The Registrar General’s Office has issued over 680 000 identity documents over the past three months through the ongoing national mobile registration exercise and the programme will continue over the festive season. The programme, which initially was supposed to end […]
Section 20: (1) Section 4 (3) of this Act does not apply to a refugee who is able to invoke compelling reasons arising out of previous persecution for refusing to avail oneself of the protection of the country of nationality […]
Wafa Samoud HuffPost Tunisie L’organisation I Watch a dévoilé, lors d’une conférence de presse tenue vendredi, que Sakher El-Materi, le gendre de Ben Ali, a finalement obtenu la nationalité seychelloise, et ce malgré les efforts déployés par l’organisation pour s’opposer […]
By David Lewis, Philippe Engels MORONI, Comoros Islands/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In the tiny nation of the Comoros Islands, lying off the east coast of Africa, Albert Karaziwan is a big man – even though he doesn’t live there. He’s been […]
Updates from the UNHCR #IBelong campaign, including (extracts): On 16 October, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the twelve Member States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region Member States (ICGLR) gathered in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, […]
By Grace Udofia Seven years after its inception and with a huge amount of money already allocated to it by the federal government, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is yet to meet its mandate of capturing all Nigerians on […]
The parliament majority bloc has submitted a draft law providing for granting Moroccan nationality to foreign spouses of Moroccan women. The draft amends the provisions of Article 10 of the nationality law, which grants Moroccan nationality only to a foreign […]
Un étranger marié à une Marocaine pourra peut-être bientôt bénéficier de la nationalité marocaine. C’est ce que stipule une proposition de loi déposée au Parlement le 17 novembre par six partis de la majorité. Le Bureau de la chambre à […]
1. In this application, the applicant herein, Virdi Gurveen, seeks substantially an order of an order of Mandamus to compel the respondent to issue her with a valid Kenya National Identification card. She also seeks a declaration that she is […]
The Nigerian constitution stipulates that one can be a Nigerian by Birth, Registration and Naturalization. While this seems straight forward enough, the constitution also defines a Nigerian as anyone whose parent is from an ethnic group indigenous to Nigeria. For […]
Luanda — The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has consolidated the “Birth Registration” project, having created 56 registration posts in the country’s maternity wards and health units. The goal is to register all children after their birth. The government […]
By Amira El Masaiti Rabat – Foreigners married to Moroccan women and living in the kingdom will soon be allowed to obtain Moroccan citizenship, after the government discussed the possibility of amending Article 10 of the Moroccan nationality code, which […]