August 26, 2018 4:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
According to Ugandan law, any Ugandan can apply for dual citizenship, as long as one fulfills the requirements for dual nationality. AMSTERDAM – A team of officials from Uganda’s internal affairs ministry has handed certificates of dual citizenship to over […]
August 25, 2018 10:04 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Prosecutor of the Republic of Comoros has said former Comorian President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was charged for alleged passport fraud last week will remain in detention. The former Comorian head of state, also an opponent of current President Azali […]
August 25, 2018 8:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
«Aucun enfant n’est laissé pour compte», c’est avec ce slogan que les autorités de N’Zérékoré, en collaboration avec le centre d’écoute, de conseil et d’orientation des Jeunes (CECOJE), ont procédé ce samedi 25 août à la remise d’actes de naissance […]
August 24, 2018 6:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Dual citizenship which is forbidden by law is generating debates across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Minister of Justice, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, earlier in the week said a list of Congolese persons holding second nationality had been transferred to […]
August 24, 2018 6:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Kenyan opposition politician, Miguna Miguna, has declared that, in two weeks time, he will make a third attempt to return to the East African nation. Miguna, who officiated the symbolic inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people’s president […]
August 23, 2018 6:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Former Comoros president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi rejects charges of corruption and embezzling public funds in connection with a scheme to sell his country’s passports and will prove his innocence, his lawyer said on Thursday. A court document, dated Aug. […]
August 23, 2018 2:17 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Pretoria High Court made an order this week declaring a 12 year-old boy to be a South African citizen. The Department of Home Affairs had unlawfully refused to register Wandile’s* birth, despite his clear right to be recognised as […]
August 23, 2018 10:07 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
MORONI (Reuters) – Former Comoros president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi rejects charges of corruption and embezzling public funds in connection with a scheme to sell his country’s passports and will prove his innocence, his lawyer said on Thursday. A court […]
August 23, 2018 8:13 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
A l’approche des échéances électorales, la Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI) est à pied d’œuvre pour recenser les togolais en âge de voter et établir des cartes d’électeurs qui seront utilisées à cet effet. Cependant, comment pourrait-on constituer un fichier […]
August 23, 2018 8:08 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Répondant à la question sur les apatrides, le représentant du HCR a clarifié qu’il n’y a pas d’apatrides mais plutôt des personnes en risque d’apatridie. Il a pris l’exemple du département de la Likouala où l’on a recensé quatorze mille […]
August 22, 2018 7:30 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
TWENTY two million Tanzanians will be registered and provided with national identity cards by December this year, officials have confirmed. Acting Director General of the National Identification Authority (NIDA), Alphonce Malibiche said the registration process was progressing well as plans […]
August 21, 2018 8:58 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The former President of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been charged and detained in connection with an investigation into embezzlement during a large-scale passport fraud, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Sambi was in power from 2006 to 2011 and is […]