Spotlight on: Anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration A day in the life of… Focus Development Association, human rights NGO in Madagascar “The resolution of statelessness means so much to the affected population in terms of their condition, emotions and dignity. […]
The National Identification Authority (Nida) is finalising legal arrangements to start using the National Electoral Commission (NEC) database in registration and issuing national IDs. The move revealed by Nida acting director general Modestus Kipilimba is a major about-turn by the […]
South Africans are fortunate enough to be allowed to hold more than two nationalities. It is, however, important to note that a person must first apply to retain his or her South African citizenship before taking on any other nationality […]
Some Nigerians who have registered with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). expressed worries today, that several years after they performed the civic task, they are yet to get the national identity cards. In separate interviews the Nigerians wondered what […]
Rwanda is planning to put some strict restrictions on Congolese nationals and also carry out an inspection to find out and get whoever that owns the Rwanda National ID’s in an illegal manner since this act puts at risk the […]
By Daniel S. Ntwari In Summary A report by the Rwandan parliament on refugees status 2014/15 shows that some Congolese refugees illegally acquired Rwandan IDs and some of them still hold on to their Congolese national IDs which they use […]
A total of 38 foreigners from various countries have naturalised as Ghanaians effective Wednesday. The 38, who are from Britain, Lebanon, the United States, Spain and other African countries, were each issued with a certificate of naturalisation by the Accra […]
Les Guinéens n’en peuvent plus de la pénurie des cartes d’identité nationales. Elles sont introuvables dans tout le pays. L’obtention de ce document est tout simplement impossible aujourd’hui en Guinée. A cela, il faut ajouter la crise chronique liée à […]
Sudan threatened on Thursday to close its recently reopened border with South Sudan, accusing its neighbour of supporting rebel groups. Stoking tensions further, Sudan’s cabinet said it would tighten restrictions on South Sudanese people living in its territory and prosecute […]
THIS certainly is not the best of time for Nigerian communities located along the borders with the Republic of Cameroun. Indeed, 13 years after the ceding of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun by the International Court of Justice, ICJ, […]
Conference: Ensuring everyone’s right to nationality: The role of Parliaments in preventing and ending statelessness The conference, co-organized by the Parliament of South Africa, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, brought together […]
Complaint relating to Tanzania’s expulsion of alleged Rwandan and Burundian immigrants in August-September 2013. — 1. This is a Reference filed by the East African Law Society (hereinafter referred to as the “Applicant”), which is the apex regional Bar Association […]