December 6, 2022 12:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) call on African states, including members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to endorse the adoption of the Draft Protocol to the African Charter […]
December 5, 2022 10:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news• Liberia becomes the third country since the start of the #IBelong Campaign to reform legislation to grant women and men equal rights in passing on their nationality to their children.• Nigeria adopts […]
December 5, 2022 9:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Guiglo– La directrice régionale du ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l’Enfant (MFFE) de Guiglo, Marie Louise Nanga, s’est dit favorable à des sanctions contre les parents qui refusent d’établir des extraits d’acte de naissance ou jugements […]
December 4, 2022 3:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ibrahim Mansaray This year’s Sierra Leone-Diaspora Citizenship program has seen a record number of foreigners certified and set to be granted Sierra Leonean citizenship status. The program, which started in 2019 creates a platform for people whose DNA proves […]
December 4, 2022 9:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Guiglo, 04 déc 2022 (AIP) – Dix-sept mille élèves du primaire sur un effectif de 25.000 que compte la circonscription éducative de Bloléquin n’ont pas de documents d’identité, a révélé l’inspecteur de l’enseignement préscolaire et primaire (IEPP), Koné Bruno Kigniniman, […]
December 1, 2022 4:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
After decades of statelessness, the Benet community in Uganda are struggling to survive and access basic services like education and health care. By Tukundane Yonna in Mount Elgon, Uganda Moses Mwanga Kapchekwengu sits on an old rocking chair outside his […]
December 1, 2022 11:03 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Farah Tolu-Honary Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, Fall 2022, Vol. 10, No. 1 Abstract Descendants of migrant laborers living in Zimbabwe were rendered stateless due to the Zimbabwean government’s interpretation of its citizenship laws that banned dual citizenship. Individuals with […]
December 1, 2022 9:53 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Les représentants du peuple ont adopté la loi n°2022-32 du 29 novembre 2022 portant code de la nationalité béninoise. C’était au cours d’une séance plénière tenue, mardi 29 novembre 2022, au Palais des Gouverneurs à Porto-Novo sous la houlette du […]
December 1, 2022 9:16 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Michael Offermann Summary Angola has actively embraced the 10-year #IBelong campaign do eradicate statelessness that UNHCR launched in 2014. The country participated in the 2017 Regional Conference of the Members States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes […]
November 30, 2022 4:22 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) has lauded the move by President William Ruto on the directive to review the policy and regulations surrounding the issuance of passports, Identification cards [IDs] and other key requisite documentation to […]
November 30, 2022 10:58 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Au Bénin, les députés ont voté hier mardi 29 novembre, la loi n° 2022-32 portant modification du Code de nationalité. Le texte renferme 97 articles répartis en huit titres. Ils sont consacrés aux dispositions générales, à l’attribution de la nationalité […]
November 30, 2022 9:56 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Cochimau S. Houngbadji Le parlement a procédé à la modification de la loi n°65-17 du 23 juin 1965 portant code de la nationalité béninoise. A l’unanimité, les députés ont adopté la nouvelle modificative qui vient corriger certaines inégalités entre […]
