Years after Tebogo Khoza was refused an ID document, a high court judgement has restored his rights and offered hope to millions of other undocumented South Africans. By Laura Padoan in Pretoria, South Africa As a game keeper in South […]
By Chidi Odinkalu Last Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Assembly of Heads of State & Govt of the African Union saw off the last sovereign objections from Libya & voted to adopt a new treaty Relating to the Specific […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]