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Ordonnance N°0004/PR/2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise : la fabrication d’une citoyenneté à deux vitesses et le risque d’une fracture nationale

March 30, 2026 11:49 am Published by Comments Off on Ordonnance N°0004/PR/2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise : la fabrication d’une citoyenneté à deux vitesses et le risque d’une fracture nationale

Par Ali Akbar ONANGA Y’OBÉGUÉ Docteur en Droit; Enseignant à la Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques de l’Université Omar Bongo de Libreville Secrétaire Général du Parti Démocratique Gabonais Ancien Ministre — Le 25 mars 2026, le Journal Officiel de […]


Gabon: des dispositions du nouveau Code de la nationalité font polémique

March 29, 2026 11:57 am Published by Comments Off on Gabon: des dispositions du nouveau Code de la nationalité font polémique

Au Gabon, le Code de la nationalité vient d’être révisé par ordonnance présidentielle, promulguée le 26 février 2026, pendant que les députés et sénateurs étaient en vacances parlementaires. Les Gabonais ont commencé à prendre connaissance du nouveau Code lorsque des […]


South Africa: Bishop Kizito on migration: “Meeting with the minister of home affairs is overdue”

March 28, 2026 4:43 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Bishop Kizito on migration: “Meeting with the minister of home affairs is overdue”

The Catholic Church, together with ecumenical and humanitarian groups, continues to intensify efforts to address statelessness, migration challenges, and rising xenophobia in Southern Africa, following a strategic multi-religious meeting held in Johannesburg. In an interview with the Southern African Catholic […]


Nationalité gabonaise : un nouveau Code de servitude civique

March 27, 2026 5:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Nationalité gabonaise : un nouveau Code de servitude civique

Signée le 26 février 2026 et publiée au Journal Officiel le 25 mars 2026, l’ordonnance portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise est peut-être le texte le plus dangereux signé depuis le coup d’État d’août 2023. Sous couvert de modernisation juridique, […]


South Africa: Cabinet-Approved Final Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection

March 26, 2026 12:11 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Cabinet-Approved Final Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April 2024, the Cabinet approved the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Protection (CIRP): Towards a comprehensive overhaul of South Africa’s migration system. The 2024 White Paper introduced substantial policy and legal reforms designed to address […]


A birth certificate means a life for Amadou

March 25, 2026 9:15 pm Published by Comments Off on A birth certificate means a life for Amadou

By Patrice Okou AKA In the Tillabéri region of south-west Niger, thousands of displaced children grow up without birth certificates. A lack of information, coupled with the closure of some registration centres, and the remoteness of civil registry offices, mean […]


Ordonnance n°0004/PR/2026 du 26 février 2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise

March 25, 2026 10:51 am Published by Comments Off on Ordonnance n°0004/PR/2026 du 26 février 2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise

Journal Officiel n°108 Bis du 25 mars 2026. Titre II : De la reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise à titre de nationalité d’origine Article 20 : La reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise, à titre de nationalité d’origine, est établie, au […]


How Foreigners Can Get Citizenship in Kenya Under New proposal

March 24, 2026 11:34 pm Published by Comments Off on How Foreigners Can Get Citizenship in Kenya Under New proposal

by Annah Nanjala Wekesa Kenyans have been invited to submit a memorandum on The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 53 of 2025). The bill seeks to amend the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, Cap. 170 […]


Angola: SIC detém mais de 50 cidadãos da RDC que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano com B.I. falso

March 18, 2026 3:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Angola: SIC detém mais de 50 cidadãos da RDC que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano com B.I. falso

O Serviço de Investigação Criminal (SIC) deteve, no centro de apoio ao utente instalado na marginal de Luanda, mais de 50 cidadãos oriundos da República Democrática do Congo (RDC) que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano usando bilhetes de identidade (B.I) falsificados. […]


Protection, Not Prejudice: Understanding the Intent of Liberia’s Constitutional Citizenship Clause

March 17, 2026 12:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Protection, Not Prejudice: Understanding the Intent of Liberia’s Constitutional Citizenship Clause

By Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr Remarks of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on citizenship ignite national debate. Few issues ignite debate in Liberia more quickly than the interpretation of the country’s constitutional provisions on citizenship and land ownership. Critics […]


Sierra Leone’s digital ID push: how local brokers help citizens gain legal identity

March 17, 2026 11:26 am Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone’s digital ID push: how local brokers help citizens gain legal identity

By Laura Lambert An estimated 542 million Africans lack identity cards and potentially face statelessness. Without a legal identity, they can be excluded from basic human rights like education, healthcare and protection. Most African countries have tried to rectify this […]


Gratitude and Growing Pains: Reflections on Ghana’s Citizenship Ceremony and the Future of Diaspora Return

March 13, 2026 7:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Gratitude and Growing Pains: Reflections on Ghana’s Citizenship Ceremony and the Future of Diaspora Return

By Akosua Shannan Magee Recently Ghana hosted another citizenship ceremony for members of the African diaspora, presided over by Her Excellency Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, representing His Excellency the President of the Republic […]