By Hillary Orinde Politician Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan citizen, High Court has ruled. Justice Chacha Mwita on Friday ruled that his birthright is not affected by him holding a Canadian passport. He added that Miguna’s rights were violated when […]
By MAUREEN KAKAH A Kenyan court has awarded opposition firebrand Dr Miguna Miguna Ksh7 million ($70,000) as compensation for the violation of his rights during his deportation to Canada. In the ruling on Friday, High Court Judge Enoch Chacha Mwita […]
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Joshua Odeyemi The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) to avoid falling into stateless situation. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau gave this warning in Abuja on Friday, at the opening ceremony of […]
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-After many years of campaigning, Malawi Parliament on Wednesday made amendment to the Citizenship Act to allow for the concept of dual citizenship. The House approved changes to the Citizenship Act that will allow Malawians to hold dual citizenship, a […]
We, experts of the Member States (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo and Chad) and Partner States (Democratic Republic of Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe) of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), […]
Par Sandrine Perrot et Gerald Owachi Dans Genèses 2018/4 (n° 113), pages 122 à 143 En Ouganda, 15 000 personnes définies comme Maragoli n’ont pu obtenir leur carte d’identité lors de l’exercice d’enregistrement national des citoyens mis en œuvre en […]
M. Sansan KAMBILE, Garde des Seaux, Ministre de la justice: Chers internautes, Comme je vous l’ai annoncé, lors de la présentation de la nouvelle loi relative à l’état civil, je viens aujourd’hui vous parler d’une autre loi, celle instituant une […]
Par Dominique Ouattara Dominique Ouattara est l’épouse d’Alassane Ouattara, président de la République de Côte d’Ivoire. Anciennement chef d’entreprise, elle se consacre aux activités de sa Fondation Children of Africa depuis l’élection de son époux, ainsi qu’au Fonds d’appui aux […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its commitment to support the federal government in achieving its obligation and commitment to the Abidjan Declaration and the Banjul Plan of Action to eradicate statelessness. The UNHCR representative to […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Federal Government have called on Nigerians to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) to avoid falling into a stateless situation. Jose Antonio-Canhandula, UNHCR, Nigeria Country Representative and Minister of […]
There is great misinformation surrounding statelessness and particularly the rights of children in this respect. Lusungu Kanyama Phiri works at Lawyers for Human Rights and is concentrated on their statelessness project. Phiri laments that “there’s no legislation that protects stateless people […]