Selon Alakhbar, une source officielle a confirmé que le gouvernement cherche à modifier la loi relative à la double nationalité afin de permettre aux Mauritaniens de détenir une seconde nationalité. La source a souligné que le ministère des Affaires étrangères […]
Her victory comes on the heels of recent positive court rulings and paves the way for her children to continue their education, find work and belong to their country. By Mohamed Elfatih Elnaiem in Khartoum, Sudan When South Sudan gained […]
Lomé, Togo, Le 5 mars 2020 – Le Conseil des Ministres a adopté ce jour le projet de loi relatif à l’identification nationale biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo dénommé « e-ID Togo ». En effet, l’État togolais s’est engagé […]
That a staggering 16.8 million Ugandans – close to half of the population, do not have the National Identity Cards (IDs) is quite worrying. This is proof that the process of obtaining the National ID has not been simplified enough. […]
By Christy Chitengu There appears to be a general consensus within the South African government that children born in the country from non-South African parents are not ‘really’ South African. Having been in this predicament myself, I beg to differ […]
March 3, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has stripped 13,000 foreigners of their naturalized Sudanese citizenship in a bid to eradicate the misuse of Sudanese passports delivered under the former regime. According to the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper, the decision was […]
By Max Patrico Members of Parliament want the fee charged for replacement of National Identity Cards scrapped off. The legislators have asked the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to stop levying a fee of Shs50,000 to people who intend […]
Five years since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration on the Eradication of Statelessness by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is lauding progress and urging a redoubling of efforts. This is to […]
The 2019 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is the third such survey to be conducted in the country as a follow up to the 2009 and 2014 surveys. The 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in […]
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Rwanda CRC/C/RWA/CO/5-6 Birth registration 18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee notes with appreciation the introduction of e-registration in health facilities and recommends […]
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi affirms that children born in South Africa to foreign parents are now eligible to apply for South African citizenship. Watch on eNews Channel Africa (eNCA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ulrcn_Lcc
By Ben-Joop Venter Citizenship as a tool of exclusion was a staple of apartheid-era oppression in South Africa. It was with this in mind that the opening words of the Freedom Charter and later the preamble of the Constitution proclaimed, […]