On 16 July, the Organic Law governing Rwandan nationality was passed outlining procedures and requirements for acquisition and application of Rwandan nationality. The new Organic law No.002/2021 replaces the 2008 Nationality Code and provides for more restrictive rules. It emphasises […]
L’ANATS et l’Unicef conjuguent leurs efforts pour la révision des outils et procédures relatifs à l’enregistrement des naissances et des décès. Faire la révision des outils et des procédures pour l’enrôlement des naissances et de décès dans les délais par […]
By Ismaïla MANSALY Les responsables de BBY du quartier Sikilo dans la commune de Kolda sont contre le fait qu’on exige le certificat de nationalité à certains primo-votants qui se seraient présentés à la police avec un jugement pour chercher […]
A bien regarder, on peut se rendre compte que le problème est simplement dans la mauvaise définition des concepts dans la loi et qu’une simple clarification serait la solution. De quoi est-il question? Une personne née des parents de nationalités […]
By Ayang Macdonald Members of a ‘stateless’ community in Kenya known as the Shona have received digital ID cards from the Kenyan government, ending approximately five decades of their statelessness. Kenyan outlet The Star, in a feature report, chronicles the […]
Momoh, Solomon Oseghale (2021) Utrecht University Repository (Dissertation) Supervisor(s): Ryngaert, C.M.J.; Eijken, H. van Abstract At least 10 million people are stateless worldwide, and are therefore without any form of legal recognition by any state. Statelessness result in denial of access […]
Nigeria scales up birth registration of children at risk of statelessness, living in camps for internally displaced people. By Gabriel Adeyemo in Abuja, Nigeria Over the past seven years, Liyatu Ayuba, 50, a traditional birth attendant, has helped deliver over […]
In a historic move expected to end racial profiling, Government yesterday abolished the “00” code used to identify persons of mixed race, Caucasians and Asians on national identity cards. Presenting a ministerial statement in the National Assembly yesterday, Home Affairs […]
By Willie N. Tokpah MONROVIA – The Supreme Court has nullified the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) Suspension of former Chairman of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Cllr. A. Ndubudsi Nwabudike and has ordered the Ministry of Justice to take seize […]
BY KETRAH JJEMBA, KAMPALA A RIFT between Banyarwanda, a community of Rwandan origin living in Uganda and the immigration offices at the Ministry of internal Affairs over passport issuance has deepened. Their war has now reached High Court in Kampala […]
By Stephen Phiri Jolidee Matongo, a son of a Zimbabwean immigrant, “was elected (mayor of Johannesburg) after receiving more than 260 council votes on Tuesday [10 August 2021] and remained uncontested, a rare occurrence in the city”, according to Sowetan […]
The proposed Congolité law could inflame violence in a country devastated by more than two decades of conflict. by David Zounmenou Early in July, Noel Tshiani, a 2018 presidential candidate with the support of some Members of Parliament, proposed amending […]