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Fulani herdsmen must leave – Minister fumes

Published: 16/May/2015
Source: Ghana Web

The Volta Regional Minister, Helen Adjoa Ntosoo has defended the decision by the security agencies to flush-out Fulani herdsmen from the country. About a week ago, a joint Police-military exercise code named “operation cow-leg” began ejecting Fulani herdsmen from the […]

A cartoon to help eradicate statelessness

Published: 15/May/2015
Source: UNHCR

UNHCR is launching an animation film on statelessness on the occasion of the 74th Ordinary Session of the Council Ministers of the member States of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), being held in Accra on 15 and 16 […]

France strips a Moroccan of French citizenship over terrorism charges

Published: 12/May/2015
Source: Morocco World News

The Council of State announced Monday it had refused to review the appeal of a French man of Moroccan origin stripped of his French nationality after he was convicted of terrorism charges. Ahmed Sahnouni, a Moroccan naturalized by France in […]

Nigerian refugee babies given birth certificates at Cameroon camp

Published: 11/May/2015
Source: Voice of America

Aid agencies say Nigerian refugees give birth to 45 children every month at the Minawao refugee camp. Most of the children do not have official birth certificates. The government of Cameroon and the United Nations refugee agency [UNHCR] have begun […]

Counting births and deaths

Published: 11/May/2015
Source: The Lancet

Executive Summary This Lancet Series, which reviews progress since the seminal 2007 series Who counts, describes the growing momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in countries and in the global health and development community more broadly, stimulated […]

Burkina Faso and Niger exchange 18 towns to settle border dispute

Published: 8/May/2015
Source: The Guardian

Burkina Faso and Niger have agreed to exchange 18 towns in order to settle a long-running border dispute and end years of litigation. Burkina Faso is to gain 14 towns and Niger will receive four between now and the end […]

56th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR: Intersession Report by Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa

Published: 7/May/2015
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul, 21 April to 7 May 2015 Intersession Report by Madam Maya Sahli-Fadel Commissioner/ Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa Paragraphs […]

Mutharika hints on dual citizenship for Malawi: Reviewing Citizenship Act

Published: 6/May/2015
Source: Nyasa Times (Malawi)

President Peter Mutharika has said government is pushing for the review of the Citizenship Act so that Malawians can start exploiting the benefits of dual citizenship. Mutharika speaking when he opened parliament on Tuesday said the review of Citizenship Act […]

Buhari promises to revisit Bakassi issue

Published: 6/May/2015
Source: Frontier News

The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has promised to revisit the controversial issue surrounding the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to the Cameroonian government. Buhari said this when a group of nonpartisan Cross River State indigenes paid him a courtesy visit […]

Zimbabwe: Dual citizenship: The people have spoken

Published: 5/May/2015
Source: The Herald (Harare)

Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora This writer was under the impression that the dual citizenship debate was now water under the bridge. How could it not be? First there is Chapter 3 in our Constitution, then there are the […]