by STEPHEN ASTARIKO Thousands of Kenyans who wrongly registered as refugee will be deregistered after the government launched 30-day vetting exercise. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said the government was aware of the circumstances under which the citizens registered as refugees. […]
By CONSTANT MUNDA Kenya is mulling giving citizenship to wealthy investors in a new push to enhance direct foreign investment (FDI) flows, the country’s investment promotion agency said on Wednesday. High net worth investors, whose enterprises are appraised to have […]
I. Organization and objectives 1. Under the auspices of the African Union and in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Uganda, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) organized the Fourth African Judicial Dialogue from […]
[2019] eKLR Miscellaneous Civil Application 406 of 2018 JUDGMENT 1. By a Notice of Motion dated 22/7/19 upon leave granted on 17/7/19, the ex parte applicant seeks mandamus to compel her registration as a Kenyan Citizen as follows: 1. THAT […]
BY JAMES MUONWA THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has noted that a significant number of children born to alien parents are undocumented, thereby hindering their enjoyment of fundamental rights such as education and health. Speaking at a Press briefing […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday ordered the suspension of the Nigerian Army’s operation positive identification campaign. Justice Rilwan Aikawa ordered parties to the suit to maintain status quo ante pending the determination of the suit filed by […]
The Fulani community in Ghana is unhappy over what according to it, is a deliberate policy by the National Identification Authority (NIA) to deny its members the opportunity of being registered for the Ghana Card. According to the General Secretary […]
The National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) says it registered and issued national identification numbers to about 38 million Nigerians out of an estimated 200 million. Aliyu Aziz, director-general of the commission, said this on Monday at the ‘pre-EOI submission conference’ […]
The Sudanese Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments urged the Sudanese Jews to return to Sudan and participate in the reconstruction process. Minister Nasruddin Mufreh has invited his country’s Jews abroad to return. This came in an interview published on […]
Two entrepreneurs from Germany have been awarded dual citizenship by the Republic of Ghana, GhanaWeb can report. Michaela Tomfeah and Julia Tomfeah according to a tweet by Ghana’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Gina Blay, become the first […]
Philip Mwakio Nyasa people living in Mombasa and Kilifi counties now want the national government to grant them full citizenship. Nyasa spokesman Price Uledi said despite living in Kenya for over a century, they were not fully recognised as Kenyans. […]
Highlights from Africa: Angola acceded to both the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The adoption of National Action Plans to Eradicate Statelessness in Niger, Eswatini and the […]