New national ID project ahead of 2019 elections dogged by questions of incompetence, racism, corruption By Moses Michael-Phiri BLANTYRE, Malawi There is a bitterness in the voice of 80-year-old Isaac Mnduwila, who has been waiting in line since morning to […]
Choisir c’est renoncer! C’est ce que semble rappeler Abdelmadjid Tebboune en sa qualité de Premier ministre aux porteurs de la double nationalité et qui détiennent de hautes fonctions au sein de l’Etat algérien. Ces responsables qui ont une seconde nationalité […]
ABUJA – Natives of Bakassi Peninsula have cried out to the international community for assistance to be fully integrated into either Nigeria or Cameroon, saying they are at present, nearly stateless. They said since the 2002 judgment of the International […]
L’expert en matière d’apatridie, maître Mirna Adjami a présenté officiellement les résultats de son étude sur la nationalité et l’apatridie en Côte d’Ivoire contenu dans sa publication intitulée’’ l’apatridie et la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire ” aux étudiants et enseignants […]
Par Greg Roxburgh et Trésor Kibangula Après l’introduction de la biométrie en RDC, le passeport congolais est devenu l’un des plus onéreux du monde. Mais même à 164 euros pièce, ce n’est pas le le plus cher d’Afrique ! En […]
Les autorités burundaises veulent en finir avec les unions «illégales». Les couples vivant en concubinage sont appelés à se marier avant fin 2017. Il s’agit de ramener l’ordre dans le pays. Eléonore Abou Ez L’annonce est officielle et provient du […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Population Commission (NPC) are partnering with journalists in Bauchi State to promote massive birth registration activities across the state. The Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi, Abdulai Kaikai, who stated […]
CERD/C/KEN/CO/5-7 Stateless persons 27.The Committee notes with interest the efforts made by the State party to register stateless individuals. However, the Committee is concerned at reports that some ethnic groups, including the Nubians, individuals of Somali descent and groups living […]
by Francis Cordor In 2011, the Government of Liberia created the National Identification Registry, an autonomous agency that would be responsible for developing and administering a National Biometric Identification System for all citizens and residents of the Republic of Liberia. […]
Asian businessman Kassam Nurmahomed as recently arrested by the Immigration Department for contravening the Citizenship Act after he was found in possession of a British and Malawian passport when he was about to leave the country for South Africa has […]
Monrovia – The issue of citizenship in Liberia continues to take center stage of the debate as the country heads to elections in October. From the recent constitution review process, it is cleared that Liberians in the Diaspora support dual […]
NEW YORK—Kenya’s decision to acknowledge the land rights of the country’s Nubian minority, announced on June 2, 2017, marks a historic victory for community-based efforts to end patterns of entrenched discrimination against the Nubians, the Open Society Justice Initiative said […]