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.
This incredible LiveCast brings together distinguished representatives of the major identity stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss the progress the country has made towards identity for all as well as their vision and strategy for completing this journey. They discuss the…
Après le dedoublonnage, il ressort que ce sont 6 492 026 Burkinabè qui ont leurs noms sur le fichier électoral et qui pourront voter aux élections du 22 novembre 2020, a annoncé le premier responsable de la Commission électorale nationale…
‘Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?’ by Steve Sharra This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In Malawi, authorities increasingly…
By Nimah Arigbabu and Oyinkan Akintola-Bello From the beginning of time, women have played varying roles, albeit behind the scenes in most instances, in shaping matters of foreign relations. Maids, domestic workers, female diplomats, women married to diplomats, mistresses and…
Magashi’s immediate younger brother from same parents, Ahamadou Harouna (aka Denis), is a lawmaker and member of the Convention Democratique et Social, one of the parties backing the incumbent President of Niger Republic, Issoufou Mahamadou. Mr Ali Mohammed Magashi, one…
By Cholo Brooks The alleged Liberian citizenship of Augustine Ndubsi Nwabudike has finally been put to rest by the final arbiter of justice, the Supreme Court of Liberia with no hope of him retaining such, despite of his repeated entitlement…
Thanduxolo Jika The home affairs department has given a Free State municipality an ultimatum to remove former executive mayor Nthateng Maoke from its payroll because she continues to draw a salary as an ordinary councillor, despite having been found to…
By George Lomax The LNBA’s investigation started in the media with a press conference long before Cllr. Nwabudike was notified of an attempt to investigate his citizenship. It also ended in the media with a press conference without the benefit…
Par Abdelghani Aichoun La décision de nommer le député Samir Chaabna ministre délégué chargé de la Communauté nationale à l’étranger a été annulée par la présidence de la République. C’est ce qu’a indiqué, hier, un communiqué du Premier ministère. Et…
By Morgan Hekking Rabat – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune rejected on Saturday the appointment of Samir Chaabna as minister delegate to the prime minister responsible for Algerians abroad after the appointee refused to give up his dual French-Algerian nationality. The…