Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 26 August, the Minister of Interior of South Sudan endorsed a National Action Plan to End Statelessness (NAP). The NAP includes the accession of South Sudan to the UN Statelessness […]
7 minute TV news report on protest march to Kiambu county assembly. Watch here: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/news-centre/video/2000197736/shona-community-wants-recognition-among-the-stateless-community-in-kenya
Media neutral citation [2020] MWHC 118 Case concerning fraudulent issue of naturalisation certificates. Download: https://old.malawilii.org/mw/judgment/high-court-general-division/2020/118
The High Court in Lilongwe has convicted Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president Uladi Mussa and former Regional Immigration Officer, David Kwanjana for awarding Malawian passports to foreigners. Judge Chifundo Kachale has since reserved the sentencing in the case to next […]
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires— “Act” means the Registration of Persons Act; “enrolment” means the process of collecting specified particulars from a resident individual for the purpose of assigning Huduma Namba; “Huduma card” means a digital […]
In 2010, Yahya Jammeh made a spectacular pronunciation offering citizenship to all Black African descents in the Diaspora willing to resettle in The Gambia. Hundreds of returnees have since stayed in the Gambia though Jammeh’s pronunciation got never backed legally. […]
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) – The journey to acquiring Gambian citizenship for Black African returnees suffered a setback after parliament rejected the “Promulgation Bill 2020” on the country’s draft constitution late last month. Section 188 of the draft constitution guaranteed the acquisition […]
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has bemoaned the deprivation of national documentation on inter-sex persons, saying current national statutes only categorised hermaphrodites as male and female only. A ZHRC report on the National Inquiry on Access to Documentation says […]
Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said there is need for the Registrar General`s office to expedite the issuance of registration documents to Gukurahundi victims as part of measures of bringing closure to the emotive […]
By Anna Chibamu THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has applauded Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) for the successful completion of the Inquiry on Access to Documentation in Zimbabwe and subsequent launch of the report last Thursday in Harare. ZimRights […]
By James Karuhanga From 2009 to date, the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration has granted nationality to 935 foreign nationals, Jean-Damascène Rusanganwa, the Director of Citizen Services, told The New Times on Wednesday, September 30. About 11 years ago, the […]
MONROVIA – Citizens United for Constitutional Democracy-CUFCOD, a local pro-democracy and rights advocacy group which specializes in tabulating population perception based constitutional governance and democratic governance issues has released its latest survey which states that 80% of Liberians want double […]