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To be Asian and Ugandan, and to be ‘Ugandan’ and Ugandan

Published: 27/Nov/2019
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Charles Onyango-Obbo A few days ago, Daily Monitor reported State Minister for Gender, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, saying Indians [Asians] in Uganda cannot be made a national group (tribe) because their “origin cannot be traced anywhere in Uganda other than […]

UNHCR South Sudan Factsheet – October 2019

Published: 26/Nov/2019
Source: UNHCR

Extract: « Statelessness prevention. UNHCR has supported the government in issuing nationality certificates to more than 15,000 people at risk for statelessness since 2012. » Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan/unhcr-south-sudan-factsheet-october-2019

Zimbabwe: Marriage of convenience haunts woman

Published: 26/Nov/2019
Source: The Herald (Harare)

A marriage of convenience has returned to haunt a Harare woman who is legally married to a Nigerian but is customarily married to a local man, under whose name she is trying to register their child. The “fake” marriage was […]

Zimbabwe: Cyclone Idai survivors get free ID replacement

Published: 25/Nov/2019
Source: NewZimbabwe.com

By Robert Tapfumaneyi SURVIVORS of the devastating Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland East early this year have been allowed the chance to replace lost identity documents for free. This was confirmed by Registrar General Clemence […]

Ghana: Akufo-Addo to grant citizenship to 200 Africans in the Diaspora

Published: 25/Nov/2019
Source: CitiNewsroom.com/ Ghanaweb

The Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Akwasi Awuah Ababio, has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be granting up to 200 Africans in the Diaspora Ghanaian citizenship this year. He said this in an interview […]

Sudan to investigate cases of illegally granted citizenship

Published: 22/Nov/2019
Source: Radio Dabanga

The Sudanese Ministry of Interior Affairs is investigating the practice of illegally granting nationalities to foreigners living in the country. In a press statement in Khartoum on Thursday, Interior Minister Lt Gen El Tereifi Idris said he will prosecute those […]

Stiff rules slow de-registration of Kenyans from refugee database

Published: 22/Nov/2019
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By STEPHEN ASTARIKO Stringent rules for the de-registration of Garissa and Wajir residents whose fingerprints appear in the UNCHR refugee database are slowing the process.  The rules could also lock out some citizens who do not possess some of the […]

Zimbabwe: Home Delivered Babies in Birth Registration Dilemma

Published: 20/Nov/2019
Source: The Herald (Harare)

By Paidamoyo Chipunza Ms Esther Zinyoro of Mbare, Harare, also known as Mbuya Gwena, has become an overnight sensation due to the assistance she has been rendering to expecting mothers, most of whom were stranded after council nurses went on […]

Indians cannot be a Ugandan tribe, says minister Mutuuzo

Published: 20/Nov/2019
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU Indians living in Uganda cannot be made an indigenous tribe because their origin cannot be traced as is the case with other communities and ethnicities in the country, the State Minister for Gender, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, […]