17th April 2019. Ambassadors accredited to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have urged a redoubling of efforts to operationalise existing regional and international legal standards and policy framework in order to effectively protect refugees in the region […]
On Saturday 6 April 2019, the Supreme Constitutional Court in Egypt ruled that the text of Article 6 of the Egyptian Nationality Law was unconstitutional, while it entailed depriving a foreign mother who acquired Egyptian nationality by naturalization from transferring […]
By Joseph Onyekwere (Lagos) and Azimazi Jimoh Momoh (Abuja) Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said he has been vindicated in his submission that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to […]
By George Kegoro I spent the week trying to establish a reliable picture of the experiences around the country in relation to the rollout of the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS). During the week, several officials made statements to […]
Malawi Law Commission is conducting consultative meetings to review the Malawi Citizenship Act meant to provide a forum for various stakeholders to discuss, share experiences and provide guidance on the reformed Act. This week at a daylong workshop at Sunbird […]
By Oludare Richards The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have contested […]
« Je ne suis pas apatride, parce que je détiens tous les documents officiels requis comme la carte d’électeur, l’acte de naissance, le certificat de nationalité », déclarent la plupart des fonctionnaires du ministère de la justice interrogé sur l’apatridie. En revanche, […]
By Patricia Kapulula The review of the Malawi Citizenship Act is set to address gaps that exist between the citizenship law and the Republic of Malawi Constitution to bring the Act in tandem with the country’s supreme law. Chairperson of […]
Le Peuple uni pour la rénovation sociale (Purs) plaide une énième fois pour une reconnaissance de la double nationalité au Cameroun. Reconnaître la double nationalité pour le Purs, la formation politique de Serge Espoir Matomba, c’est accorder de l’importance aux […]
By David S. Menjor What is the National Identification Registry (NIR)? This is one of the questions that take minds back to the days of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, when many structures and systems were put in place to […]
Seventeen-year-old Françoise et Christelle grew up together in an orphanage in northern Côte d’Ivoire, with no paperwork to prove their citizenship and no family to vouch for them. But a legal ruling, which follows years of campaigning by UNHCR and […]
Migrations, a Vanishing Horizon · With most other doors firmly closed to them, Syrians escaping the war have found a welcome respite in Sudan. First out was Egypt, in the summer of 2013. Then came Jordan and Lebanon, in 2014 […]