The Act provides that “Every child shall have a right to have her or his identity preserved” but does not contain any provision recognising children’s right to nationality. The Act requires the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to work with […]
Original version. The text was amended in 2012 and 2014. Download file: The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 (PDF, 315kb)
NAIROBI, Kenya – Growing up in Kenya, Adam Hussein Adam received several attractive offers: a place on the national rugby team, a scholarship to study in New Zealand or work for international organisations in the Middle East and Somalia. He […]
The Registrar General’s office has been urged to facilitate the accessing of national identity documents by children living on the streets. Tapuwa Mutseyekwa, of UNICEF, told a recent media training workshop that swelling numbers of street children faced an impossible […]
Sudanese Nationality Act as amended following the secession of South Sudan. Download file: Sudan Nationality Law 1994 amended 2011 EN (unofficial translation by UNHCR) In Arabic: Sudan Nationality Law 1994 amended 2011 AR
By Samson A. Bezabeh, African Affairs Vol. 110, No. 441, 2011, pp: 587-606 This article investigates the dynamics and politics of citizenship in Djibouti, where the issue of who qualifies as a citizen has long been controversial. While debates about citizenship and […]
The purpose of this act is to establish a national registration body to provide the government with information related to emigration, immigration, development and national planning. The registration body is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior, and […]
Zambia’s opposition has taken court action to declare the president ineligible for office because his father was allegedly a foreigner. Zambia’s constitution says both parents of a presidential candidate must be citizens by birth or descent. The Patriotic Front (PF) […]
Opinion Piece in the Natal Mercury by Jessica George, Lawyers for Human Rights If you spend an afternoon near the Beit Bridge border, 18km from Musina, you may encounter a group of boys playing soccer in the street. Typical teenagers, […]
An Act to Repeal PRC Decree #65 Establishing the National Identification Card System and to Establish in lieu thereof the National Identification Registry Download: Liberia NIR Act 2011
By Frank Kimboy, Dodoma. Tanzania could grant dual citizenship to its nationals as early as 2014, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe said yesterday. The minister told Parliament that the ministry and other relevant institutions of the government […]
By Constance Johnson (July 20, 2011) On July 13, 2011, the Parliament of Sudan passed a law that ends Sudanese citizenship for residents of the newly independent state of South Sudan. Although the legislation had yet to have its third […]