, l’état-civil d’Ali Bongo est toujours au centre de la succession Omar Bongo Ondimba. Selon le site de l’hebdomadaire Jeune Afrique, le tribunal de grande instance de Nantes a récemment désigné la juge Marie-Thérèse Monchy-Dubuis […]

In move toward all-Africa passports, a push toward Pan-African ideal?

Published: 5/Jul/2016
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The African Union is set to launch an e-passport that allows visa-free travel through its 54 member states, a move that comes amid turmoil in the European Union. By Max Lewontin The African Union is set to launch a common […]

National Registration Bureau earmarks 95,000 Malawians for national ID issuance

Published: 4/Jul/2016
Source: Maravi Post

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)—At least, 95, 000 Malawians are expected to have national identity cards (IDs) in the 2016/2017 financial year, The Maravi Post has established. This is a welcome development consideration security lapses the country is going through where foreigners reside freely […]