Ces documents ont été remis au cours d’une opération spéciale de délivrance massive. C’était dans le cadre des manifestations liées à la Journée africaine d’enregistrement des faits d’état-civil et de production de statistiques, ainsi que celle de la décentralisation et […]
174 tablettes, imprimantes, rallonges, banques de recharge et routeurs avec connexion internet. Ainsi est constitué le lot de matériels informatiques d’une valeur de cent soixante-deux millions cent sept mille quatre-vingt-deux mille (162 107 082) francs CFA offerts par le Fonds […]
By Kinyungu Kithendu and Sally Namuye The government has embarked on a vetting exercise meant to de-register Kenyans listed in UNHCR database. Over 40,000 Kenyans who have found themselves in the UN refugee agency database have been living in desperation […]
Rhoda Egbe, a 37-year-old mother of 5 children was seen making frantic efforts to ensure her 4 months old son is registered and certified at Federal Medical Centre National Population Commission (NPC) registration centre Makurdi. My parents did not register […]
By Sharon Ekambaram, Lindokuhle Mdabe and Geruza Bumba As we mark Women’s Day we must confront why these women continue to bear the brunt of this existential crisis. In the heart of South Africa, far from the cosmopolitan cityscapes, lies […]
By Aletta Shikololo Extracts […] Last week, New Era accompanied officials from the immigration ministry to the Oshikoto region, where they continued with the ongoing outreach programme aimed at identifying and documenting the stateless community. […] About 1 000 people […]
By Lola Hierro Mahmud Hashimi stirs his cup of coffee as he sits on a spotless sofa in the lobby of the exclusive Carlton hotel in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. A casual onlooker would have no reason to think […]
The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control – DCIC has confiscated over 10,000 Ugandan national identity cards from foreigners. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of internal affairs spokesperson revealed that the foreigners are believed to have beaten the National Identification […]
Extracts relating to developments in law and policy: Eswatini On 06 April, an application was made at the High Court of the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Eswatini) to declare laws limiting the passing of citizenship from swazi women to their […]
Interview with Zoé Allado, head of the Pilot project to modernise Guinea’s civil registry Guinea is a West African country with a population of almost 14 million (2023). It is eight times the size of Belgium. It is rich in […]
A new study by the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, highlights risks of statelessness for refugees who have spent more than 20 years outside their country of origin, […]
ACHPR/Res.565 (LXXVI) 2023 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 76th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 19 July to 2 August 2023: Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in […]