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Hausas in Sudan: The pilgrims’ descendants fighting for acceptance

Published: 23/Jul/2022
Source: BBC

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih A demand by Sudan’s Hausa community to be recognised as traditional custodians of some land in Blue Nile state has erupted into deadly violence. Clashes broke out last weekend with members of another ethnic group that […]

Liberia: Lawmakers amend Alien and Nationality law

Published: 20/Jul/2022
Source: New Dawn (Monrovia)

By Bridgett Milton The House of Representatives has passed into law an Act to amend and or nullify certain provisions of the Alien and Nationality Law. It relates to citizenship and restoring the citizenship rights lost as a consequence of […]

Kenya: Birth Registration: Safeguarding the Future of the African Child

Published: 20/Jul/2022
Source: Namati Kenya

The documentary highlights the importance of the first legal identification everyone should get and yet the very real obstacles that prevent people in some Kenyan communities from accessing this key documentation. It brings to the fore specific birth registration obstacles […]

The South African Constitutional Court Decides Against Statelessness and in Favour of Children

Published: 20/Jul/2022
Source: Statelessness and Citizenship Review

By Sherinda, M., & Klaaren, J. The Statelessness & Citizenship Review, 4(1), July 2022,  177-182. Case note on South African Constitutional Court judgment in Chisuse v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs [2020] ZACC 20 Download: https://statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/journal/article/view/405  

Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?

Published: 15/Jul/2022
Source: Biometric Update

By Jim Nash It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s Republic of Congo. The contract with Congo, a large, south-central African nation of 95 million people, could […]

Tchad : seulement 26% des naissances sont déclarées au Guéra

Published: 13/Jul/2022
Source: Alwihda

En partenariat avec le Comité français pour l’UNICEF, une mission de la Haute autorité des médias audiovisuels (HAMA) séjourne depuis quelques jours à Mongo, dans la province du Guéra. Cette collaboration s’inscrit dans une approche visant à créer une intégration […]