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RDC: Beni, environ 3 000 enfants vulnérables bénéficient de leurs actes de naissance

October 19, 2022 8:48 am Published by Comments Off on RDC: Beni, environ 3 000 enfants vulnérables bénéficient de leurs actes de naissance

Environ 3000 enfants vulnérables ont bénéficié, mardi 18 octobre, de leurs actes de naissance à la commune de Mulekera à Beni (Nord-Kivu). Cela après avoir obtenu les jugements supplétifs d’acte de naissance à l’issue d’une audience foraine organisée par le […]


Gabon : Des actes de naissances pour les apatrides

October 16, 2022 11:13 am Published by Comments Off on Gabon : Des actes de naissances pour les apatrides

Une distribution des actes de naissance et des récépissés de la CNAMGS aux enfants, jusque-là apatrides, s’est déroulée, le 13 octobre 2022, à la Mairie de Ntoum, dans le département de Komo-Mondah. Conduite par le directeur de cabinet du ministre […]


How To Obtain Egyptian Citizenship?

October 16, 2022 10:33 am Published by Comments Off on How To Obtain Egyptian Citizenship?

Do you want to be Egyptian? In this article, we will discuss all requirements to obtain Egyptian Citizenship The requirements to obtain Egyptian citizenship: Egyptian Law 140 of 2019 sets out the controls for granting Egyptian citizenship to a foreigner. […]


Cameroun: Extrême-Nord, près de 20.000 actes de naissance remis aux enfants du Mayo-Tsanaga

October 13, 2022 11:21 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Extrême-Nord, près de 20.000 actes de naissance remis aux enfants du Mayo-Tsanaga

19511 actes de naissance ont été accordés aux enfants des sept arrondissements du département du Mayo Tsanaga. La cérémonie s’est déroulée le 12 octobre 2022 au stade municipal de Mokolo. Baptisée « Opération 10000 actes de naissance aux élèves du Mayo-Tsanaga », […]


Liberia: Law Authorizing Dual Citizenship and Allowing Women to Pass Citizenship to Their Children Enacted

October 13, 2022 9:01 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Law Authorizing Dual Citizenship and Allowing Women to Pass Citizenship to Their Children Enacted

On July 25, 2022, Liberia enacted an amendment (Amendment Law) to the 1973 Aliens and Nationality Law (1973 Law). Among the key changes that the Amendment Law brought about are the replacement of a provision that allows only men to […]


Zimbabwe: 65yrs after leaving home, Magriti Gama fights for citizenship

October 10, 2022 9:40 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: 65yrs after leaving home, Magriti Gama fights for citizenship

Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter IMMIGRATION experts have said the 67-year-old granny who brought 15 relatives to Zimbabwe from Mozambique can claim Zimbabwean citizenship if she proves that she was born in the country. Ms Magriti Gama, who left the country […]


Nigeria: Aregbesola reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to eliminating statelessness

October 9, 2022 7:30 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Aregbesola reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to eliminating statelessness

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to joining the global effort to eliminate statelessness. The minister gave the affirmation when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday. […]


South Africa Says Nearly 600 Foreigners’ Fake Marriages Cancelled, Phony Passports Seized in Nationwide Crackdown

October 6, 2022 3:49 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa Says Nearly 600 Foreigners’ Fake Marriages Cancelled, Phony Passports Seized in Nationwide Crackdown

Thuso Khumalo South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department is tracking foreign nationals, who engaged in fraudulent marriages to get citizenship of South Africa, as well as those using fraudulent passports. Minister Motsoaledi told reporters in Johannesburg […]


Zimbabwe: 3 million civic documents issued during blitz

October 2, 2022 3:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: 3 million civic documents issued during blitz

The Sunday Mail The mobile registration drive ended on Friday, with over three million civic documents having been issued. The figure is one million more than the planned target. The exercise, which was meant to clear the backlog that arose […]


Zimbabwe: Country Report

October 1, 2022 9:53 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Country Report

October 2022 (COI between 1st January 2020 and 31st August 2022) Background: This report presents Country of Origin Information (COI) on Zimbabwe focusing on a range of profiles identified to be of relevance in refugee status determination for Zimbabwean nationals. […]


A tale on belonging in Africa: an analysis of the African approach to statelessness

October 1, 2022 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on A tale on belonging in Africa: an analysis of the African approach to statelessness

By Mumbi Gichuhi and Sandra Bucha Chapter in: Frans Viljoen, Humphrey Sipalla and Foluso Adegalu (eds.) Exploring African approaches to international law: Essays in honour of Kéba Mbaye, Pretoria University Law Press, 2022 Download book: https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/exploring-african-approaches-to-international-law-essays-in-honour-of-keba-mbaye Download chapter: https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edocman/edited_collections/exploring_african_approaches/2022%20KM%20chapter%206.pdf


Namibia: Home affairs addresses statelessness

September 27, 2022 9:22 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Home affairs addresses statelessness

By Aletta Shikololo OUSHINI – Statelessness, one of the serious human rights issues, has been put at the forefront of the ministry of home affairs’ agenda. A stateless person is someone who is not considered a national of any state. […]