Le projet de nouvelle Constitution de la Côte d’Ivoire a été présenté vendredi à la presse. Le comité mis en place par le président Alassane Ouattara le juge démocratique, contrairement à l’opposition qui affirme que le nouveau projet est répressif. […]
A task team will be set up to look into how traditional leaders can assist government to fast-track the early registration of children in rural communities.The team will comprise traditional leaders and senior officials in the Department of Home Affairs […]
The UNHCR and ECOWAS recently signed an MoU to improve the protection environment for stateless persons. Pierre is eighteen years old. He was born to Burkinabe parents in Ghana. He was not registered at birth and neither were his parents. […]
LEGAL NOTICE NO. 178 THE KENYA CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION ACT (No. 11 of 2011) EXTENSION OF TIME IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 15 (2) and 16 (2) of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011, the Cabinet […]
By Cheta Nwanze Government in Nigeria “is detached from its people at every level of the federation”, said Chidi Odinkalu, chair of the National Human Rights Commission, when interviewed for ARI’s 2016 briefing note “State(s) of crisis”. For most Nigerians, […]
Vous avez été nombreux à nous poser des questions sur la carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO suite à son lancement officiel par le Chef de l’Etat Macky Sall le 4 octobre 2016. Nous avons ici récolté les 10 demandes les plus […]
Par Peter KUM D’après le journal nigérian Daily Trust, les populations installées sur la presqu’île de Bakassi, dans la Région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun, ne pourraient plus se justifier de leur nationalité. Selon le journal, ladite révélation a été faite le […]
By Emilie Iob Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara presented the draft of the new constitution to parliament Wednesday. Among the reforms is the removal of a clause that helped trigger civil war five years ago. The clause, Article 35, required […]
In what can be described as walking the talk on public sector reforms, the Malawi government is set to launch the much awaited National Identity Cards – 12 years after such attempts by previous regimes. Speaking in an interview ith […]
By Joshua Odeyemi Persons living in Bakassi, a peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea, may become stateless soon, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Angele Dikongue-Atangana has warned. While speaking with the media after […]
La Guinee-Bissau vient d’adherer aux deux conventions sur l’apatridie Les engagements de Abidjan traduits en action. Lisez plus.
By: Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja The Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr. Ashishana Okauru, has called on governors to embrace the National Identity Card project for demographic and governance planning. According to him, there is enormous political mileage to […]