Case summary (extract) 3. The Applicants alleges that, their passports, as well as those of other Rwandan nationals, were unilaterally and without notice declared invalid by the Government of Rwanda. 4. The Applicants alleges that, the invalidation of their passports […]
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu As Osibisa’s “Welcome Home” played in the background, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans, dressed in colorful traditional costumes, became Ghana’s newest citizens. The oath of allegiance was administered by a judge in a ceremony at Jubilee House, […]
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Mozambique CRC/C/MOZ/CO/3-4 Birth registration and nationality 20.The Committee welcomes the introduction of the electronic civil registry system, the elimination of geographical restrictions for registration and the expansion of registration […]
By Daniel Friedman The party claims children are assumed to be illegal immigrants and forced to try prove they are South Africans, including by way of DNA tests. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says that the department of home affairs could […]
Télécharger: Decret 2019-976 application de la loi 2018-863
By Charles Onyango-Obbo A few days ago, Daily Monitor reported State Minister for Gender, Ms Peace Mutuuzo, saying Indians [Asians] in Uganda cannot be made a national group (tribe) because their “origin cannot be traced anywhere in Uganda other than […]
Extract: “Statelessness prevention. UNHCR has supported the government in issuing nationality certificates to more than 15,000 people at risk for statelessness since 2012.” Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan/unhcr-south-sudan-factsheet-october-2019
By Mohammed Yusuf NAIROBI – Kenyan authorities have begun a month-long vetting process at the Dadaab refugee camp near Somalia to determine who qualifies as a Somali asylum-seeker and who is a Kenyan citizen. Thousands of Somalis have called the […]
A marriage of convenience has returned to haunt a Harare woman who is legally married to a Nigerian but is customarily married to a local man, under whose name she is trying to register their child. The “fake” marriage was […]
By Robert Tapfumaneyi SURVIVORS of the devastating Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland East early this year have been allowed the chance to replace lost identity documents for free. This was confirmed by Registrar General Clemence […]
The Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Akwasi Awuah Ababio, has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be granting up to 200 Africans in the Diaspora Ghanaian citizenship this year. He said this in an interview […]
The Sudanese Ministry of Interior Affairs is investigating the practice of illegally granting nationalities to foreigners living in the country. In a press statement in Khartoum on Thursday, Interior Minister Lt Gen El Tereifi Idris said he will prosecute those […]