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REVEALED: Nigeria’s horrible record of childbirth registration

Published: 11/Juil/2016
Source: Development Cable

Nigeria’s birth registration is dismal, with only nine of its 36 states, including the federal capital territory, recording up to 50 per cent of their births, a 2016 infographics by AFRI-DEV info has shown. Of all 36 states, Zamfara has the […]

Lebanese Born İn Sierra Leone Denied Birth Citizenship

Published: 11/Juil/2016
Source: Haberler.com (Istanbul)

Ethnic Lebanese people born in Sierra Leone are not eligible to be citizens of the country by birth. This is because the 1991 Sierra Leone Constitution and the Citizenship Act says that Sierra Leoneans born in the country who are […]

Will creation of an all-Africa passport deliver African unity?

Published: 9/Juil/2016
Source: The New Times

The African Union is set to launch a common electronic passport that would grant visa-free travel to all of its 54 member-states, a move that hits at the organisation’s long-running goal of more closely linking nations from across the continent. […]

Stateless refugees fear their fate in Kenya

Published: 8/Juil/2016
Source: eNews Channel Africa

NAIROBI  – As the United Nations begins the verification  of refugees in Dadaab refugee camp, a group of stateless refugees is worried about their own fate. This week, the United Nations announced that it had begun a verification exercise of […]

Apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest : Bulletin #9 avril-juin 2016

Published: 7/Juil/2016
Source: UNHCR

Les dernieres nouvelles de l’HCR, dont: Le Sierra Leone et le Mali accedent aux conventions sur l’apatridie . Sensibilisation au Burkina Faso La mise en oeuvre des engagements de la Déclaration d’Abidjan Declaration . Lisez le bulletin ici.  

Zimbabwe: Paunganwa v Registrar of Births & Deaths & Another

Published: 7/Juil/2016
Source: High Court of Zimbabwe

(HH 406-16 HC 9462/10) [2016] ZWHHC 406 MUNANGATI-MANONGWA J: In this opposed application, the applicant seeks to compel the first respondent, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, to issue a birth certificate to her minor child in the family name […]

Angola – ID Issuing Back to Normal

Published: 7/Juil/2016
Source: Angola Press Agency

Luanda — Angolan citizens awaiting their ID are notified to approach any concerned counter with their respective invoice and claim it, as the technical hurdle that prevailed from January to May this year has been removed. This was said Thursday […]

Kenya: UN starts sorting false from genuine refugees in Dadaab

Published: 6/Juil/2016
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

« We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food » – UN refugee agency spokesman In Summary: The Kenyan government has pledged it will not violate its international obligations by forcing any refugees […]

Madagascar: Projet de loi – Petite réforme au code de la nationalité

Published: 6/Juil/2016
Source: L'Express (Madagascar)

Les autorités ne sont pas allées loin dans leur volonté de réformer le code de la nationalité. Le projet de loi soumis au Parlement reste discriminatoire. Un tout petit pas. Le code de la nationalité malgache évolue, mais à pas […]

Etat-civil d’Ali Bongo : Le tribunal de Nantes ouvre une enquête

Published: 5/Juil/2016
Source: Gabon Review

À l’approche de la prochaine présidentielle, l’état-civil d’Ali Bongo est toujours au centre de la succession Omar Bongo Ondimba. Selon le site de l’hebdomadaire Jeune Afrique, le tribunal de grande instance de Nantes a récemment désigné la juge Marie-Thérèse Monchy-Dubuis […]

In move toward all-Africa passports, a push toward Pan-African ideal?

Published: 5/Juil/2016
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The African Union is set to launch an e-passport that allows visa-free travel through its 54 member states, a move that comes amid turmoil in the European Union. By Max Lewontin The African Union is set to launch a common […]