Research ICT Africa and the Centre for Internet and Society (Delhi, India) partnered in 2021 to examine the design, development, governance, and implementation of evolving socio-digital identity ecosystems in ten African countries. (We explained the background to and reasons for […]
Buzard, David A. (2021). Ethnocentric nationality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An analysis under international human rights law. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(2), 985-1008. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n2a39 Summary: In order to dismantle institutionalised tribalism in the Democratic Republic of […]
Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has presented the Citizenship Amendment Bill to Parliament. He presented it on the floor of the house on Thursday, October 28, 2021, The bill, if passed, will amend the constitution to […]
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said he will introduce a bill that would permit MPs in the West African country to hold a foreign passport. In a statement on Wednesday evening, Bio said that he had authorised the attorney […]
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES OFFICIAL REPORT THURSDAY, 28TH October, 2021 FOURTH SERIES VOL 114 No. 3 BILLS – FIRST READING Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2021 An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, 2000 (Act 591) to remove re-strictions imposed on dual citizens from […]
Upon entering the political space in Sierra Leone, Hon. Alhaji Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella promised to ensure that all Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora will have the opportunity to run for Parliamentary and Presidential offices in the country, vote […]
By Dounard Bondo Liberians can hold dual citizenship until the government takes them to court and a judgement is given against them. In 2005, Sarah moved from Liberia to America with her parents. By 2010, she naturalised as an American. […]
Les enfants non déclarés à leur naissance sont appelés “fantômes” ou “invisibles”. Derrière cette expression se cache le drame vécu par plus de 200 millions d’adolescents sur le continent africain, bien souvent exclus du système éducatif car dépourvus d’acte de […]
By Arlana Shikongo THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) says a recent High Court judgement confirming the Namibian citizenship by descent of a child born through surrogacy to a same-sex couple is progressive and demonstrates that the courts are taking cognisance […]
By Catherine Muya The High Court on October 14 ordered that the government conducts a data protection impact assessment before rolling out the Huduma cards as required by the Data Protection Act. In finding that the Data Protection Act applied […]
Daloa, 23 oct 2021 (AIP) – Les régions du Zanzan et des Savanes concentrent le plus grand nombre de personnes à risques d’apatridie en Côte d’Ivoire, a révélé le Haut-Commissariat des réfugiés (HCR) qui a organisé un atelier jeudi 21 […]
Following the issuing of an advisory by the Liberia Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Liberia, RL, that Liberians who supposedly lost their citizenship after naturalizing in other countries can now reclaim their citizenship, dozens of […]