Le Peuple uni pour la rénovation sociale (Purs) plaide une énième fois pour une reconnaissance de la double nationalité au Cameroun. Reconnaître la double nationalité pour le Purs, la formation politique de Serge Espoir Matomba, c’est accorder de l’importance aux […]
By David S. Menjor What is the National Identification Registry (NIR)? This is one of the questions that take minds back to the days of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, when many structures and systems were put in place to […]
Seventeen-year-old Françoise et Christelle grew up together in an orphanage in northern Côte d’Ivoire, with no paperwork to prove their citizenship and no family to vouch for them. But a legal ruling, which follows years of campaigning by UNHCR and […]
Migrations, a Vanishing Horizon · With most other doors firmly closed to them, Syrians escaping the war have found a welcome respite in Sudan. First out was Egypt, in the summer of 2013. Then came Jordan and Lebanon, in 2014 […]
Félix Swaboka Des irrégularités observées lors de la campagne gratuite d’identification se révèlent au goût du jour. Lors de la campagne de délivrance gratuite de la carte nationale d’identité décidée par le chef de l’Etat en début d’année 2013 en […]
Aysheshim Teka, an Ethiopian businessman based in South Sudan, has been awarded a South Sudanese honorary citizenship by the country’s president. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit bestowed the honorary citizenship on Aysheshim at a peace marathon, “The Great South […]
By David S. Menjor NIR Executive Director J. Nagbe Tiah: “We will set up a new biometric civil registry and issue the first one million ID cards, including 50,000 ECOWAS standard cards in the country.” The National Identification Registry (NIR) […]
Citizenship granted to Makonde; Shona denied back rights or education, healthcare, doing business By George Mugo As Kenyans acquire Huduma Namba, the Shona community that has lived in the country for 60 years wants the government to grant them citizenship […]
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Sunday has ruled that the second paragraph of article 6 for the law on Egyptian nationality is unconstitutional. The court said that the disputed paragraph limited acquiring Egyptian nationality to minor children of a […]
By: Daniel Laurence Victoria, Seychelles | Seychellois who renounced their nationality after marrying a foreigner from a country that does not accept dual citizenship might soon be able to reapply without undergoing a rigorous process, said a top official. The principal […]
Johannesburg, South Africa (ADV) – The South African government this week directed public schools to provisionally enroll undocumented migrant children pending them producing the required documents within the legally prescribed three months, African Daily Voice has learnt. The government directive, […]
Decision that children of women who have acquired Egyptian citizenship by naturalisation are Egyptian citizens. Available in Arabic here: https://perma.cc/M9V5-CZDF