By Philani Nombembe A home affairs official’s professional ambition has had unintended consequences for him. Mbemba Pierre Mahinga faces a bleak 2022 after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed his application to stop the home affairs department stripping him […]
By Bronwen Manby Extract from Summary: The categories of people at risk of statelessness in the Horn of Africa are not dissimilar to those in other parts of the African continent. The first category is the most widely dispersed; that […]
… Says a Liberian Scholar By David S. Menjor and J. Burgess Carter Acclaimed Liberian scholar Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey has disclosed that public backlash against dual citizenship stems from socio-economic inequalities in Liberia. Dr. Pailey, an Assistant Professor in […]
(Case no 1027/2020) [2021] ZASCA 179 Media Summary The following summary is for the benefit of the media in the reporting of this case and does not form part of the judgments of the Supreme Court of Appeal Today the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has promised to sit and discuss with the NRM parliamentary caucus on the possibility of amending the constitution to add Indians as an indigenous tribe. Museveni, while meeting the Indian community in Uganda on Wednesday in Entebbe, […]
By Crispus Mugisha Indians in Uganda through their community have told president Museveni to advocate for their inclusion in the Ugandan Constitution as one of the local tribes in the country. Speaking on behalf of the Indian Community, the Chairman […]
La délivrance de l’acte sera désormais gratuite sur l’ensemble du territoire togolais et ce, à compter du mois de janvier 2022. L’annonce a été faite après le Conseil des Ministres du mardi 14 décembre 2021. De l’avis des acteurs politiques […]
Issued by Ludre Stevens & Adrian Roos MP The Democratic Alliance (DA) will take the fight for the rights of South Africans unknowingly deprived of their citizenship to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship […]
By Lisa Plank In March 2021, the twin daughters of a Namibian same-sex couple were born via surrogacy in South Africa. Even though one of the fathers, Phillip Lühl, is a Namibian citizen, the authorities refused to issue the necessary […]
Statutory Instrument 273 of 2021 IT is hereby notified that the Minister has in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations: — 1 . These regulations may be cited as the […]
Les travaux d’ouverture étaient présidés par Dr. Abdoulaye ALKADI, directeur national de l’état civil ; qui avait à ses côtés ; le sous-lieutenant Mady DIARRA de la Cellule technique d’accueil citoyen (CTAC); des représentants des services rattachés au ministère ainsi […]
Safaarada Soomaaliya ee Nairobi oo lagu Eedeeyay in ay dhibaato ku heyso Muwaadiniin Soomaaliyeed oo ku Nool Waddanka Kenya. Watch video: https://www.facebook.com/qm252/videos/safaarada-soomaaliya-ee-nairobi-oo-lagu-eedeeyay-in-ay-dhibaato-ku-heyso-muwaadi/987610102097079/ English summary supplied by Minority Rights Group: The Somali embassy in Kenya has been harassing Somali nationals, including […]