October 12, 2023 7:13 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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
October 11, 2023 8:26 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 11, 2023 7:51 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 10, 2023 1:53 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 9, 2023 2:50 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 8, 2023 9:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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; […]
October 5, 2023 12:02 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Vincent Duhem L’arrestation, le 17 juillet, d’Abbas Badreddine, un homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise très en vue suspecté d’acquisition frauduleuse de la nationalité et de trafic de passeports, a défrayé la chronique. L’épilogue d’une longue enquête qui a mis au […]
October 5, 2023 11:59 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
• La fraude à la nationalité pourrait concerner près de 120 000 passeports. Au moins 25 000 sont retrouvés. Ils concernent 10 000 Nigérians, 8 000 Syriens, des Libanais et des personnes d’autres nationalités, dont des Marocains. • Pour réussir […]
October 2, 2023 8:19 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Masoka Dube A Limpopo woman who previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry blames her poor heart condition, which resulted in her undergoing surgery on the Department of Home Affairs. This was as a result of a “flawed” identity document […]
October 1, 2023 5:35 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By KITSEPILE NYATHI A draft law meant to tighten rules on election candidacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being seen as a tool to ring-fence President Felix Tshisekedi’s second term ahead of scheduled elections in December. The proposed […]
September 26, 2023 4:02 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Dans le cadre de la prévention de l’apatridie, l’ONG Observatoire congolais de lutte contre l’apatridie (OCLA) a organisé une séance de sensibilisation des femmes enceintes et allaitantes au Centre de santé Marien-Ngouabi. Selon le communiqué publié le 26 septembre, le […]
September 26, 2023 8:32 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract On 26 September, the United Nations Committee of the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) conducted a pre-sessional review of South Africa. This review provided an opportunity for the CRC to engage directly with children and children’s rights advocates, […]
