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Kenya: Garissa activists reject Maisha Namba, want rollout halted

Published: 15/Oct/2023
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By Stephen Astariko Garissa activists and residents have urged the government to cancel the launch of Maisha Namba, saying it will isolate the region. Led by Anab Abdullahi, the residents said Garissa is not ready for Maisha Namba owing to […]

South Sudan, Ugandan authorities blame border insecurity on multiple citizenship

Published: 12/Oct/2023
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

The Executive Director of Morobu County in South Sudan, Mr Bosco Wani, said that the situation needs the collaboration of the two states to curb the vice. Read further: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/south-sudan-ugandan-authorities-blame-border-insecurity-on-multiple-citizenship-4398386

CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2023

Published: 11/Oct/2023
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/TGO/CO/5-6 Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Togo [Extract] Birth registration and nationality 23.The Committee welcomes the ratifications by the State party, in 2021, of the Convention relating […]

Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

Published: 9/Oct/2023
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]

En Côte d’Ivoire, arnaque à la nationalité en bande organisée

Published: 5/Oct/2023
Source: Jeune Afrique

Par Vincent Duhem L’arrestation, le 17 juillet, d’Abbas Badreddine, un homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise très en vue suspecté d’acquisition frauduleuse de la nationalité et de trafic de passeports, a défrayé la chronique. L’épilogue d’une longue enquête qui a mis au […]

Fraude à la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire : un réseau tentaculaire

Published: 5/Oct/2023
Source: Jeune Afrique

• La fraude à la nationalité pourrait concerner près de 120 000 passeports. Au moins 25 000 sont retrouvés. Ils concernent 10 000 Nigérians, 8 000 Syriens, des Libanais et des personnes d’autres nationalités, dont des Marocains. • Pour réussir […]

South Africa: Blocked ID: Woman blames home affairs for heart surgery

Published: 2/Oct/2023
Source: Sunday World (Johannesburg)

By Masoka Dube A Limpopo woman who previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry blames her poor heart condition, which resulted in her undergoing surgery on the Department of Home Affairs. This was as a result of a “flawed” identity document […]

DR Congo’s nationality draft law seen as targeting Moïse Katumbi

Published: 1/Oct/2023
Source: The East African

By KITSEPILE NYATHI A draft law meant to tighten rules on election candidacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being seen as a tool to ring-fence President Felix Tshisekedi’s second term ahead of scheduled elections in December. The proposed […]