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Uganda: New upgraded national IDs to cost taxpayers Shs600b

Published: 10/Aug/2022
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Derrick Wandera & Peter Sserugo The government has set aside Shs600b for renewal of the National ID, which starts in June next year. Addressing the media yesterday, Minister of Internal Affairs Kahinda Otafiire said the money would be used to purchase high-tech […]

Zambia: Children’s Code Act No.12 of 2022

Published: 9/Aug/2022

Article 8: Name and nationality (1) A child has a right, from birth, to a name and nationality and where a child is deprived of that child’s identity, the State shall provide appropriate assistance with a view to establishing that […]

République de Congo: lutte contre l’apatridie

Published: 8/Aug/2022
Source: Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale

La République du Congo a franchi une nouvelle étape dans la bataille contre l’apatridie avec l’adoption la semaine dernière par le Conseil des ministres d’un projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication du […]

Meet Kenyan Community Voting for the First Time

Published: 6/Aug/2022
Source: Kenyans.Co.ke

By MAUREEN NJERI The Shona will participate in their first ever General Election n Kenya nearly six decades after the community migrated from Zimbabwe. Speaking to BBC Africa, the community secretary general Oliver Muregerera was excited to finally exercise his civil […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update April-June 2022

Published: 5/Aug/2022
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news • 15 civil society and legal aid organizations established the Eastern Africa Nationality Network. • Three pledges from the 2019 High Level Segment on Statelessness were fully or partially implemented in Georgia, […]

President Weah Signs Into Law Iconic Bills, Including Dual Citizenship Law

Published: 5/Aug/2022
Source: Republic of Liberia: Executive Mansion

The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has set yet another first-time-in-history record with the signing into law of a number of iconic bills towards spurring national inclusiveness and the fight against graft and corruption in the […]

Conditions set for Egyptians to obtain foreign nationality explained

Published: 4/Aug/2022
Source: Egypt Independent

Egyptian law allows citizens to be granted permission to naturalize a foreign nationality while retaining their Egyptian nationality and that makes them exempt from military service. Masry Al-Youm answers how the Egyptian expatriates obtain the approval of the Egyptian authorities […]

Nigeria Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2021

Published: 1/Aug/2022
Source: National Bureau of Statistics/UNICEF

Extract: Chapter 9.1 Birth registration A name and nationality are every child’s right, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international treaties. Registering children at birth is the first step in securing their recognition […]

South Africa : ANC wants tighter citizenship laws to keep out foreigners

Published: 31/Jul/2022
Source: Daily News (Harare)

SPOUSAL and relative’s visas should be done away with because the system is being “abused by foreign nationals” to settle in SA, the ANC has said in an additional discussion document distributed to delegates at the policy conference on Friday […]