Joshua Odeyemi The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) to avoid falling into stateless situation. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau gave this warning in Abuja on Friday, at the opening ceremony of […]
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-After many years of campaigning, Malawi Parliament on Wednesday made amendment to the Citizenship Act to allow for the concept of dual citizenship. The House approved changes to the Citizenship Act that will allow Malawians to hold dual citizenship, a […]
We, experts of the Member States (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo and Chad) and Partner States (Democratic Republic of Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe) of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), […]
Par Sandrine Perrot et Gerald Owachi Dans Genèses 2018/4 (n° 113), pages 122 à 143 En Ouganda, 15 000 personnes définies comme Maragoli n’ont pu obtenir leur carte d’identité lors de l’exercice d’enregistrement national des citoyens mis en œuvre en […]
M. Sansan KAMBILE, Garde des Seaux, Ministre de la justice: Chers internautes, Comme je vous l’ai annoncé, lors de la présentation de la nouvelle loi relative à l’état civil, je viens aujourd’hui vous parler d’une autre loi, celle instituant une […]
Par Dominique Ouattara Dominique Ouattara est l’épouse d’Alassane Ouattara, président de la République de Côte d’Ivoire. Anciennement chef d’entreprise, elle se consacre aux activités de sa Fondation Children of Africa depuis l’élection de son époux, ainsi qu’au Fonds d’appui aux […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its commitment to support the federal government in achieving its obligation and commitment to the Abidjan Declaration and the Banjul Plan of Action to eradicate statelessness. The UNHCR representative to […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Federal Government have called on Nigerians to enroll for the National Identity Number (NIN) to avoid falling into a stateless situation. Jose Antonio-Canhandula, UNHCR, Nigeria Country Representative and Minister of […]
There is great misinformation surrounding statelessness and particularly the rights of children in this respect. Lusungu Kanyama Phiri works at Lawyers for Human Rights and is concentrated on their statelessness project. Phiri laments that “there’s no legislation that protects stateless people […]
Dated May 2018; published 7 December 2018 Extract (pp.63-64): 6.6 Stateless persons The right to a nationality is a fundamental right recognised under international law. Nevertheless forcibly displaced persons are affected disproportionately by the problem of statelessness, especially women and […]
By Wanga Gwede Parts of Mchinji, Mzimba, Kasungu and Rumphi districts have been declared to belong to Zambia during the border re-demarcation exercise. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Jean Kalilani told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the […]
Communique adopted by representatives of government agencies, UN agencies, NGOs and academics at the end of a two day workshop convened by UNHCR to discuss a draft national action plan to end statelessness, and signed on their behalf by Aisha […]