Amid the furore over Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s attendance, along with celebrities like Angelina Jolie, some of the discussions at last month’s African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg went largely unnoticed. One of these is a renewed call for African […]
It must have appeared daunting initially and many in Ondo State, pooh-poohed the idea, dismissing it as unworkable, impracticable. But today, that dream has become a reality and the goal of drastically reducing maternal and child mortality to a level […]
Representatives of documentation registries from more than 40 African countries are meeting in the Zimbabwean capital Harare to discuss ways of improving the registration processes in their territories.Officially opening the meeting, Zimbabwe’s newly appointed Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo urged […]
Manal and Ahmed don’t look alike. Manal holds her infant son, who plays with the folds of her hijab. Ahmed looms from a photograph behind her, a baseball cap on his head. Manal is a shy young mum, Ahmed an […]
South Africa has seen a net outflow of 8 000 dollar millionaires over the last fifteen years. According to a new study from LIO Global and New World Wealth, this is among the largest migrations of high net worth individuals […]
The cross-border initiative programme of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may begin to bear fruit next year as the community has planned to issue biometric cards in January 2016. The cards will grant easier access to citizens […]
By S. Kwaku Asare Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has recently questioned the nationality of the newly-appointed chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC). Her allegation comes on the backdrop of recent intense speculations that the chairperson is a Nigerian by birth. […]
Few days ago, news broke out from a popular online news platform suggesting that Nigeria’s Senate President, Sen. Dr. Bukola Saraki is not a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of his holding dual citizenship of the Federal republic of Nigeria […]
Chapter 15:01, 5th Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi , 2018 Extract: Part IX – Rights and obligations of parties to a marriage 48. […] (4) Notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary in force at the commencement […]
Published in Government Gazette no. 5775 on 3 July 2015 Assented to on 17 June 2015 Commences on 3 July 2015 unless otherwise noted [Up to date as at 22 November 2019] ACT To provide for the conferment of Namibian […]
86.500 Marocains ont acquis la nationalité d’un pays de l’Union européenne en 2013, d’après des chiffres publiés mercredi par l’Office statistique de l’UE (Eurostat). Les Marocains représentent ainsi 8,8% du total des étrangers ayant obtenu la citoyenneté d’un pays membre […]
CRC/C/ERI/CO/4 Birth registration 31.The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation that the State party strengthen and further develop measures to ensure that all children born within the national territory, including those belonging to minorities and living in remote areas, are registered. […]