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‘Zimbabwe embassies must issue IDs, passports’

March 18, 2019 3:59 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘Zimbabwe embassies must issue IDs, passports’

A parliamentary panel has proposed that Zimbabwe’s 39 embassies across the globe be empowered to issue national documentation such as IDs and passports to migrants to decongest the Registrar General’s office. The parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs […]


South Africa: Joseph Emmanuel José and Jonathan Diabaka “Junior” vs. Minister of Home Affairs and others

March 15, 2019 3:01 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Joseph Emmanuel José and Jonathan Diabaka “Junior” vs. Minister of Home Affairs and others

Case No.38981/17  [2019] ZAGPPHC 88 Judgment ordering grant of citizenship to the applicants (children of Angolan refugees born in South Africa) under s.4(3) of the South African Citizenship Act. — Introduction 1          This is an application for an order requiring the […]


CEDAW Concluding Observations: Angola, 2019

March 14, 2019 7:42 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Observations: Angola, 2019

Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Angola CEDAW/C/AGO/CO/7 Nationality 33.The Committee takes note of the legislative and policy-related measures taken by the State party to expedite the process of acquiring identity documents. It is concerned, however, about the […]


Namibia: Kapofi condemns ‘unholy’ marriages

March 14, 2019 4:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Kapofi condemns ‘unholy’ marriages

by Okeri Ngutjinazo HOME affairs minister Frans Kapofi has condemned foreign nationals who marry Namibians to gain citizenship, saying the country was not for sale. The minister, who turned a year in office since his appointment, made these remarks yesterday […]


CEDAW Concluding observations: Ethiopia, 2019

March 14, 2019 1:01 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding observations: Ethiopia, 2019

CEDAW/C/ETH/CO/8 Extract: Nationality 31.The Committee notes the progress made by the State party towards the establishment of a standardized vital events registration system, including the adoption of Proclamation No. 760/2012 on the registration of vital events and the national identity […]


RDC : l’opposant Pierre-Jacques Chalupa est décédé à Kinshasa

March 12, 2019 11:34 am Published by Comments Off on RDC : l’opposant Pierre-Jacques Chalupa est décédé à Kinshasa

L’opposant congolais Pierre-Jacques Chalupa est décédé lundi 11 mars soir à l’hôpital du Cinquantenaire de Kinshasa. Il est mort à la suite d’un cancer, annonce le président de son parti ce mardi 12 mars. Selon Prince Epenge, président du parti politique […]


RDC : Moïse Katumbi a obtenu son passeport biométrique congolais

March 8, 2019 7:50 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC : Moïse Katumbi a obtenu son passeport biométrique congolais

Par Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala  En exil forcé depuis 2016, l’opposant Moïse Katumbi a obtenu son passeport biométrique congolais le 8 mars, délivré par l’ambassade de la RDC en Belgique. « Nous saluons le fait que le président Moïse Katumbi ait obtenu ce […]


Cameroun – Bertoua 2e : Tsalom Jean Pierre offre 400 actes de naissance aux populations

March 8, 2019 2:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun – Bertoua 2e : Tsalom Jean Pierre offre 400 actes de naissance aux populations

Le geste du maire de cette Commune d’arrondissement entre dans le cadre de l’opération de régularisation de l’État civil des populations de cette commune vivant sans acte de naissance. Ce sont 400 actes de naissance conformes, établis avec l’appui de […]


UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2019

March 8, 2019 1:05 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2019

Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]


Munyonyo Outcome Document — High-level meeting of ministers in charge of refugees in the Great Lakes Region

March 7, 2019 9:18 am Published by Comments Off on Munyonyo Outcome Document — High-level meeting of ministers in charge of refugees in the Great Lakes Region

Held in Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda Extract: 22. Acknowledged that many cases of protracted refugees, as defined by UNHCR, may never be able to return to their countries of origin or be resettled. Further noted that many refugees were born in […]


South Africa: Young and Stateless: Mbalenhle

March 7, 2019 8:21 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Young and Stateless: Mbalenhle

At least 10 million people are stateless worldwide, according to the United Nations. Our new series ‘Young and Stateless’ is a modest effort to bring you some of their stories, in their own voices, from around the world. Watch:


Mutharika assents to Malawi dual citizenship law

March 5, 2019 2:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Mutharika assents to Malawi dual citizenship law

President Peter Mutharika has assented to the amendment to the Citizenship Act which now provides for dual citizenship law in the country, Nyasa Times learnt at Parliament on Tuesday. Read further: https://www.nyasatimes.com/mutharika-assents-to-malawi-dual-citizenship-law/