On December 23, 2024, Cameroon’s National Assembly passed Law No. 2024/016, granting legal recognition to customary marriages. This reform aims to integrate traditional practices into Cameroon’s formal legal framework, enhance protection for couples married according to local customs, and address […]
La ministre de la Promotion de la femme et de la famille (Minproff), Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa, a signé, fin décembre 2024, des contrats avec 12 municipalités pour faciliter l’enregistrement de 14 222 enfants à l’état civil. Le ministère a à […]
Highlights • The League of Arab States launched the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Legal Identity to address issues of conflict, displacement, and statelessness by strengthening birth registration systems and advancing legal identity rights, with a particular focus on women’s […]
By Jeremiah Lemeriah A Bill before Kenya’s National assembly is seeking to pave way for Africans living in diaspora to come out and claim a right to become Kenyan citizens, upon proving their ancestral ties to the country. The Kenya […]
By Samuel Owino Africans in the diaspora who claim Kenyan descent by ancestry will be allowed to apply for citizenship if a new Bill before the National Assembly is passed. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sponsored by […]
By SAMWEL OWINO Africans in the diaspora who claim Kenyan descent by ancestry will be allowed to apply for citizenship if a new Bill before the National Assembly is passed. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024, sponsored by […]
À Madagascar, seulement 74% des enfants sont officiellement enregistrés à la naissance, selon l’enquête Ensmond 2021. Cette faible proportion a incité des acteurs comme l’association Focus development association (FDA) à agir en faveur de l’enregistrement des naissances, entre autres volets […]
The Sierra Leone Immigration Department announces today groundbreaking measures aimed at facilitating the naturalization of qualifying high-net-worth foreign national investors and individuals of Sierra Leonean heritage. These measures represent a strategic intent to significantly enhance the nation’s economic and social […]
Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship GO-FOR-GOLD A New Way to Quickly & Very Cost-Effectively Secure Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship INTERVIEW: How to Design a Residency by Investment Program from Scratch: The Case of Sierra Leone Jason Black […]
To regulate the solemnisation of marriages; to provide for the validation and recognition of certain marriages; and to provide for incidental matters. Section 32 provides: Good faith marriages(1) A marriage between a Namibian citizen and a foreign national who is […]
To provide for compilation and maintenance of a Civil Register; to provide for the appointment of Registrar-General and Registrars; to determine the age of certain persons recorded in the Civil Register in accordance with this Act; to provide for name […]
To provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by naturalisation for holders of South West Africa identification documents; to provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by birth or descent of the […]