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Achieving Gender-Equal Nationality Laws In Africa

December 28, 2018 2:53 pm Published by 1 Comment

As of 2018, roughly 50 countries globally have nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender. Twenty-five countries retain nationality laws that deny women the right to pass their nationality to their children on an equal basis with men. […]


Malawi: Parliament Passes Law Allowing Dual Citizenship

December 27, 2018 5:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi: Parliament Passes Law Allowing Dual Citizenship

(Dec. 27, 2018) On December 12, 2018, Malawi’s 193-member unicameral National Assembly reportedly passed the Malawi Citizenship Amendment Bill to amend the 1966 Citizenship Act (hereinafter “the Principal Act”). If enacted, the new law would permit Malawians who have acquired […]


Bénin/enregistrement à titre dérogatoire à l’Etat civil le processus de délivrance d’acte de naissance pour 2.500.000 Béninois suit son cours normal

December 24, 2018 10:59 am Published by Comments Off on Bénin/enregistrement à titre dérogatoire à l’Etat civil le processus de délivrance d’acte de naissance pour 2.500.000 Béninois suit son cours normal

Conformément à  la loi N° 2018-26 du 3 Août 2018 et après adoption du décret définissant les modalités et le fonctionnement du cadre administratif de l’enregistrement à titre dérogatoire, ils sont 2.500.000 sans-papiers béninois, qui peuvent désormais se frotter les […]


Droits de l’Homme : Il faut arrêter de politiser les questions de nationalité et d’apatridie

December 22, 2018 10:36 am Published by Comments Off on Droits de l’Homme : Il faut arrêter de politiser les questions de nationalité et d’apatridie

Abidjan, le 20 décembre 2018, la Coalition de la Société civile Ivoirienne contre l’apatridie (CICA) a organisé une cérémonie de lancement de sa campagne d’information et de sensibilisation sur le droit à la nationalité et la prévention de l’apatridie en […]


Mali: Journée africaine de l’état civil: sensibiliser sur l’importance des faits d’état civil

December 21, 2018 10:31 am Published by Comments Off on Mali: Journée africaine de l’état civil: sensibiliser sur l’importance des faits d’état civil

A la suite de la communauté africaine, le Mali a célébré ce 20 décembre 2018, la Journée africaine de l’état civil (JAEC), au Palais de la Culture de Bamako. Organisée par le ministère de l’administration territoriale et de la décentralisation, […]


Lesotho: 8th Amendment to the Constitution Act 2018

December 21, 2018 8:39 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: 8th Amendment to the Constitution Act 2018

Amends articles 40 and 41 of the constitution to provide for gender equality in transmission of citizenship by marriage, and to permit dual citizenship (with restrictions on rights in Lesotho). Download: Lesotho Constitution 8th Amendment 2018


Zimbabwe: RG relaxes birth certificates issuance to Diasporans

December 20, 2018 10:02 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: RG relaxes birth certificates issuance to Diasporans

Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter Zimbabweans living abroad can now apply for birth certificates for their children born on foreign soil through the country’s embassies, Registrar-General Mr Clemence Masango, has said. Mr Masango told journalists yesterday that his office no longer […]


NIRA to register three million people for National ID

December 17, 2018 2:18 pm Published by Comments Off on NIRA to register three million people for National ID

BY PATRICK EBONG. The National Identification and Registration Authority plans to register and issue National Identity cards to three million people at the beginning of the New Year countrywide. Sam Okello, the Lira District registrar says the exercise will be […]


Tanzania granted the largest-ever mass citizenship to refugees. Then what?

December 17, 2018 10:26 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania granted the largest-ever mass citizenship to refugees. Then what?

By Ryan Lenora Brown ULYANKULU, TANZANIA Daudi Nzila had thought a long time about what made this country his home, and he had decided, finally, it was the bones. “When you buried your beloveds somewhere, then that place belongs to […]


Mauritanians who sought refuge in U.S. face deportation, then jail

December 17, 2018 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanians who sought refuge in U.S. face deportation, then jail

by Nellie Peyton NOUAKCHOTT, DEC 17 – Mo had nothing but a set of jail clothes and the name of a distant cousin when he boarded the deportation flight from the United States to Mauritania, the African country he had […]


Benin Journal Officiel – Décrets de naturalisation 2018

December 15, 2018 4:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Benin Journal Officiel – Décrets de naturalisation 2018

Téléchargés du site web http://www.legibenin.net/ Benin JO du 1er janvier 2019 page 28 Benin JO du 15 decembre 2018-pages-1609-10 Benin JO du 1er novembre 2018-pages-1359-60 Benin JO du 1er juillet 2018-pages-722-723


‘No Malawian parts ceded to Zambia’

December 14, 2018 4:39 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘No Malawian parts ceded to Zambia’

GOVERNMENT has dismissed media reports suggesting that some border areas of Malawi have been ceded to Zambia during the re-demarcation exercise. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources public relations Officer Diniwe Zulu clarified that no district or parts of the […]