The Democratic Republic of Congo’s top court on Monday threw out a suit seeking to bar opposition politician Moise Katumbi from running for president on the grounds that he was not Congolese. The wealthy businessman, whose father was Italian, is […]
By Farirai Machivenyika–Senior Reporter Traditional leaders will confirm births and deaths as part of Government’s effort to decentralise the issuing of identity documents, Registrar-General Mr Henry Machiri told the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services on Monday […]
Esther Kengue Les multiples interpellations de faussaires enregistrées ces dernières années ne semblent pas dissuader certains indélicats qui pensent toujours être capables de contourner la loi. La preuve avec l’arrestation par la brigade de Sam dans le département de l’Okano […]
The present African Guiding Principles on the Human Rights of All Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers are proposed for consideration and adoption by the African Commission on Human Rights during its 75th ordinary session in Addis Ababa (3-23 May 2023). […]
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government and people of the Republic of the Congo for its recent accession to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In […]
By Stephen Astariko Garissa activists and residents have urged the government to cancel the launch of Maisha Namba, saying it will isolate the region. Led by Anab Abdullahi, the residents said Garissa is not ready for Maisha Namba owing to […]
The Executive Director of Morobu County in South Sudan, Mr Bosco Wani, said that the situation needs the collaboration of the two states to curb the vice. Read further: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/south-sudan-ugandan-authorities-blame-border-insecurity-on-multiple-citizenship-4398386
Issued by Adrian Roos MP – DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Home Affairs The DA welcomes the confirmation that Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has finally acceded to the DA’s repeated calls for South Africans born abroad and Naturalised […]
CRC/C/TGO/CO/5-6 Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Togo [Extract] Birth registration and nationality 23.The Committee welcomes the ratifications by the State party, in 2021, of the Convention relating […]
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who were expelled from Tanzania’s Kagera region as undocumented migrants have petitioned the East African Court of Justice for a declaration that the actions of the governments of Uganda and Tanzania contravene the […]
If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]
by Sami Zaptia The Attorney General held a meeting last Wednesday at his Tripoli headquarters with the Minister of State for Prime Minister and Cabinet Affairs, the head of the Civil Registration Authority civil, the Passports, Nationality and foreigners’ Affairs; […]