By Abdul Rashid Thomas With less than eight weeks left before general and presidential elections are held in Sierra Leone, last night Sierra Leoneans holding both their country’s citizenship and that of another country, have been told that they are […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has enrolled 28 million Nigerians into the National Identity Database and issued them the National Identification Number (NIN). The figure was reached on Wednesday January 10, 2018. While announcing the figure, the Director General/CEO […]
Le Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) va déposer prochainement une loi au parlement en vue de retirer la nationalité marocaine à tous les juifs marocains installés dans des colonies israéliennes. Peu de détails filtrent sur ce projet de loi, mais […]
Leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community downplayed the attempts at submitting a draft bill to the Parliament providing for the withdrawal of Moroccan nationality from Jews of Moroccan origin residing in Israeli Settlements. The draft law was suggested by opposition […]
Countries making recommendations on statelessness: Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Sierra Lone, Slovakia, Recommendations on ratifying the 1854 & 1961 Conventions 7.19. Ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Sierra Lone); 7.20. Accede and domesticate the […]
Des personnalités de la communauté judéo-marocaine ont manifesté leur hostilité à la proposition de loi pour la déchéance de la nationalité aux juifs marocains installés dans des colonies israéliennes. Le secrétaire général du Conseil de la communauté israélite du Maroc […]
A l’occasion de la présentation des vœux présidentiels à la presse, le chef d’Etat comorien Azali Assoumani est revenu sur l’affaire Semlex : la société belge qui fabrique les pièces d’identité biométriques de nombreux pays d’Afrique dont les Comores, est […]
In the wake of international objections to Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has announced its intention to submit a bill stipulating the withdrawal […]
By ATOSSA ARAXIA ABRAHAMIAN Comoro Islands is a tiny East African country with stunning white beaches, a large active volcano and a population just shy of 800,000. Some 150,000 Comorans live in metropolitan France, which governed the Comoros until 1975. […]
Burundaises, Burundais, Amis du Burundi, Le projet de Pierre Nkurunziza de changer la constitution de la République du Burundi et par là d’enterrer définitivement l’Accord d’Arusha pour la Paix et la Réconciliation au Burundi, atteint sa phase finale. Ce projet […]
Mustafa educated the TEDxEuston audience about the inequality faced by the Nubian community in Kenya. He takes us through his quest of how he was able to go beyond being a victim to a change maker. He explains how important […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Global estimates suggest that approximately 10 million people worldwide are living without any legal citizenship. Stateless persons face overwhelming obstacles that limit their access to basic entitlements and protections, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination and abuse. Research on […]