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Mali: le projet de loi sur le statut des apatrides et l’adoption de nouveaux textes au Mali

May 14, 2025 5:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Mali: le projet de loi sur le statut des apatrides et l’adoption de nouveaux textes au Mali

Les séances plénières du Conseil National de Transition (CNT) du Mali, présidées par le Général de corps d’armée Malick Diaw, ont récemment permis l’examen et l’adoption de plusieurs projets de lois d’importance. Cette dynamique législative s’inscrit dans un contexte où […]


South Africa: Home Affairs successfully launches rollout of Smart IDs for naturalised citizens and permanent residents from visa exempt countries

May 12, 2025 9:34 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Home Affairs successfully launches rollout of Smart IDs for naturalised citizens and permanent residents from visa exempt countries

The Department of Home Affairs has this morning successfully launched its rollout of Smart IDs for naturalised citizens and permanent residents from visa exempt countries. The system is stable and we are encouraged by the scale of uptake by clients. […]


Voici combien d’étrangers ont acquis la nationalité algérienne en 2025

May 7, 2025 4:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Voici combien d’étrangers ont acquis la nationalité algérienne en 2025

L’Algérie a accordé sa nationalité à plusieurs dizaines de ressortissants étrangers au cours du premier semestre 2025. Cette décision s’inscrit dans le cadre de la politique de naturalisation prévue par la législation algérienne. Selon le Journal Officiel numéro 26 daté […]


Nationalité algérienne : 50 étrangers de 22 pays naturalisés

May 6, 2025 4:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Nationalité algérienne : 50 étrangers de 22 pays naturalisés

Un décret présidentiel portant acquisition de la nationalité algérienne a été publié au dernier numéro du Journal officiel. En vertu de ce décret daté du 22 avril dernier, une cinquantaine de ressortissants étrangers, nés en Algérie pour certains et à […]


South Africa: Democratic Alliance v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (Constitutional Court)

May 6, 2025 3:56 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Democratic Alliance v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (Constitutional Court)

Case  CCT 184/23 [2025] ZACC 08 Hearing Date: 05 November 2024 Judgement Date: 06 May 2025 Post Judgment Media Summary   The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional […]


South Africa: Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

May 6, 2025 3:33 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

Law which stripped citizenship from South Africans who took another country’s citizenship is unconstitutional By Tania Broughton The Constitutional Court has confirmed the unconstitutionality of a law which automatically stripped South Africans of citizenship if they took citizenship of another […]


Chuka community’s push for recognition as Kenya’s 45th tribe reaches Parliament

April 30, 2025 6:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Chuka community’s push for recognition as Kenya’s 45th tribe reaches Parliament

By Maureen Kinyanjui A fresh call for the Chuka community in Kenya to be officially recognised as a separate tribe was raised in Parliament, with MPs urged to take action to address issues of identity and cultural preservation. The Public […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Code de la nationalité/Augustin Kouamé : “Tidjane Thiam est indiscutablement ivoirien”

April 28, 2025 3:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Code de la nationalité/Augustin Kouamé : “Tidjane Thiam est indiscutablement ivoirien”

Par Patrick N’Guessan Le directeur des affaires civiles et pénales du ministère de la Justice et des Droits de l’Homme, le Magistrat hors hiérarchie, Augustin Kouamé Yao, a animé le 28 avril 2025, à la salle des pas perdus du […]


Burkinabè, une nationalité prisée selon le conseil des ministres du 24 avril 2025

April 24, 2025 9:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Burkinabè, une nationalité prisée selon le conseil des ministres du 24 avril 2025

Ouagadougou, 24 avril 2025). Le Président du Faso, Chef de l’État, le Capitaine Ibrahim TRAORÉ a présidé ce jeudi, l’hebdomadaire Conseil des ministres. Lors du point fait à la presse à la fin des travaux, le ministre Porte-parole du gouvernement, […]


Kenya: Parliamentary Budget Office projects Sh40 million annual revenue from Diaspora Citizenship Bill

April 22, 2025 11:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Parliamentary Budget Office projects Sh40 million annual revenue from Diaspora Citizenship Bill

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has projected that the proposed Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to allow individuals born outside Kenya with Kenyan ancestry to apply for citizenship, could generate Sh40 million annually for the government […]


Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam’s name off electoral roll over French nationality

April 22, 2025 10:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam’s name off electoral roll over French nationality

ABIDJAN, April 22 (Reuters) – A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that opposition leader and former Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam should be removed from the electoral roll because he was a French national when he registered, […]