analysis BIG Brother has been watching and following the Lebanese-born but naturalised Namibian businessman Ali Fadl Ayoub for the past 15 years. But who is Ali Fadl Ayoub? Why are the authorities interested in him and suspecting him of having […]
Download: Zambia Parl Nat Sec Committee Report on Citizenship of Zambia Bill 2016
Extract from p.20 “In public debate, the conflict is often presented as a confrontation between native peoples and foreign Muslims. Yet, the public often distinguishes between good Muslims (CAR citizens) and bad Muslims (foreigners, especially Chadians). There is now a […]
by Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Marilize Ackermann The study purports to analyze the position of unaccompanied- and separated foreign children within the context of refugee- and immigration law, and explores the area where migration meets children’s rights. It looks at […]
The People’s Coalition Against Xenophobia calls for Angolans who have been legally living in South Africa with refugee status for many years to be allowed to regularise their stay in the country. In April 2013 the South African government agreed […]
PETITION NO.251 OF 2014 23. Although principally the dispute forming the substance of the present Petition is whether the Petitioner is entitled to a Kenyan passport, a number of issues would need to be determined first. They are the following; […]
Refugees from Rwanda and Burundi must have heaved sighs of relief when they heard the presidential aspirant on the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ticket announce that if installed as head of state he would grant citizenship to all refugees at […]
Depuis le début de l’année, les contrôles d’identité s’intensifient. Parfois brutaux, ils ciblent particulièrement les Ouest-Africains. En Afrique aussi, il arrive que la traque aux sans-papiers verse dans l’excès. Depuis le début de l’année, les autorités mauritaniennes ont intensifié les […]
Recently, there have been people making real hullabaloos in public and in the media about whether or not foreigners, more precisely, those from the surrounding neighbouring countries have the right to exercise their suffrage (franchise) in Ghana. To make myself […]
Abdullah Ben Ibrahim The General Law Administration (GLA) of the Libyan Judiciary Supreme Council has issued a new law that deprives Libyans who have foreign citizenships from working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The new law orders Libyans, who […]
Des bureaux d’état civil existent un peu partout au Togo, pourtant de nombreux togolais continuent de demander aux tribunaux un supplétif d’acte de naissance. ‘Bien que de nombreuses régions soient à l’abri de l’analphabétisme, les populations préfèrent toujours les jugements supplétifs, […]
It is not doubt that getting the nationality certificate or what is recently called the national register certificate or number is an important measure for any state that wants to build its future in an appropriate basis as it facilitates […]