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57th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR: Intersession Report by Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa

Published: 18/Nov/2015
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul, 4 to 18 November 2015 Intersession Report by Madam Maya Sahli-Fadel Commissioner/ Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa Paragraph 18 […]

COI Query Final Answer: Western Sahara / Morocco / Algeria

Published: 16/Nov/2015
Source: European Asylum Support Office

Response to queries about Sahrawi citizenship/nationality in Western Sahara, Morocco and Algeria Download: https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/009_EASO_COI_Query_Response_Western_Sahara_Morocco_Sahrawi.pdf

Lesotho: New citizens urged to pay tax

Published: 15/Nov/2015
Source: Lesotho Times

Pascalinah Kabi SIXTEEN immigrants from around the world yesterday took the oath of allegiance to become Lesotho citizens at the Ministry of Home Affairs offices in Maseru. Addressing the new citizens, who consisted of three children and 13 adults from […]

Dual citizenship in Tanzania

Published: 15/Nov/2015
Source: Daily News

Is dual citizenship allowed in Tanzania? I went to university outside Tanzania and have now gotten my foreign passport but am also carrying my Tanzanian passport. Can I continue to do so? What is my legal status now? If my […]

L’état civil d’Ali Bongo va être dévoilé

Published: 12/Nov/2015
Source: Le Monde

Engagée depuis la mort du chef de l’Etat gabonais en 2009, la bataille des 54 enfants d’Omar Bongo pour le partage de son héritage, estimé a minima à plusieurs centaines de millions d’euros, a connu une nouvelle escarmouche, jeudi 12 […]

Madagascar plans to amend discriminatory law that fuels statelessness

Published: 12/Nov/2015
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Madagascar plans to amend a discriminatory nationality law that stops mothers passing citizenship to their children, making thousands stateless on the Indian Ocean island. Campaigners hailed the proposed reform which they said could ease the plight of many of the […]

Sudan’s hand-written passports to be nullified on November 25th

Published: 6/Nov/2015
Source: Sudan Tribune

November 5, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Ministry of Interior announced today that all hand-written passports will be nullified effective November 25th after which only machine-readable passports (MRPs) will be accepted. […] The Director General of Passport Division Abu-Bakr Suleiman […]

Madagascar moves closer to reforming gender discriminatory nationality law

Published: 5/Nov/2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust

Over the last two days Madagascar has taken significant steps towards eradicating gender discrimination in its nationality law and eliminating statelessness. If a reformed law is implemented it would ensure, amongst other things, that women are no longer discriminated against […]