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Should the Lebanese Born in Sierra Leone be Granted Citizenship?

Published: 11/Mar/2016
Source: Sierra Express Media

This question has already raised endless reactions among Sierra Leoneans which undoubtedly buttresses its sensitive nature and qualifies the subject as a burning issue. Before I state my personal position on the issue, there are a number of issues that […]

Challenging Sierra Leone’s racist citizenship law

Published: 9/Mar/2016
Source: PoliticoSL

By Umaru Fofana “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another interior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, there will be war.” Bob Marley may have died 35 years ago but those words of his are ever […]

RDC: Malade et apatride, Chalupa bloqué à Kinshasa

Published: 9/Mar/2016
Source: Le Phare (Kinshasa)

Selon son entourage, Jacques Chalupa connaît de graves problèmes de santé, consécutifs à sa longue détention en prison, et qui n’ont pu être traités de manière appropriée depuis sa remise en liberté. Le président intérimaire de son parti, ADD Congo, […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Zimbabwe, 2016

Published: 7/Mar/2016
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/ZWE/CO/2 Extract: Birth registration Noting with appreciation the measures taken by the State party to increase the rate of birth registration, including the removal of fees for the issuance of birth certificates to children, the Committee nonetheless remains concerned (para. […]

Adopting a national plan of action to end statelessness in Ghana

Published: 6/Mar/2016
Source: Ghana News Agency

Accra, March 6, GNA – It would be useful, perhaps, to attempt a definition of the term ‘Statelessness’ before delving into the main discussion of this write-up. Simply put, Statelessness refers to a situation whereby an individual residing in a […]

Government acts on ‘convenience’ marriages

Published: 5/Mar/2016
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe

Following a litany of sham marriages entered into with foreigners with an ulterior motive to settle in Zimbabwe, the government’s hand became a key determinant in whether such a union goes ahead or not. The government now vets potential foreign […]

Governo da Guiné-Bissau concede nacionalidade a 15 refugiados de Casamansa

Published: 4/Mar/2016
Source: sapo.pt

O Governo da Guiné-Bissau concedeu a nacionalidade a 15 cidadãos de Casamansa, sul do Senegal, que se encontravam refugiados no país desde 1992, indicou hoje à Lusa, Sambé Na Wana, secretário executivo da comissão dos refugiados. A decisão de conceder […]

ECOWAS Court President Calls for Global Movement to End Statelessness

Published: 4/Mar/2016
Source: ECOWAS Court

The President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Honorable Justice Maria Do Ceu Silva Monteiro has advocated a ‘global movement to end the scourge of statelessness,’ in which some 10 million people in the world are not considered to […]

NIDA makes U-turn over national identity cards

Published: 3/Mar/2016
Source: The Guardian (Dar es Salaam)

The government has made a dramatic U-turn on the new national electronic identity cards by finally admitting that they are flawed and announced plans to recall over 2 million cards handed out to citizens because they lack visible handwritten signatures. […]