August 26, 2019 9:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Introduction The question whether or not a Nigerian who holds the citizenship of another country is qualified to contest for political offices in Nigeria is not novel. The question has been part of our political configuration particularly since 1999 when […]
August 26, 2019 6:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Patrick Beja More than 2,000 stateless members of the Pemba community living in Kilifi County want to be registered as Kenyans. The Pemba, who are traditionally fishermen from Pemba island of Zanzibar in Tanzania, claim they came to Kenya […]
August 25, 2019 3:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
…as tribunal sacks Ondo lawmaker with Nigeria-UK citizenship Sunday Aborisade, Eniola Akinkuotu, Ade Adesomoju, Ramon Oladimeji and Tobi Aworinde The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, and several other lawmakers risk […]
August 23, 2019 8:53 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Kenya Gazette Vol. CXXI — No. 110 IT IS notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, in furtherance of the decision to map, identify and register eligible stateless […]
August 22, 2019 10:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Une polémique se développe aux Comores autour de la santé de l’ex-président Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, principal opposant du président Azali Assoumani, emprisonné depuis plus d’un an et dont les proches tentent d’obtenir une évacuation sanitaire. L’avocat de l’ex-président âgé de […]
August 19, 2019 4:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Valerie Stocker Amid Libya’s ongoing crisis, unresolved disputes over citizenship haunt society and the fragile state. A significant number of people in Libya – presumably several hundred thousand – are not formally recognized as citizens, despite considering themselves as […]
August 17, 2019 4:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Un réseau de faussaires sénégalo-libanais vendait la nationalité sénégalaise àdes ressortissants du Moyen-Orient (Libanais, Syriens, Yéménites, Saoudiens, etc.) auprix de 1 million de francs CFA. Un des cerveaux de ce trafic, un Libano-syrien, a été arrêté ainsi que 7 complices. […]
August 16, 2019 4:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Kennedy L. Yangian Monrovia – Arrested Director of Passport at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrew Wonplo, who is accused of selling Liberian Passports to foreign nationals, on Thursday, August 15, spent the first night behind bars at the […]
August 16, 2019 10:44 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le Ministère de l’intérieur et de la sécurité en collaboration avec l’Office nationale de l’Etat Civil et de l’identification (ONECI), a dans le cadre de la deuxième journée africaine de l’état civil, réuni les différents acteurs du système autour de […]
August 16, 2019 10:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le ministère tchadien de la Justice et des Droits humains et les Nations unies ont tenu ce jeudi 15 août 2019 une rencontre avec la société civile. L’objectif est de trouver une solution à la question de l’apatridie — c’est-à-dire […]
August 16, 2019 8:07 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Tania Broughton Chantel* was only 15 years old when she hopped the Eswatini-South African border in early 2007. She says she lived her whole life in an orphanage in Manzini, never knew her biological parents and never saw her […]
August 15, 2019 6:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Résumé du Plan d’action national pour l’éradication de l’apatridie La problématique de l’apatridie est devenue depuis quelques années une préoccupation importante au niveau mondial qui est restée longtemps méconnue. En République du Congo, le phénomène est encore peu connu et […]
