Highlights African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adoption of a draft protocol on the right to a nationality in Africa. Download file here.
The Government of Nigeria has taken its fight against foreigners’ participation in the country’s elections a step higher with the introduction of National Identification Cards. This comes at a time all indications point to an obvious participation of many foreigners […]
BACKGROUND With just one year to go before the end of its term in August 2016, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) remains committed to achieving priorities for vision 2016 and PSG1 (Inclusive Politics) milestones. As a lead agency of […]
By Chris Onyemenam, DG/CEO, National Identity Management Commission, NIMC. As government agencies (MDAs) began to migrate from manual records to semi-automated and electronic processing, with the advent of biometric identification and smart card technology, the quest for data capture activities […]
opinion By Duke Mwancha Recent news on issues of citizenship, statelessness and marginalisation have featured Nubian, Makonde, Shona, Somali and Arab communities in Kenya. These are groups with historical or ethnic ties to other countries who have either been rendered […]
By Tefo Tefo FORMER Commissioner of Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs Francis Tlhopheho Sefali will spend 10 years behind bars if he fails to pay a M20 000 fine imposed by the Maseru Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday this […]
They were installed yesterday in Yaounde by the Delegate General for National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguélé.Members of the committee charged with the supervision of the operations for the putting in place of the new security identification system in Cameroon have […]
L’obtention du Certificat de Nationalité, document de base pour tout citoyen, reste encore un parcours de combattant au Togo. La situation paraît difficile pour beaucoup de citoyens. Pour acquérir le certificat de la nationalité, il faut passer par des procédures […]
Long queues of people at Police Stations in Douala are unusual. Instead, such queues are often noticed during Public Service competitive entrance examinations, job recruitments or the free issuance of National Identity Cards in preparation for elections. But the situation […]
Compilation of documents related to a petition dated 10 August 2015 from the Maragoli to the Attorney General for guidance on the legal status of the Maragoli, and the official responses (in reverse date order from 2016). Maragoli petition to […]
By Alex T. Magaisa The legal position on dual citizenship is fairly simple and straightforward on paper (on paper, because as this article shows, the administrative machinery is deliberately obstructive, stubborn and inefficient). Otherwise the legal position is clear: Any […]
Paragraph 11 notes that “The Commission further considered and adopted the draft Protocol on the Right to Nationality”. Download report from the African Commission website. Background to the adoption of the draft protocol can be found in the Intersession Activity […]