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CEDAW Concluding observations: South Sudan, 2021

Published: 23/Nov/2021
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

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, […]

Malawi gazettes dual citizenship into Law

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: Nyasa Times (Lilongwe)

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

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: The East African (Nairobi)

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

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: SABC News

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 […]

Plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie au Congo

Published: 18/Nov/2021
Source: VOA

Au Congo-Brazzaville, plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie. Beaucoup n’ont pas de papiers d’identité comme des actes de naissance et vivent dans des conditions précaires dans des régions reculées du pays. Ils sont souvent confrontés à la discrimination et […]

Kenya: Refugees Act No.10 of 2021

Published: 17/Nov/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 […]

UNHCR Côte d’Ivoire Factsheet – October 2021

Published: 16/Nov/2021
Source: UNHCR

Identification, registration and referral of persons at risk of statelessness to the National Commission on Eligibility for Stateless Status (CNESA) is the new priority of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the fight against statelessness in […]

Sierra Leone citizenship – The right to have rights

Published: 16/Nov/2021
Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph

Abdulai Mansaray In a recent announcement, President Bio declared in a tweet that “Another promise made and delivered! My government has just approved and authorised the Attorney General to lay in parliament a proposed amendment to the constitution of Sierra […]

Liberia: House of Representatives Passes Acarous Gray’s Dual Citizenship Bill

Published: 15/Nov/2021
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

By Alaskai Moore Johnson Monrovia — The House of Representatives has passed into law Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Mr. Acarous Moses Gray’s Dual citizenship bill that he recently introduced in House. The House will now sent their version to […]