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Ghana: Repeal the provisions on dual allegiance and office-holding exclusions

July 10, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana: Repeal the provisions on dual allegiance and office-holding exclusions

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. […]


Dual Citizenship And the Law: Is Bukola Saraki A Nigerian Citizen?

July 3, 2015 3:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Dual Citizenship And the Law: Is Bukola Saraki A Nigerian Citizen?

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 […]


Namibian Citizenship (Second) Special Conferment Act, No.6 of 2015

July 3, 2015 10:11 am Published by Comments Off on Namibian Citizenship (Second) Special Conferment Act, No.6 of 2015

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 obtenu une nationalité européenne en 2013

July 2, 2015 7:10 pm Published by Comments Off on 86.500 Marocains ont obtenu une nationalité européenne en 2013

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 Concluding Observations 2015: Eritrea

July 2, 2015 5:37 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations 2015: Eritrea

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. […]


Zimbabwe: Malawi envoy takes to the pulpit

June 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Malawi envoy takes to the pulpit

MALAWI’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Jane Kambalame took Mbare Christians by surprise on Sunday when she took to the pulpit to deliver the Word of God. BY CHARLES LAITON The service was attended by hundreds of mostly Malawian congregants during a […]


Cameroun: Le scandale de la carte nationale d’identité

June 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Le scandale de la carte nationale d’identité

Les problèmes d’établissement de cette pièce sont la conséquence des luttes d’intérêt qui ont causé le départ de la société française Thalès Security Systems. Depuis des mois voire des années, les camerounais vivent au rythme des ruptures de production de la […]


Chad expels scores of foreigners from N’Djamena

June 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Chad expels scores of foreigners from N’Djamena

Chadian authorities have expelled hundreds of foreign nationals from the capital N’Djamena. Reports say most of the foreigners were from Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Cameroon Concord newspaper reported that about 300 Cameroonians were amongst those expelled […]


Human rights commission asks Nigeria to address IDPs’ statelessness

June 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Human rights commission asks Nigeria to address IDPs’ statelessness

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has advised the Federal Government to urgently address issues of displaced persons in the northern part of the country as more Nigerians are becoming stateless. The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, […]


Boko Haram’s neglected crisis

June 29, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Boko Haram’s neglected crisis

According to Niger’s interior ministry, more than 60 percent of displaced people no longer have identification documents to prove their nationality. “No birth certificate or no identity document means the basic rights of the target population will be violated and […]