July 9, 2016 3:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The African Union is set to launch a common electronic passport that would grant visa-free travel to all of its 54 member-states, a move that hits at the organisation’s long-running goal of more closely linking nations from across the continent. […]
July 8, 2016 6:41 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
NAIROBI – As the United Nations begins the verification of refugees in Dadaab refugee camp, a group of stateless refugees is worried about their own fate. This week, the United Nations announced that it had begun a verification exercise of […]
July 7, 2016 3:22 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
(HH 406-16 HC 9462/10) [2016] ZWHHC 406 MUNANGATI-MANONGWA J: In this opposed application, the applicant seeks to compel the first respondent, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, to issue a birth certificate to her minor child in the family name […]
July 7, 2016 3:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Luanda — Angolan citizens awaiting their ID are notified to approach any concerned counter with their respective invoice and claim it, as the technical hurdle that prevailed from January to May this year has been removed. This was said Thursday […]
July 6, 2016 10:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
“We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food” – UN refugee agency spokesman In Summary: The Kenyan government has pledged it will not violate its international obligations by forcing any refugees […]
July 6, 2016 8:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Les autorités ne sont pas allées loin dans leur volonté de réformer le code de la nationalité. Le projet de loi soumis au Parlement reste discriminatoire. Un tout petit pas. Le code de la nationalité malgache évolue, mais à pas […]
July 5, 2016 2:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
À l’approche de la prochaine présidentielle, l’état-civil d’Ali Bongo est toujours au centre de la succession Omar Bongo Ondimba. Selon le site de l’hebdomadaire Jeune Afrique, le tribunal de grande instance de Nantes a récemment désigné la juge Marie-Thérèse Monchy-Dubuis […]
July 5, 2016 12:00 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The African Union is set to launch an e-passport that allows visa-free travel through its 54 member states, a move that comes amid turmoil in the European Union. By Max Lewontin The African Union is set to launch a common […]
July 2, 2016 10:43 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
LIBREVILLE, 2 juillet (Xinhua) — A deux mois de la prochaine élection présidentielle fixée au 27 août, la polémique sur la nationalité du président sortant et candidat à sa propre succession, Ali Bongo Ondimba, pollue l’ambiance préélectorale dans le pays. […]
July 1, 2016 9:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
De nouveaux éléments concernant les origines d’Ali Bongo sont parus dans la presse française. Depuis plusieurs années, le président gabonais est soupçonné, par une partie de l’opposition et par l’essayiste Pierre Péan, d’être d’origine biafraise et d’avoir été adopté par […]
July 1, 2016 7:59 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Forensic Investigator Paul O’Sullivan, who was dragged off a London-bound plane in front of his two young daughters by a posse of the Hawks officers in April, is due to face charges under the Citizenship Act in the Kempton Park […]
June 29, 2016 8:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba hosted the inaugural Naturalisation Ceremony in Boksburg on Wednesday where he announced that more than 500 people acquired South African citizenship. Many of the nationals originate from Africa and Asia. For some, who come from […]