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La double nationalité : un faux débat pour notre Sénégal

Published: 12/Feb/2016
Source: www.leral.net

Par Cheikh Sidiya Diop Cette polémique stérile sur la double nationalité qui ne cesse d’alimenter la vie politique sénégalaise est un faux débat puisque improductive face aux enjeux majeurs et questions essentielles de notre Sénégal. A mon humble avis, je […]

Egypt: PM strips three expatriates of citizenship for joining foreign military

Published: 11/Feb/2016
Source: Star Africa

Egyptian Prime Minister Sheriff Ismail issued a directive on Wednesday to strip three Egyptian expatriates of their citizenship after they joined the military service of foreign countries without a prior permit from the Egyptian Defense Ministry. The three are named […]

Uganda: Museveni assures multi-racial community of citizenship

Published: 8/Feb/2016
Source: New Vision (Kampala)

He noted that the 1995 Constitution allows a person who has lived in Uganda for a number of years to apply for citizenship – President Yoweri Museveni has assured the multi-racial community living in the country of their rights to […]

IMANI Report: Don’t Mess up the National ID System

Published: 8/Feb/2016
Source: IMANI Centre for Policy and Education (Accra)

IMANI was pleased to be invited by the World Bank and Citi FM, conveners of the National Identity System Roundtable on the 4th of February 2016, to deliver a paper on the ‘risks and opportunities’ inherent in the implementation of […]

Low birth, death registration hampering Ghana’s National ID system

Published: 8/Feb/2016
Source: News Ghana

Low registration of births and deaths in Ghana is hampering the creation of a reliable national identification system, a senior official said here late Thursday. John Agbeko, Acting Director of the Department of Births and Deaths, said a functional national […]

Senegal, Benin begin issuance of cards

Published: 5/Feb/2016
Source: Pulse.ng

The ECOWAS Commission on Friday said Senegal and Benin Republic were set to begin issuance of the ECOWAS Biometric Identity Cards which came into force in January. Amb. Kadre Ouedraogo, President of the Commission, said this in an interview with […]

The State We’re In: Ending Sexism In Nationality Laws

Published: 4/Feb/2016
Source: Equality Now

Home is where you belong, where you feel connected. Imagine then what it is like to be born without a nationality or to be denied the citizenship of your mother, or, at times, your father, because of discrimination in the […]

Born and bred in Dadaab

Published: 3/Feb/2016
Source: BBC World Service

Dadaab, in eastern Kenya, is the largest refugee camp in the world sheltering thousands of Somalis. Ben Rawlence, author of a new book, City of Thorns, chronicles the lives of people who live there. More.

UNHCR Ghana to mark first anniversary of Abidjan Declaration

Published: 3/Feb/2016
Source: BusinessGhana

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ghana will from February 15 to March 12, organise a series of activities to mark the first anniversary of the “Abidjan Ministerial Declaration” on the eradication of statelessness. It would be recalled […]