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Sudan imposes security clearance ahead of citizenship for Syrian refugees

Published: 9/Aug/2017
Source: Middle East Monitor

Sudan won’t be “lenient” in granting citizenship to Syrian refugees, Interior Minister Hamid Manan said on Monday. The minister made his comments during an interview with the state-run Blue Nile Channel. Manan explained that Sudan has established a Syrian Refugee […]

Apatridie : Fait social ou politique ?

Published: 9/Aug/2017
Source: LeFaso.net

Par Haoua Touré • Dans le monde, certaines personnes existent juste physiquement mais sont en réalité invisibles, anonymes. Elles ne peuvent pas aller à l’école, exercer un travail professionnel, se marier à l’état civil, voyager…Ce phénomène est le fait de […]

Malawians of Asian origin take NRB to task for infringing their rights

Published: 8/Aug/2017
Source: Maravi Post (Malawi)

By Ausborn Banda Some Malawians of Asian origin this week accused the National Registration Bureau (NRB) officers stationed registration centres in some parts of the country, for being biased and discriminatory especially when carrying their duties in the ongoing national […]

Burkina Faso : adoption d’un Plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie

Published: 4/Aug/2017
Source: Xinhua

Le gouvernement burkinabè a adopté mercredi en Conseil des ministres un Plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie 2017-2024 qui fait référence “au cas d’un individu qu’aucun Etat ne considère comme son ressortissant”, souligne un communiqué gouvernemental. Le phénomène de […]

Cessation clause: Zimbabwe to repatriate Rwandan refugees

Published: 4/Aug/2017
Source: The New Times (Kigali)

By: Kelvin Jakachira in Harare Zimbabwean Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the southern African country will repatriate thousands of Rwandan refugees by the end of the year. Mnangagwa, who is also Zimbabwe’s Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, said Rwanda […]

Zambia announces regulations on dual citizenship acquisition

Published: 3/Aug/2017
Source: Xinhua

LUSAKA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — The Zambian government on Thursday announced that it has come up with regulations to provide guidance on people wishing to get dual citizenship. Under the country’s amended constitution assented to by President Edgar Lungu on […]

Zimbabwe: Minister claimes Mudede never urged the ban of dual citizenship

Published: 3/Aug/2017
Source: New Zimbabwe (Harare)

Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni was this Wednesday taken task over an alleged plea made by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede before Zunu PF caucus to ban dual citizenship. According to MDC-T MP, Jessie Majome, Mudede appeared before the ruling […]

Zambia: Dual citizenship clause effected

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: Daily Mail (Lusaka)

By NANCY SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has started implementing the dual citizenship clause for Zambians in the diaspora who lost their citizenship as a result of acquiring nationality of other countries. The citizenship board will now register within six months a […]

Nigeria: Committee Proposes 3 Years To Issue 180m National ID Cards

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: Leadership (Abuja)

The National Database Harmonisation Committee has proposed three years for the capture of 180 million Nigerians and other residents in the National Identification card scheme. The issuance of the National Identity Cards which started several  years ago had been slowed […]