by Queen Esther Iroanusi and Titilope Fadare Scores of Nigerian women protested Wednesday at the National Assembly against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported how federal lawmakers on Tuesday voted on 68 […]
La ministre d’Etat, ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux, Rose Mutombo Kiese, a reçu le 2 mars 2022 à Kinshasa, deux délégations des agences du système de l’Onu. Avec Liz Ahua, représentante du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour […]
After a minister said children born in South Africa to migrants could be denied citizenship, a Twitter user claimed all government employees had to be South Africans with South African parents. Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said there was […]
Selon une étude de 2009, 11% de la population ne possède pas d’acte de naissance. Une campagne nationale a été lancée en février pour que ces citoyens “sans papiers” ne soient plus considérés comme apatrides. Une situation causée par le manque d’argent, […]
By Daniel Mekonnen and Sara Palacios Arapiles RLC Briefing Paper No. 1 Abstract Difficulties in proving Eritrean nationality are commonly experienced by asylum applicants who have a background of expulsion from Ethiopia. Most of them were expelled from Ethiopia during […]
Proposal to amend the constitution before the House of Representatives and Senate of the Nigeria National Assembly. The proposal was approved by the Senate but defeated in the House of Representatives 1 March 2022. 36. Expansion of the Scope of […]
The aim of this legal opinion is to analyze a recent legal measure adopted by the government of Uganda whose main purpose was to harmonize and consolidate the law on registrations of persons and to provide for a registration of […]
Though the Federal High Court merely struck out the suit challenging the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on technical grounds, analysts argue that facts before the court suggest that the suit was just an academic exercise, Alex Enumah […]
The Citizenship and Nationality Rights Case Digest is a compilation and analysis of cases from Kenya and all over the world relating to various elements of citizenship and nationality of individuals. It is authored in simple English to enable citizens […]
Official response of the Cabinet Secretary to the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security Report on Public Petition No.41 of 2020 Regarding Recognition of the Pemba People of Kenya as Citizens of Kenya. The Cabinet Secretary states […]
By Moses Nyamori Minority communities have decried risk of exclusion from government services should the Huduma Bill, 2021 be passed without amendments. Various civil society groups yesterday suggested amendments to the Bill currently before the National Assembly to prevent further […]
The citizenship regime of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) consists of provisions contained in the 2008 Constitution (as amended), the Congolese Nationality Code (as amended), Congolese Civil Code (as amended), as well as bilateral agreements and international treaties […]