It is often at election time when questions around nationality come to the fore – when the meaning of citizenship is challenged in its fullest sense of the right to participate in public affairs of a country. There are many well-known cases of politicians whose right to nationality in the country where they wish to stand for office has been brought into question. Some of these have been litigated up to the level of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, but less-well known cases arise with almost every election. Elections also see regular assertions that certain groups of potential voters have been registered to vote even though they are not citizens.
Les opérations d’inscription sur listes électorales ont été bouclées au Royaume d’Espagne le Samedi 15 Avril 2017 á Salamanca. Durant presque cinq mois, cinq commissions itinérantes composées des services consulaires, de la Décerna et des représentants de partis et coalitions…
A l’approche de la présidentielle d’octobre 2017 au Liberia, des voix anonymes s’élèvent à Monrovia, la capitale du pays, pour remettre en cause la nationalité libérienne du candidat George Weah, qui serait aussi un américain. En rapport avec ces suspicions,…
By Maxwell Sibanda HARARE – Proposition that persons should be allowed to vote anywhere in the country upon production of their national identity documentation cards (IDs) for the 2018 general election is a recipe for electoral chaos, analysts have said.…
The National Civil registration Authority (NCRA), National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the warehouse that hosts the national biometric registrations kits. The kits, according to the Director General of the…
British Somali MPs have the highest number of lawmakers in the Somali Parliament with 29 MPs followed by Somali Americans at 22 and Kenyan Somalis at 10, a report by Wakiil.org has indicated. The number of Somali MPs with dual…
More than 10 members from the Makonde community in Kinondo shed tears after they were turned down from registering as voters in the ongoing countrywide voters registration. The community members carried their waiting cards to go and register at Makongeni…
By Eric Lungai Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga wants the office of the registrar of persons decentralised from counties to sub-counties. Akaranga said people living far from county headquarters face challenges getting birth certificates and national identity cards. “There are challenges…
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), la supposée double nationalité belgo-congolaise du Premier ministre, Samy Badibanga, est au centre d’une polémique. Pour le ministre des Relations avec le Parlement, la double nationalité pose un problème juridique et moral mais pour…
De nombreux internautes ont violemment critique le president de Paddec, qui fut candidat aux présidentielles camerounaises de 2011, lorsqu’il a annonce qu’il votait le mardi 08 novembre 2016 pour le candidat républicain, Donald Trump. Lire la suite.
Abidjan – Le texte du projet de nouvelle constitution voulue par le président Alassane Ouattara et qui doit être présenté mercredi devant l’Assemblée, a été mis en ligne dimanche par un parti d’opposition, son contenu ne présentant pas de surprise…