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 […]
BY SILAS NKALA ZIMBABWE Community in South Africa chairperson Ngqabutho Mabhena on Tuesday engaged South African Deputy President David Mabuza seeking his intervention over plans not to renew permits for Zimbabwean immigrants in that country. South Africa recently said it […]
There are countless examples of the dangers posed by national ID schemes, including from Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, India and elsewhere. By Elizabeth M. Renieris Ethiopia has been making international headlines due to the steep escalation of a nearly year-long civil […]
L’apatride est une personne sans nationalité, privée des droits fondamentaux. En Afrique de l’ouest, les gouvernements des Etats de la CEDEAO ont adopté en 2015, une déclaration commune visant l’éradication de l’apatridie, à travers notamment, l’adoption de plans d’actions nationaux […]
Au Bénin, le Certificat du Numéro Personnel d’Identification (CNPI) sera désormais obtenu gratuitement. Les autorités béninoises ont affirmé que cela a été possible grâce au «financement de la Banque Mondiale à travers le projet d’Identification Unique pour l’Intégration Régionale et l’inclusion en […]
Abidjan, 04 déc 2021 (AIP)- La 1ère session de la Commission nationale d’éligibilité au statut d’apatride (CNESA) qui vise à statuer sur des demandes du statut d’apatride, s’est ouverte jeudi 2 décembre 2021, au siège de la Direction d’Aide et […]
By Bame Piet With a population of just over 2.5 million citizens, and thousands of square kilometres of land, most of it unoccupied, Botswana government grants only 200 citizenship application per annum. This was confirmed by Minister of Immigration and […]
By BOB KARASHANI The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights on Thursday ordered the Tanzanian government to pay a former NGO director $99,500 for illegally expelling him from the country in 2014. The court, sitting in Dar es Salaam, […]