February 20, 2024 11:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Could the delayed decision on dual citizenship have resulted in lowest diaspora remittances for Tanzania in 2023? A recent World Bank report has unveiled Tanzania’s position as the second-to-last East African nation in receiving remittances from its diaspora, raising concerns […]
February 20, 2024 9:40 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Fred Nasubo On December 5, 2023, the Kenyan High Court suspended the registration and issuance of new digital ID cards, known as Maisha number. In the ruling, Justice John Chigiti ordered the government to ensure public participation and data […]
February 18, 2024 6:17 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu This past week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) adopted a new treaty Relating to the Specific Aspects to the Right to a Nationality and […]
February 18, 2024 5:33 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session 17 – 18 February 2024 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Assembly/AU/Dec. 866-902(XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1- 4 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Res.1- 2 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Dec.885 (XXXVII) 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 17-18 February 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia […]
February 18, 2024 3:33 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Adopted 18 February 2024 by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.885(XXXVII) (text of the protocol published online 4 October 2024). English: ACHPR-Protocol-Nationality+Eradication-Statelessness-2024-EN French: CADHP-Protocole-nationalite+eradication-apatridie-2024-FR Download from AU website in all the languages: https://au.int/en/treaties/protocol-african-charter-human-and-peoples-rights-relating-specific-aspects-right […]
February 15, 2024 8:07 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Ugandans living in the diaspora will be able to register online for new or renewal of National Identity Cards (IDs), when the mass enrollment for the exercise commences in June this year, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. […]
February 15, 2024 8:02 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – Representative Musa Hansan (Bility) District #7, Nimba County) has introduced a bill seeking the amendment of the Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. In a statement accompanying the draft law, Rep. Bility described the proposal […]
February 15, 2024 7:57 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty Fourth Ordinary Session 14 – 15 February 2024 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1233-1264(XLIV) DECISIONS […] VI THE 8TH AND 9TH EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS, and 9TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS AND CONSIDERATION […]
February 13, 2024 9:34 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Elizabeth Kamurungi Mass enrolment to register or renew expiring Identity Cards (IDs) of close to 30 million Ugandans is expected to start June 1, a year later than the original date, internal affairs state minister Gen David Muhoozi, told […]
February 1, 2024 8:52 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Yesterday, 31 January 2024, was the deadline for public comments and submissions on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa. In spite […]
January 31, 2024 7:45 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Introduction The Government of Kenya has prioritised improvement of service delivery to its citizens through leveraging Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the reform strategy/agenda. Many of the services are also revenue streams for the government that it intends to […]
January 30, 2024 4:08 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
SI 2024-008 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations:— 1. These regulations may be cited as […]