The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees citizenship through African-Negro ancestry. In other words, to be a Sierra Leonean citizen, one must be born in Sierra Leone by either black African parents or outside Sierra Leone by parents who have naturally qualified […]
O parlamento angolano aprovou hoje, depois de vários adiamentos, a Lei da Nacionalidade, diploma que impede agora cidadãos estrangeiros e seus descendentes, nascidos em Angola no tempo colonial português, de serem angolanos. A Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada com 142 […]
By Gbenga Akinfenwa EIGHT years after the Oru Refugee camp, Ogun State, was officially closed down, hundreds of the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean stranded refugees have alleged abandonment by the authorities, to face the hard side of life. Situated in Ijebu […]
Par Ziad Alami Human Rights Watch a adressé dernièrement une correspondance au soi-disant «ministre sahraoui de la Justice», au sujet de la séquestration à Tindouf de trois jeunes Sahraouies naturalisées Espagnoles. L’ONG américaine demande au front séparatiste des explications sur […]
Par Cheikh Sidiya Diop Cette polémique stérile sur la double nationalité qui ne cesse d’alimenter la vie politique sénégalaise est un faux débat puisque improductive face aux enjeux majeurs et questions essentielles de notre Sénégal. A mon humble avis, je […]
He noted that the 1995 Constitution allows a person who has lived in Uganda for a number of years to apply for citizenship – President Yoweri Museveni has assured the multi-racial community living in the country of their rights to […]
IMANI was pleased to be invited by the World Bank and Citi FM, conveners of the National Identity System Roundtable on the 4th of February 2016, to deliver a paper on the ‘risks and opportunities’ inherent in the implementation of […]
JUBA, 03 February 2016 (UNHCR) — Chol Jacob was among half a million men, women and children who are at risk of becoming stateless in South Sudan, according to a UNHCR survey. Many have difficulty proving their links to South […]
Of at least 25 child refugees being held, Youssef Aden has served far longer than the average detention period. by Patrick Strickland Campaigners have called on Egypt to immediately release a 17-year-old Somali refugee who has been held for nearly […]
Tel qu’adopté par la Commission de révision du Code civil, Février 2016 Nationalité Les articles 50 à 53 du Code civil relatifs à l’acquisition de la nationalité par le mariage ont été abrogés et remplacés par les articles 69 à […]
The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) proposes a new chapter in the revised Constitution to be titled Citizenship. The 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone has no provision for the definition of citizenship but the word “citizen” is mentioned in various sections […]
Le nouveau texte, présenté début janvier, exclut les binationaux de la vie politique algérienne. Ce week-end, le chef de cabinet de la présidence, Ahmed Ouyahia, a expliqué que si des binationaux étaient intéressés par la politique en Algérie, il n’avaient […]