Bronwen Manby (European University Institute) On 13 June 2023, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal found to be unconstitutional the requirement established by the Citizenship Act for adults who voluntarily acquire another citizenship to gain permission to hold dual citizenship from the minister of […]
By Adeyemi Adepetun The number of National Identification Numbers (NINs) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached 101 million. According to the latest data from the NIMC, the issued NINs are now 101,013,279. The data show that […]
Full bench of Pretoria High Court directs Home Affairs minister to conduct a fair process in reconsidering the end of the permits By Tania Broughton The decision by the Minister of Home Affairs to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme […]
At least 32 men have written to the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), demanding the cancellation of children’s passports after DNA results showed they are not the biological fathers. Mr Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs […]
ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Ethiopian passports are being issued to non-Ethiopian citizens illegally, according to sources. Fana Broadcasting Corporation has approached officials of the concerned institutions for an interview regarding the issue. They were asked why their institutions have […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness The Government of Kenya formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community and therefore citizens of Kenya through a Gazette Notice on 30 January. It instructs authorities to […]
DAR ES SALAAM, June 21 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting citizenship to Burundian refugees staying in refugee camps in western Tanzania. Sudi Mwakibasi, the director of the Refugee Services Department in the Ministry […]
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Centre for Child Law (the Centre) bring you this simple, but comprehensive guide on documenting children in South Africa. Both the Commission and the Centre receive hundreds of requests for […]
In this blog, Isaac Owusu Nsiah critically discusses the dynamics of the Ghanaian state’s recognition of the Fulani community as migrants and thus non-Ghanaians. He considers how such categorizations are institutionalised in citizen-identifying institutions, translating into widespread exclusions and discriminatory […]
L’opposition dénonce une trahison du chef de l’Etat et envisage une procédure pour demander sa destitution à quatre mois du scrutin présidentiel. Par Laurence Caramel Andry Rajoelina peut-il encore être considéré comme le chef de l’Etat malgache au regard de […]
(Togo First) – Between September and October 2022, 1,342 Togolese received their certificate of citizenship. According to Togo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the recipients live in Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Nigeria. The Ministry added that more diaspora members should […]
By Petrus Muronga Stateless and undocumented people living in the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have called on the government to speed up registering them, accusing the Rundu regional office of delaying the process. The two Kavango regions have […]