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La Mauritanie autorise la double nationalité à ses citoyens

Published: 17/Jun/2021
Source: Xinhua

NOUAKCHOTT, 16 juin (Xinhua) — Le gouvernement mauritanien a adopté ce mercredi au Conseil des ministres un projet de loi portant modification du Code de la nationalité pour autoriser la double nationalité à ses citoyens à moindre conditions. “Le président […]

Mauritanie: Communiqué du conseil des ministres (double nationalité)

Published: 16/Jun/2021
Source: Primature, République Islamique de Mauritanie

Le Conseil des ministres s’est réuni le mercredi 16 Juin 2021 sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani, Président de la République. Le Conseil a examiné et adopté un projet de loi modifiant et abrogeant certaines […]

Cameroun : Un enfant, un acte de naissance dans l’Admaoua

Published: 14/Jun/2021
Source: Chateau news

Pour promouvoir la scolarisation des enfants dans la Région de l’Adamaoua, les Sénateurs originaires de cette partie du pays offrent un don en espèces de 23,140 millions pour éradiquer le phénomène d’enfant sans acte de naissance. Le don qu’il faillait pour […]

Immigration starts processing Kenyan Citizenship applications

Published: 12/Jun/2021
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

More than 25,000 applications are pending at the Immigration offices By Kevin Cheruiyot The Directorate of Immigration has embarked on the implementation of the 60-day Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) program for Citizenship and Permanent Residence services. The initiative was launched […]

Report of the Law Commission on the Review of the Malawi Citizenship Act

Published: 11/Jun/2021
Source: Malawi Law Commission

Introduction The need for review of the Malawi Citizenship Act (the act) has been longstanding and ongoing from various stakeholders and on different aspects of the act. Among the submissions, the Parliamentary Women Caucus in Malawi made a submission to […]

Gambia: ‘Obtaining voter’s card is presumptive of citizenship’

Published: 10/Jun/2021
Source: The Point (Banjul)

By: Adama Tine The secretary general and party leader of The Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Ahmad Mai Fatty prior to the rumours and chaos of voters’ attestation issuance by individuals, has said that there are specific exclusive rights reserved for […]

Guiné-Bissau vendia passaportes diplomáticos em Paris por 50 mil a 200 mil euros

Published: 9/Jun/2021
Source: Expresso (Lisboa)

Vários cidadãos franceses e de outras nacionalidades conseguiram em Paris um “passaporte diplomático” que os identificava como conselheiros da Guiné-Bissau na UNESCO e pelos quais pagaram entre 50 mil e 200 mil euros, noticia esta quarta-feira o jornal “Libération” O […]

Gambia: African descendants hold 1st ever symposium

Published: 8/Jun/2021
Source: The Point (Banjul)

By: Adama Tine African descendants residing in The Gambia over the weekend held their first ever symposium with members of the National Assembly, human right activists, historians and stakeholders at a local hotel in Senegambia. Hon. Sulayman Saho, the lawmaker […]

Gambia: Council of African Descendants Push for Automatic Citizenship Bill

Published: 8/Jun/2021
Source: Forayaa (The Gambia)

By Yankuba Jallow Members of the Council of African Descendants (COAD) have enjoined Lawmakers to come up with an Automatic Citizenship Bill to enable them become citizens of the Gambia. These African descendants whose ancestors were taken away from the […]

Press Release: ‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion

Published: 8/Jun/2021
Source: Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, and Unwanted Witness

(New York and Kampala June 8, 2021)—Uganda’s national digital ID system, a government showpiece that is of major importance for how individuals in Uganda access their social rights, leads to mass exclusion. This is the key finding in a new […]

Uganda: Chased Away and Left to Die

Published: 8/Jun/2021
Source: Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, and Unwanted Witness

How a National Security Approach to Uganda’s National Digital ID Has Led to Wholesale Exclusion of Women and Older Persons Introduction: Ndaga Muntu, Uganda’s national digital ID system, is a government showpiece that is of major importance for how individuals […]