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, […]
Bill to provide a primary law on civil registration and legal identity management. Would repeal and replace the Registration of Persons Act, the Births and Deaths Registration Act, and the Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Act. Version introduced to […]
Abidjan, 03 déc 2021 (AIP) – Les cadres de la région du Lôh-Djiboua ont appelé leurs ressortissants, jeudi 02 décembre 2021, à la Bibliothèque nationale d’Abidjan Plateau, à participer au 5e Recensement général de la population et de l’habitat (RHPH […]
By Suné Payne South Africa’s unstable rail agency confirms it is on the lookout for a new Group CEO following the dismissal of Zolani Matthews amid claims of a failed required security clearance. Zolani Matthews has been fired as the […]
Judgment Summary ANUDO OCHIENG ANUDO v. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA APPLICATION NO. 012/2015 JUDGMENT ON REPARATIONS Dar es Salaam, 2 December 2021: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment on reparations in the case […]
MONROVIA – The National Identification Registry (NIR) has launched a pilot project that will allow for issuance of national identification cards to Liberians living in communities along our border with the Republic of Sierra Leone. This project, which will be […]
Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 – A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting that runs between November 23 – 26 is organized by […]
By Alaskai Moore Johnson MONROVIA – The distinguished Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Mr. Emmanuel S. Wettee is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concord with the House of Representatives on the passage of the […]
The Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Emmanuel S. Wettee, along with other diaspora Liberians, is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concur with the House of Representatives on the passage of the Dual Citizenship […]
Human Rights Committee Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Botswana CCPR/C/BWA/CO/2 Treatment of refugees and asylum seekers and prevention of statelessness 29.While welcoming the drafting of the Refugee (Recognition and Control) Bill, the Committee is concerned about: (a) […]
Concluding observations on the initial report of South Sudan CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1 Nationality 34.The Committee notes that, pursuant to the Nationality Act of 2011 and its regulations, women and men have equal rights, without discrimination on the basis of sex, to acquire, […]