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Zimbabwe: Mudede should respect Constitution

May 23, 2017 7:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Mudede should respect Constitution

HARARE – Proposed ban of dual citizenship by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede is part of a plan by the ruling Zanu PF government to rig the 2018 general elections, social and political analysts contend. Their comments follow Mudede’s presentation on […]


States ask South Africa to give rights to the stateless

May 22, 2017 9:23 pm Published by Comments Off on States ask South Africa to give rights to the stateless

Last week states from around the world gathered to review South Africa on its human rights situation. This process is called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and all states are reviewed once every 5 years by their fellow states. The […]


Zimbabwe: Govt Mustn’t Politicise Citizenship

May 22, 2017 10:39 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Govt Mustn’t Politicise Citizenship

Opinion By Dumisani Muleya A RENEWED push by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede — who has seriously overstayed his welcome — to ban dual citizenship by amending the new constitution has reignited an otherwise closed debate on the issue. Mudede and […]


Ethiopia: WB Gives Hand for Registration of Vital Statistics

May 20, 2017 5:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Ethiopia: WB Gives Hand for Registration of Vital Statistics

By Fasika Tadesse The fund is part of a 190 million dollar financing of the Bank As the last funding of this fiscal year, the World Bank (WB) has granted 345 million Br to the Vital Events Registration Agency (VERA) […]


Le Gabon révisera son code de la nationalité pour faciliter le retour des descendants d’esclaves

May 20, 2017 11:22 am Published by Comments Off on Le Gabon révisera son code de la nationalité pour faciliter le retour des descendants d’esclaves

Libreville, 19 mai (Gabonactu.com) – Le chef de l’Etat gabonais, Ali Bongo Ondimba a déclaré vendredi à Libreville qu’il est favorable à une révision du code de la nationalité de son pays pour y introduire une disposition spécifique permettant de […]


Gabon: Communiqué final du Conseil des ministres du 19 mai 2017

May 19, 2017 8:41 am Published by Comments Off on Gabon: Communiqué final du Conseil des ministres du 19 mai 2017

Sous la Haute Présidence de Son Excellence Ali BONGO ONDIMBA, Président de la République, Chef de l’Etat, le Conseil des Ministres s’est réuni ce jour, vendredi 19 mai 2017, à partir de 11 heures, au Palais de la Présidence de […]


Supreme Court of Liberia Hears Argument on Dual Citizenship

May 19, 2017 12:06 am Published by Comments Off on Supreme Court of Liberia Hears Argument on Dual Citizenship

Monrovia – Justices at the Supreme Court of Liberia recently heard argument on a landmark case that could have widespread implications for all Liberians who are citizens of other countries applying for Liberian passports. Report by Bettie K. Johnson Mbayo, […]


Cedeao : premier plan régional au monde visant l’éradication de l’apatridie

May 18, 2017 10:08 am Published by Comments Off on Cedeao : premier plan régional au monde visant l’éradication de l’apatridie

Sur le terrain des acteurs de cette victoire se trouvent la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) et son allié en la matière, le Haut-commissariat pour les réfugiés (HCR).Au lendemain de l’année 2024 la zone Ouest-africaine ne […]


Namibia register over 42,000 newborn babies

May 18, 2017 9:41 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia register over 42,000 newborn babies

Windhoek-Although Namibia still has citizens who do not have national identity documents, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration has managed to register 42,154 babies under the age of one year, which translates to 60 percent of all newborn babies, […]


African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage

May 18, 2017 7:31 am Published by Comments Off on African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage

The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently introduced its new fingerprint-embedded Laissez-Passer document at ID4Africa 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. The travel document for regional development is one of a series of regional projects across the continent with the goal of using […]


Angola: Conselho de Ministros regula lei da nacionalidade

May 17, 2017 6:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Angola: Conselho de Ministros regula lei da nacionalidade

Luanda – O Conselho de Ministros aprovou nesta quarta-feira o regulamento da Lei da Nacionalidade, diploma legal que estabelece os procedimentos e actos relativos ao processo de aquisição, perda e reaquisição da nacionalidade angolana. A reunião, orientada pelo vice-presidente da […]