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Statelessness in Southern Africa Newsletter Q3 2023

Published: 7/Nov/2023
Source: Southern Africa Nationality Network (SANN) and UNHCR

Extracts On August 16th SANN, SADC Alternatives to Detention Network (SADC ADT), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (Scalabrini), and the Centre for Child Law (CCL) participated in the annual SADC People’s Summit in Angola and […]

Nigeria: Launching of the National Geospatial Data Repository, the Digital Civil Registration & Vital Statistics system and the inauguration of the National CRVS Coordination Committee

Published: 6/Nov/2023
Source: National Population Commission, Nigeria

Press Release President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will launch the electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (e-CRVS) on Wednesday, 8th November 2023 at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja at 10.00 am. The launch, which is being organized by the […]

Risks of statelessness in West and Central Africa

Published: 1/Nov/2023
Source: UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa

A study conducted by Stéphane Joële Teche Ndeno The figures are alarming: throughout the world, more than 4,400,000 people are stateless or of undetermined nationality according to the Global Trends Report of 2022. More seriously, we note an overall increase […]

DRC top court confirms opposition leader’s Congolese nationality

Published: 30/Oct/2023
Source: Africanews

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s top court on Monday threw out a suit seeking to bar opposition politician Moise Katumbi from running for president on the grounds that he was not Congolese. The wealthy businessman, whose father was Italian, is […]

Zimbabwe: Chiefs to issue birth, death records

Published: 26/Oct/2023
Source: The Herald (Harare)

By Farirai Machivenyika–Senior Reporter Traditional leaders will confirm births and deaths as part of Government’s effort to decentralise the issuing of identity documents, Registrar-General Mr Henry Machiri told the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services on Monday […]