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Expert Group Meeting of African registrar generals kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda

November 26, 2021 8:28 am Published by Comments Off on Expert Group Meeting of African registrar generals kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda

Addis Ababa, 26 November 2021 – A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting that runs between November 23 – 26 is organized by […]


Diaspora Liberian Group Appeals to Senate to Concord with House to Pass Dual Citizenship into Law

November 26, 2021 8:12 am Published by Comments Off on Diaspora Liberian Group Appeals to Senate to Concord with House to Pass Dual Citizenship into Law

By Alaskai Moore Johnson MONROVIA – The distinguished Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Mr. Emmanuel S. Wettee is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concord with the House of Representatives on the passage of the […]


Liberia: ALCOD Calls on Senate Pass Dual Citizenship Bill

November 26, 2021 8:09 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: ALCOD Calls on Senate Pass Dual Citizenship Bill

The Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Emmanuel S. Wettee, along with other diaspora Liberians, is appealing to the Liberian Senate to please concur with the House of Representatives on the passage of the Dual Citizenship […]


Human Rights Committee Concluding observations: Botswana, 2021

November 24, 2021 1:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Human Rights Committee Concluding observations: Botswana, 2021

Human Rights Committee Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Botswana CCPR/C/BWA/CO/2 Treatment of refugees and asylum seekers and prevention of statelessness 29.While welcoming the drafting of the Refugee (Recognition and Control) Bill, the Committee is concerned about: (a) […]


CEDAW Concluding observations: South Sudan, 2021

November 23, 2021 6:40 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding observations: South Sudan, 2021

Concluding observations on the initial report of South Sudan CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1 Nationality 34.The Committee notes that, pursuant to the Nationality Act of 2011 and its regulations, women and men have equal rights, without discrimination on the basis of sex, to acquire, […]


Report on the Public Petition No. 023 of 2021 regarding accessing national identity cards by the Nubian community

November 23, 2021 5:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Report on the Public Petition No. 023 of 2021 regarding accessing national identity cards by the Nubian community

Twelfth Parliament, Fifth Session, November 2021. Recommending listing of the Nubian community as a ‘tribe of Kenya’ and issue of guidelines to ensure that the vetting process is transparent and non-discriminatory. Download (32MB) from www.parliament.go.ke


Another Court Order: Miguna given 72 hours to obtain emergency travel document back to Kenya

November 22, 2021 11:10 am Published by Comments Off on Another Court Order: Miguna given 72 hours to obtain emergency travel document back to Kenya

by SUSAN MUHINDI The High Court has directed lawyer Miguna Miguna to obtain an emergency travel document from the Kenyan High Commission in Ottawa Canada or Berlin Germany within 72 hours. Justice Hedwig Ong’undi said Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo […]


Malawi gazettes dual citizenship into Law

November 19, 2021 5:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi gazettes dual citizenship into Law

By Peter Makossah Finally, the long wait for diaspora Malawians to hold two nationalities is now over – done and dusted – as the Malawi government has gazetted the long-awaited dual citizenship law, which accommodates Malawians in the diaspora, who […]


Kenya’s new law bars dual citizens from holding diplomatic positions

November 19, 2021 3:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya’s new law bars dual citizens from holding diplomatic positions

By IBRAHIM ORUKO Kenya has enacted a new law that bars people holding dual citizenship from serving in the foreign service. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the law, which sponsored by the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations of Kenya’s […]


Statelessness in Southern Africa

November 19, 2021 11:12 am Published by Comments Off on Statelessness in Southern Africa

Scores of people in Southern Africa are said to be stateless.. This effectively means that they would not be able to vote, get a drivers licence or even open a bank account and are considered not to ‘exist’ in their […]


Kenya: Refugees Act No.10 of 2021

November 17, 2021 6:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Refugees Act No.10 of 2021

AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the recognition, protection and management of refugees; to give effect to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and the […]


Biometric purgatory: How the double registration of vulnerable Kenyan citizens in the UNHCR database left them at risk of statelessness

November 17, 2021 12:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Biometric purgatory: How the double registration of vulnerable Kenyan citizens in the UNHCR database left them at risk of statelessness

Executive Summary Although Kenya has made strides in citizenship documentation by eliminating gender discrimination from the law, disparities persist in the acquisition of registration documents. With the growth in population as well as expansion of social programmes, there is an […]