By Antony Gitonga You probably haven’t heard about them, although they have been in our midst for over 100 years. They are the Isahakia, named after the Isaq clan in Somaliland, from whence they came. Presently, there are over 10,000 […]
Abuja, Aug. 18, 2010 (NAN) The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the grant of citizenship on 82 nationals. The Minister of State for Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, made this known after the FEC meeting at the […]
First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 – 14 August 2010 Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Africa 8. Note that the challenge before us now is to continue mobilizing and rallying political […]
The Citizenship Rights Africa Initiative (CRAI), a civil society coalition working on nationality rights in Africa, welcomes the opportunity to comment on the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill, B–17, 2010, which will amend the Citizenship Act, 1995 (as already amended […]
Immigration lawyer Chris Watters considers proposals for amendments to South African Citizenship Act. The 2010 South African Citizenship Amendment Bill has been tabled in Parliament and members of the public have been invited to comment on the proposals put forward […]
By Bobby Mkangi There has been some debate around the citizenship chapter on Article 14 (4), which states that: “A child found in Kenya who is or appears to be less than eight years of age, and whose nationality and […]
Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human rights Council resolution 5/1: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya A/HRC/WG.6/9/LBY/3 Section 6, on Minorities and indigenous peoples, includes information […]
By Rodney Edmond Michael In the last several months, those of us that are Sierra Leoneans of Caucasian (white) Skin have been shocked, embarrassed and discouraged by an Immigration Policy demanding we seek clearance as Sierra Leoneans before traveling with […]
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report- Universal Periodic Review: MOZAMBIQUE Includes information relating to the right to a nationality. Download file UNHCR_Submission-Mozambique-UPR_2010
Study commissioned by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNCHR) in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The study examines the issue of statelessness within the Kenyan context. Drawing on fieldwork, it evaluates the human rights […]
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Compilation Report-Universal Periodic Review: Mozambique. Report considers the right to asylum and the right to nationality. Download from UNHCR website.
Sudan is preparing to hold a referendum on southern independence in January 2011 as mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Indications suggest that the vote will be overwhelmingly in favor of separation. Although an explosion of full scale north-south […]