By Peter Makossah Finally, the long wait for diaspora Malawians to hold two nationalities is now over – done and dusted – as the Malawi government has gazetted the long-awaited dual citizenship law, which accommodates Malawians in the diaspora, who […]
By IBRAHIM ORUKO Kenya has enacted a new law that bars people holding dual citizenship from serving in the foreign service. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the law, which sponsored by the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations of Kenya’s […]
Scores of people in Southern Africa are said to be stateless.. This effectively means that they would not be able to vote, get a drivers licence or even open a bank account and are considered not to ‘exist’ in their […]
Au Congo-Brazzaville, plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie. Beaucoup n’ont pas de papiers d’identité comme des actes de naissance et vivent dans des conditions précaires dans des régions reculées du pays. Ils sont souvent confrontés à la discrimination et […]
AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the recognition, protection and management of refugees; to give effect to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and the […]
Executive Summary Although Kenya has made strides in citizenship documentation by eliminating gender discrimination from the law, disparities persist in the acquisition of registration documents. With the growth in population as well as expansion of social programmes, there is an […]
Identification, registration and referral of persons at risk of statelessness to the National Commission on Eligibility for Stateless Status (CNESA) is the new priority of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the fight against statelessness in […]
Abdulai Mansaray In a recent announcement, President Bio declared in a tweet that “Another promise made and delivered! My government has just approved and authorised the Attorney General to lay in parliament a proposed amendment to the constitution of Sierra […]
By Alaskai Moore Johnson Monrovia — The House of Representatives has passed into law Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Mr. Acarous Moses Gray’s Dual citizenship bill that he recently introduced in House. The House will now sent their version to […]
Honourable Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi I know that you are a very busy man, so I will get straight to the point. My name is Ndoji Manika, I am 23 years old. In the year 2001, I was only two […]
From: Mle Bedell, CEO BIZ Liberia Enterprise, Development Researcher, Monrovia, Liberia To: The Plenary, House of Senate Dear Plenary: How can you accept to concur the amendment of a dual citizenship law of the country when the incomes of those […]
By Masoka Dube Thulani Vuma, who lives in Sabie in Mpumalanga, cannot continue with his studies because he does not have an identity document. Even though he was born in the country 22 years ago, to a Mozambican mother and […]