February 24, 2023 7:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The recent recognition of the Pemba as one Kenya’s ethnic groups must not remain a dead letter. The government must ensure that they are issued with identification documents that will enable them to enjoy their rights as Kenyan citizens. By […]
February 23, 2023 1:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Tanzania deactivated 970,046 SIM cards despite extending the deadline for its SIM registration law, a move to combat fraudulent activity through mobile phones. However, the vast majority of mobile users in Tanzania did register as 60.47 million out of 61.44 […]
February 22, 2023 7:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Aletta Shikololo Ongwediva — For his entire life, Nghidipo Rafael has had to prove that he indeed exists. The 29-year-old from Outaukondjele village in the Ohangwena region was born from Namibian parents, yet he is stateless. This fact has […]
February 22, 2023 12:13 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le 22 février 2023, la Représentante de l’OIF pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest a participé à la remise officielle au Ministre de l’Intérieur et de la Décentralisation du Niger du « Plan stratégique pour l’amélioration du système d’enregistrement des faits d’état […]
February 21, 2023 3:08 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By David Bilchitz and Reuven Ziegler An apartheid-era relic which allowed the minority white government to strip Bantustan residents and exiled freedom fighters of their South African citizenship is being challenged in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Believe it or […]
February 21, 2023 2:30 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ayang Macdonald The National Identification and Registration Bill 2022, a piece of draft legislation which seeks to introduce a single and integrated biometric national identification system (NIS) for all persons living on South African territory, has been approved by […]
February 21, 2023 8:33 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
THE Attorney General (AG) has submitted three objections to ask the High Court to throw out proceedings on dual citizenship, citing irregularities in the oaths of the applicants and violation of section 4 of the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement […]
February 21, 2023 7:21 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Dar es Salaam. The government has opposed a constitutional petition in which six Tanzanians who live and work abroad are challenging sections of the law that prohibit dual citizenship. Through preliminary objections, state lawyers want the High Court to dismiss […]
February 21, 2023 6:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
It’s one of the major misstep of the Arusha’s white elephant, also known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). A year ago, its Arusha branch sent eight acquitted and released Rwandan persons to Niger, but Niger then said it […]
February 20, 2023 9:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Obediah Johnson The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah has announced the revision of its national passports in keeping with the dual citizenship law passed in the country. It can be […]
February 17, 2023 2:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
GN 96 of 2023 Providing for registration of aliens — including legal residents, refugees, & stateless persons — as well as Tanzanian citizens. Download: Tanzania Registration and Identification of Persons (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
February 16, 2023 1:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty-Second Ordinary Session 15 – 16 February 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1189-1216(XLII) EX.CL/Decl.1(XLII) Original: English/French Extract: EX.CL/Dec.1190(XLII) DECISION ON THE REPORTS OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (STCs) AND OTHER MINISTERIAL MEETINGS […] 45. FURTHER APPROVES the proposal of […]