Par Alexis Adélé Au moment où les autorités burkinabées attendaient toujours l’exécution d’un mandat d’arrêt international émis le 21 décembre 2015 à l’encontre de l’ancien président du Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Abidjan a adressé une réponse diplomatique à Ouagadougou. Le […]
La polémique enfle autour de la double nationalité supposée de l’ancien président. Car, depuis 1992, la Constitution impose au chef de l’État d’être « exclusivement » sénégalais… L’ancien président Abdoulaye Wade a-t-il commis un « parjure », voire, comme le […]
The 3rd edition of the Open Society Foundation publication Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study was released in January. Its author, Bronwen Manby, considers developments since the last edition was published in 2010. The last five years have been a busy […]
Par Vincent Duhem Le décret de naturalisation de Blaise Compaoré a été publié à Abidjan au Journal officiel du 18 janvier 2016. L’ancien président burkinabè, qui fait l’objet d’un mandat d’arrêt international pour son implication présumée dans la mort de […]
The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees citizenship through African-Negro ancestry. In other words, to be a Sierra Leonean citizen, one must be born in Sierra Leone by either black African parents or outside Sierra Leone by parents who have naturally qualified […]
O parlamento angolano aprovou hoje, depois de vários adiamentos, a Lei da Nacionalidade, diploma que impede agora cidadãos estrangeiros e seus descendentes, nascidos em Angola no tempo colonial português, de serem angolanos. A Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada com 142 […]
IN a piece of detail passed in November but only uncovered this week, ousted Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, who fled to Ivory Coast after his October 2014 ouster, has been granted Ivorian citizenship there on his request. Both Compaore and […]
Luanda – Los diputados aprobaron hoy, miércoles, en Luanda, en la globalidad, la Ley de Nacionalidad, por 142 votos a favor, 34 contra y cuatro abstenciones, en el ámbito de la 4ª reunión plenaria ordinaria de la IV Sesión Legislativa […]
Labour and Home Affairs Minister Edwin Batshu says 443 nationals of Indian origin and seven of Chinese have been granted Botswana citizenship since 1966.Responding to a question in parliament on Wednesday, Batshu said applications are considered by the Citizenship Committee […]
IN a piece of detail passed in November but only uncovered this week, ousted Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, who fled to Ivory Coast after his October 2014 ouster, has been granted Ivorian citizenship there on his request. Both Compaore […]
By Gbenga Akinfenwa EIGHT years after the Oru Refugee camp, Ogun State, was officially closed down, hundreds of the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean stranded refugees have alleged abandonment by the authorities, to face the hard side of life. Situated in Ijebu […]
Par Ziad Alami Human Rights Watch a adressé dernièrement une correspondance au soi-disant «ministre sahraoui de la Justice», au sujet de la séquestration à Tindouf de trois jeunes Sahraouies naturalisées Espagnoles. L’ONG américaine demande au front séparatiste des explications sur […]