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Immigration repatriates 166 illegal immigrants

Published: 19/Feb/2015
Source: The Guardian

The men of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun State command has arrested 50 illegal immigrants residing in the state. The state Comptroller of Immigration, Mrs Victoria Isang, who spoke to journalists in Abeokuta, said the feat was achieved due […]

Better off racist? Ex-associate justice defends ‘negro’ clause

Published: 19/Feb/2015
Source: Front Page Africa

Monrovia – The Head of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia Cllr. Gladys K. Johnson has defended the “Negro Clause” in the Liberian constitution, which forbids white people […]

In support of dual citizenship in Liberia

Published: 17/Feb/2015
Source: Front Page Africa

During the many years of armed violence and persecution in our Nation, more than 250,000 of our fellow Liberians lost their lives, the Nation’s economy and infrastructure–houses, schools, clinics, roads and bridges were damaged, and more than 900,000 Liberians, out […]

ECOWAS ministers to deliberate on persons without nationalities

Published: 17/Feb/2015
Source: GBC Ghana

The Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will jointly host the first Ministerial Conference on Statelessness in West Africa from February 23 […]

South Africans can soon apply for Smart ID Cards at the bank

Published: 17/Feb/2015
Source: SANews.gov

As of April, eligible citizens will be able to apply for their Smart ID Cards at the Home Affair’s kiosks in their nearest bank, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. The Minister said this when he led a […]

Sénégal: Sans pièce d’Etat civil : Génération sacrifiée

Published: 16/Feb/2015
Source: Le Quotidien

Ils seront des milliers de jeunes élèves à rater les examens du Baccalauréat et du Certificat de fin d’études élémentaires (Cfee) cette année, faute d’actes de naissance. Ces élèves de Tambacounda, de Kédougou, de Sédhiou ou encore de Thiès sont […]

A state of statelessness

Published: 16/Feb/2015
Source: The New Age

Nelisiwe Mathe does not have a South African ID and her one-year-old baby cannot get a birth-certificate, so, as a result, together they are two stateless people born in South Africa, living in Tembisa. The 23-year-old has been frequenting Home […]

Nigerian government has abandoned Bakassi indigenes – Monarch

Published: 15/Feb/2015
Source: Premium Times (Abuja)

The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi in Cross River State, Etim Okon-Edet, has accused the federal government of abandoning indigenes of the community. He also appealed to the Federal Government to ensure proper resettlement of Bakassi indigenes who were displaced from […]

Kenya to grant citizenship to 3,000 stateless people

Published: 14/Feb/2015
Source: World Bulletin

The Kenyan government will by March 2015 grant citizenship to at least 3,000 stateless people under a recent decree issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Registration of Makonde tribesmen, who originate from Mozambique, along with Pemba tribesmen from Zanzibar, officially began […]