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Over 80 Ugandans in diaspora granted dual citizenship

August 26, 2018 4:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Over 80 Ugandans in diaspora granted dual citizenship

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 […]


Ex-Comoros President Sambi will still remain in detention- Prosecutor

August 25, 2018 10:04 am Published by Comments Off on Ex-Comoros President Sambi will still remain in detention- Prosecutor

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 […]


Guinée: Etat civil: remise d’actes de naissance à 1 000 enfants de N’Zérékoré

August 25, 2018 8:17 am Published by Comments Off on Guinée: Etat civil: remise d’actes de naissance à 1 000 enfants de N’Zérékoré

«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 […]


DRC presidential: dual citizenship debate

August 24, 2018 6:20 pm Published by Comments Off on DRC presidential: dual citizenship debate

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 […]


Kenya: Miguna Miguna set to return to Kenya ‘after September 4’

August 24, 2018 6:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Miguna Miguna set to return to Kenya ‘after September 4’

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 […]


Former Comoros president denies graft charges, lawyer says

August 23, 2018 6:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Former Comoros president denies graft charges, lawyer says

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. […]


South Africa: Court orders home affairs to end a mother’s 12 year battle to register her son’s birth

August 23, 2018 2:17 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Court orders home affairs to end a mother’s 12 year battle to register her son’s birth

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 […]


Comoros ex-president says innocent of charges against him on passports scheme

August 23, 2018 10:07 am Published by Comments Off on Comoros ex-president says innocent of charges against him on passports scheme

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 […]


Des milliers de togolais non déclarés à l’état civil : Une réelle entorse au fichier électoral

August 23, 2018 8:13 am Published by Comments Off on Des milliers de togolais non déclarés à l’état civil : Une réelle entorse au fichier électoral

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 […]


Congo: droit humanitaire, le HCR échange avec la société civile sur la situation des réfugiés

August 23, 2018 8:08 am Published by Comments Off on Congo: droit humanitaire, le HCR échange avec la société civile sur la situation des réfugiés

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 […]


22m Tanzanians will have received national identity cards by Dec 2018

August 22, 2018 7:30 am Published by Comments Off on 22m Tanzanians will have received national identity cards by Dec 2018

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 […]


Ex-Comoros president Sambi charged over passport scheme

August 21, 2018 8:58 am Published by Comments Off on Ex-Comoros president Sambi charged over passport scheme

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 […]