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CEDAW Observations finales: Erythrée, 2020

Published: 10/Mar/2020
Source: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Observations finales concernant le sixième rapport périodique de l’Érythrée CEDAW/C/ERI/CO/6 Nationalité Le Comité note que la proclamation no 21/1992 sur l’acquisition de la nationalité garantit l’égalité des droits entre les genres. Il salue également les efforts de l’État partie pour […]

South Africa: Twitter storm after EFF MP Naledi Chirwa’s nationality questioned

Published: 9/Mar/2020
Source: Independent Online (South Africa)

Johannesburg – The « shaming » of individuals by questioning their nationality is in the spotlight after a tweet attacking EFF MP Naledi Chirwa. Twitter user « Lerato Pillay » started the discussion on Sunday, when a user tweeted unsubstantiated allegations that Chirwa’s family […]

Who decides who gets to vote in Ghana’s elections?

Published: 9/Mar/2020
Source: Africa at LSE blog

Nathalie Raunet Robert-Nicoud Recurring questions in Ghana about who constitutes the electorate have in recent years turned to the issue of foreign voters. Are people crossing national borders during elections truly eligible? Political parties have begun to exploit the lack […]

Stateless kids: SA law strips single fathers of rights

Published: 9/Mar/2020
Source: City Press (Johannesburg)

By Jeanne-Marié Versluis Hundreds of children in South Africa are not having their births registered, simply because their parents are unmarried and the department of home affairs does not recognise the complexities surrounding these cases. This perpetuates the notion that […]

Expelled from the US and now in limbo in Sierra Leone

Published: 8/Mar/2020
Source: BBC News

By Umaru Fofana Saren Idaho said he has no connection to Sierra Leone and had never been to the country until he was deported there from the US six months ago. « I know nobody here, » lamented the 55-year-old father of […]