By Abdul Rashid Thomas Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt last week granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 50 African Americans claiming to have Sierra Leonean roots, in a ceremony held at the National Museum in […]
ohannesburg (Agence Fides) – Plus de 642.000 enfants migrants ou déplacés vivent en Afrique du Sud. Selon les derniers chiffres de l’UNICEF, ce chiffre stérile comprend les réfugiés, les demandeurs d’asile, les victimes de la traite ou du trafic, les […]
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest UNICEF figures, there are more than 642,000 children living in South Africa as migrants or displaced persons. This number includes refugees, asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking or smuggling, and unaccompanied and […]
On April 12, 2023, the Egyptian House of Representatives approved new modifications to Law No. 26 of 1975 on Citizenship. The new amendments pertain to articles 6 and 11 of the Citizenship Law. New Amendments Amendment to Article 6 Under the new […]
BAUCHI –The United Nations Children Fund(UNICEF) has stressed the need for parents to register their children at birth, saying that birth registration protects them from exploitation and abuse as Children without birth certificates are more vulnerable to child labor, child […]
Le Ministre des Collectivités territoriales, de l’Aménagement et du Développement des Territoires a procédé au lancement de la Campagne nationale d’information et de sensibilisation sur l’état civil, autour du slogan, « Mon état civil, ma citoyenneté ». L’événement s’est déroulé, […]
(Togo Officiel) – Après le recensement général de la population et le recensement électoral en cours, le président togolais, Faure Gnassingbé, a annoncé lors d’une interview avec la chaîne New World TV, en marge des festivités du 63e anniversaire de […]
La proposition de « loi Tshiani », proposé par Noël Tshiani Muadiamvita et porté par le député national Nsingi Pululu, voudrait que seuls les citoyens nés de père et de mère congolais soient légitimes à accéder aux plus hautes fonctions […]
(Kinshasa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament should reject a draft law that authorities could use to discriminate against Congolese citizens on the basis of their parents’ national origin, Human Rights Watch said today. The law would exclude from […]
Preamble The Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), with technical support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Committed to the implementation of Action 6 […]
By Jennifer Riggan. RLC Briefing Paper 3 Abstract This briefing paper explains why many Eritreans speak Amharic and why it is plausible that, under certain circumstances, an Eritreans might not speak Tigrinya or another Eritrean language. In order to explore […]
Highlights Emergencies infringe on many individual basic rights, including access to a name and a nationality. In almost all emergencies, including armed conflicts, natural disasters and human-made hazards, vital event registration systems become dysfunctional and, in extreme cases, they collapse […]