We, the Governments of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, with the support of technical and financial partners gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, on 6 to 8 June 2016 within the framework of the Regional Protection Dialogue on the Lake Chad Basin, […]
An Act to provide for the vesting of powers and duties for the issuance of, and control over, passports and travel documents; provide for the issuance of passports and travel documents; provide for the recognition of Interpol travel documents; repeal […]
Repeals and replaces the Zambia Citizenship Act 1975, in light of the new Zambian Constitution of 2016. Download file: Zambia Citizenship Act 2016
By Samantha Oswago and Wangari Karige The High Court in its ruling dated May 26th 2016 stated that women may now register the names of the fathers of children, born outside marriage without their consent on the birth certificate. Lady […]
By Benjamin Wafula CORD leader Raila Odinga has called on the government to give refugees at the Daadab camp Kenyan citizenship instead of repatriating them to Somalia. Raila said the planned repatriation exercise and closure of Daadab refugee camp is […]
A nova Lei da Nacionalidade angolana foi aprovada . Inês Veloso Mendes comenta as normas e procedimentos relativos à concessão, aquisição, perda e reaquisição da nova lei. Foi aprovada em abril, pela Assembleia Nacional de Angola, a nova Lei da […]
The judge expressed concern over the manner in which home affairs had dealt with the matter. By Ilse de Lange A 13-year-old schoolboy who was at one stage deported from South Africa because home affairs refused to register his birth, […]
SENENEWS.COM Plus de 34000 candidats au Cfee et au Bfem sans pièce d’état civil cette année, contre 53.240 en 2015. C’est le constat alarmant fait lors d’un atelier National de Lancement de la Régularisation des Elèves du Cycle Elémentaire dans […]
[section 4 substituted by the Children (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 9 of 2016)] 4. Rights of the child (1) Every child shall have the right to— a) live with his or her parent or guardian; b) where capable, express his […]
About 40 foreigners including US nationals have applied for Rwandan citizenship, News of Rwanda reports. According to the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration, the applicants on Monday gathered at a hall in Telecom house where they sat for both […]
CMW/C/MRT/CO/1 Extract: Registration of birth and nationality 46.Despite the State party’s statement that its biometric civil-status records include registers reserved for foreigners in which the birth of their children can be recorded, the Committee takes note with concern of reports […]
Case No.50365/14 Nicole Breytenbach (on behalf of a minor child) vs Minister of Home Affairs and others. Court declares applicant to be a citizen of South Africa. Download judgment: Breytenbach vs DHA judgment 27May2016