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 […]
Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will begin issuing a common electronic passport in November. The national non-biometric passports will be phased out over a two-year period ending in 2017. But Burundi has until close to the cut-off date to change […]
This paper presents insights on Sudan’s international, regional and human rights commitments juxtaposed against the existing domestic legislations and how these negatively impact on the equal citizenship of women in Sudan. Drawing on personal stories and experiences of marginalized women […]
Thulani Gqirana While some members of the ruling party might have strong views on dual citizenship, the government is not currently considering reviewing its Citizenship Act at this time. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday rubbished reports that the […]
The ANC is reviewing South Africa’s dual-citizenship policy in a bid to stop South African citizens from taking up arms for the Jewish state.Any such move would affect millions of other South Africans as well – those who hold dual […]
By Stephen Grootes The issue of nationality, nationalism and what it means to be South African is something we, as a relatively young nation, are still grappling with. Normally, we try to concentrate on the warm and fuzzy; we all […]
The Commision on Administrative Justice better known as the office of the Ombudsman has raised the red flag over rampant corruption within the gov’t registration and immigration departments, saying that I.D cards and other documents are being sold for up […]