Editorial As dates go, 10 November 2012 may not have a place in our political history, but it was the day the House of Representatives held simultaneous peoples’ public sessions in Nigeria’s 360 federal constituencies – they all started at […]
Nigeria has a bad reputation when it comes to fraud. “Dear Friend” emails originating from the country – also known as 419 scams – are among the most notorious in the world, with statistics from Ultrascan AGI suggesting losses from […]
UNHCR is publishing a series of Good Practices Papers to help States, with the support of other stakeholders, achieve the goals of its Campaign to End Statelessness within 10 Years. Each Good Practices Paper corresponds to one of the 10 […]
“The back of a police van is the only place that feels like home.” This is the plight of a young man, Singejeje Adel, who has no family and no country that regards him as theirs. He is stateless. Adel, […]
Liberian government officials, along with the leaders of various civil society organizations, religious and youth groups have joined together in support of UNHCR’s global campaign against statelessness. “Statelessness is simply a malaise facing mankind which all states must commit to […]
In 2007, when Allan-Roy Sekeitto won the opportunity to participate in a continental reality television show, Imagine Africa, its organisers profiled him as a representative of two countries; South Africa and Uganda. He was born in neither. Sekeitto, now 28, […]
CRC/C/GMB/CO/2-3 Enregistrement des naissances, nom et nationalité 35. Le Comité accueille avec satisfaction les progrès réalisés en matière d’enregistrement des naissances, mais demeure préoccupé par : a) Le nombre très élevé d’enfants qui ne sont pas enregistrés immédiatement après la […]
Makonde and Pemba people from Mozambique and Tanzania who do not want to become Kenyans will be sent back to their countries of origin. The warning was made on Thursday by Msambweni Sub-County Commissioner Mwangangi Mwania, following reports that some […]
Luena – O secretário provincial da Unita do Moxico, João Muzaza Caweza, considerou importante que a direcção provincial da Assistência e Reinserção Social redobre apoios aos angolanos provenientes da RDC e da Zâmbia, para conferir maior dignidade e reinserção social. […]
The men of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun State command has arrested 50 illegal immigrants residing in the state. The state Comptroller of Immigration, Mrs Victoria Isang, who spoke to journalists in Abeokuta, said the feat was achieved due […]
Monrovia – The Head of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia Cllr. Gladys K. Johnson has defended the “Negro Clause” in the Liberian constitution, which forbids white people […]
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, almost half of the world’s forcibly displaced people are children. A number of factors lead to the migration of foreign children to South Africa. Some flee conflict and unrest, natural disaster […]