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L’agence consulaire du Sénégal enfin ouverte

Published: 11/May/2022
Source: la Gazette

La convention était signée depuis 2016, mais l’agence consulaire sénégalaise a finalement ouvert ses portes dans le quartier du Val Fourré, dans le centre d’affaires NCI Ronsard, ce vendredi 6 mai, en présence de plusieurs centaines de personnes, venues de […]

Tanzania: Immigration Steps Up Border Security

Published: 8/May/2022
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

By Rodgers Luhwago in Dodoma THE Immigration department, in the 2021/2022 financial year, stepped up border security by instituting a number of measures, including installing an e-border management system and adopting e-immigration service provision system. […] Speaking on passport issuing, […]

Le HCR se mobilise dans la lutte contre le phénomène d’apatridie en RDC

Published: 8/May/2022
Source: Radio Okapi

Environ seulement 5% de financements des actions humanitaires passent par les acteurs locaux. Ceux-ci sont souvent préjudiciés par les critères d’éligibilité élaborés par les bailleurs. Conséquence : l’impact de la plupart des projets reste discutable. Il faut donc changer de […]

United Republic of Tanzania: Inter-Agency Operational Update (March 2022)

Published: 6/May/2022
Source: UNHCR

Extract: Statelessness workshop in Mwanza: In collaboration with the Government Focal Person on Statelessness, Dignity Kwanza and academia, UNHCR organized a Statelessness Workshop for Senior Government Officials from various ministries and departments (RITA, NIDA, National Bureau of Statistics, Commission for […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update Jan-Mar 2022

Published: 5/May/2022
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 14 February, in Kenya, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) in collaboration with Haki Centre Organization, Kwale Human Rights Network and UNHCR, organized a meeting in Kwale County, between Members […]

Uganda: Tibuhaburwa dynasty still stoppable

Published: 3/May/2022
Source: The Daily Monitor (Kampala)

By Munlini Mulera The imposition of the Tibuhaburwa Dynasty is now full steam ahead. General Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa’s contempt for the electoral regulations and military codes of the land will not be the last laws that he will set aside […]

President Bio confers Sierra Leonean citizenship on 59 African Americans

Published: 3/May/2022
Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph

By Abdul Rashid Thomas Last Thursday, 28th April, a day after the country celebrated its 61st Independence anniversary, President Bio of Sierra Leone welcomed a group of 59 African Americans to the country and granted them Sierra Leonean citizenship. Although […]

UNHCR Multi-Country Office (MCO) Senegal: Fact Sheet

Published: 1/May/2022
Source: UNHCR

Including information on Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone & Togo. Extracts: Gambia Local integration remains the most viable option for Senegalese refugees. During the last verification exercise, the intention survey indicated that103 refugee households are willing to […]

Zimbabwe: Most stateless people are in Matabeleland due to Gukurahundi

Published: 1/May/2022
Source: Bulawayo 24

By Stephen Jakes MATABELELAND REGION is the one that is currently having the largest population who are stateless due to Gukurahundi. This was revealed by the human rights activists recently during a debate over the importance of identity documents and […]

Botswana: Sithabile P. Mathe & others v. Attorney General

Published: 29/Apr/2022
Source: High Court of Botswana (Gaborone)

Finding that the prohibition of dual citizenship in section 15(1) and 15(4) of the Citizenship Act is unconstitutional. Download: Sithabile P Mathe & Ors v. AG Botswana High Court