Asian businessman Kassam Nurmahomed as recently arrested by the Immigration Department for contravening the Citizenship Act after he was found in possession of a British and Malawian passport when he was about to leave the country for South Africa has […]
Monrovia – The issue of citizenship in Liberia continues to take center stage of the debate as the country heads to elections in October. From the recent constitution review process, it is cleared that Liberians in the Diaspora support dual […]
NEW YORK—Kenya’s decision to acknowledge the land rights of the country’s Nubian minority, announced on June 2, 2017, marks a historic victory for community-based efforts to end patterns of entrenched discrimination against the Nubians, the Open Society Justice Initiative said […]
As Kenyans marked Madaraka on Thursday, a group of people living in the country who identify as Kenyans had nothing to celebrate. The Kenyans of Rwandan descent have been living for over 70 years in Kenya without proper documentation and […]
L’UNICEF supporte l’opération spéciale lancée par le gouvernement ivoirien pour enregistrer 1,2 million d’enfants à l’état-civil. Cette opération qui se terminera à la fin de l’année scolaire permettra d’enregistrer tous les enfants qui sont actuellement à l’école primaire et qui […]
Proposes that, in relation to management of residency and naturalisation: “The purpose of policy interventions introduced in this area is to enable South Africa to grant residence and citizenship status to foreign nationals based on strategic security considerations and the […]
By Jérôme Tubiana and Claudio Gramizzi Extract: “On either side of the Chadian–Libyan border (as well as in Niger) the Teda have multiple and fluid identities. Marginalized under Qaddafi, who instrumentalized their claims to Libyan citizenship, those living in Libya […]
Setting out the rules on visas, passports, residence permits etc. Download: Nigeria-Immigration-Facilities-Handbook_2017
By Mohamed Farahat The facilitation of birth registration procedures for children born from rape – particularly of refugee women – is necessary in order to prevent statelessness In Egyptian civil law the birth certificate is the only legal document that […]
Inconsistencies in the application of citizenship regulations raise serious questions around the ways in which the letter of the law is applied in SA By Stefanie de Saude Inconsistencies in the way South African citizenship rights are managed appear to […]
This report documents the most important types of identification that are currently being used, as well as the new system that is being planned in Ethiopia and the legal and institutional context in which they exist. It is a somewhat […]
Un colloque international sur la traite négrière s’est tenu mi-mai à Libreville au cours duquel le président Bongo a proposé d’accorder la nationalité aux afro-descendants qui en feraient la demande. Un “droit au retour” que commentent aujourd’hui des personnalités du […]