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Gabon: Filiation d’Ali Bongo : Pierre Péan revient à la charge

Published: 6/Oct/2015
Source: Gabon Review

Publié par Stevie Mounombou Dans une interview à Echos du Nord, parue le 5 octobre courant, l’auteur de «Nouvelles affaires africaines – Mensonges et pillages au Gabon» dit détenir deux documents qui attestent de la filiation d’Ali Bongo. Pour lui, […]

Uganda: Centre for Public Interest Law & Salima Namusobya v. Attorney General

Published: 6/Oct/2015
Source: Constitutional Court of Uganda

(Constitutional Petition 34 of 2010) [2015] UGCC 9 (Judgment of 06 October 2015) Introduction The petitioners seek the interpretation of the Constitution in the manner we shall set out below expressed in their own words. 1 (a) that Article 12(2)(c) […]

The value of dual citizenship for Africans

Published: 6/Oct/2015
Source: New Business Ethiopia

It is estimated that only around 1% of the world’s population have two or more passports, making dual citizenship an exclusive privilege. “No man is an island” is the theme of this year’s upcoming Investment Agenda, being held in Johannesburg […]

Nigeria: Army provides free medical service to 300 Bakassi IDPs

Published: 2/Oct/2015
Source: The Guardian (Abuja)

No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from the free medical outreach conducted by the 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar. Brig.-Gen. Sani Mohammed, Commander of the Brigade, said […]

Fight against statelessness in West Africa

Published: 2/Oct/2015
Source: UNHCR

The consultative conference on citizenship and statelessness in West Africa ended this week after two days of fruitful exchanges in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 28-30 September. This event, which was organized by UNHCR, in close collaboration with Open Society Foundations, […]

La nationalité de la femme marié en droit béninois

Published: 1/Oct/2015
Source: Chaire UNESCO, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin

La nationalité de la femme marié en droit béninois, par Eric Montcho Agbassa Communication présentée au Colloque international : Dix ans d’application du code des personnes et de la famille du Bénin: Bilan & perspectives, Cotonou, 08 au 10 Décembre 2014 […]

Major technical problem hampers issuance of biometric ID cards

Published: 1/Oct/2015
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper

ASI Famara Fadera, the Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), has revealed that the production of the Biometric Identity cards is presently facing a major technical problem and hence the non-issuance of this national document to […]

Conference Report: Citizenship and the Right to Nationality in Central Africa

Published: 1/Oct/2015
Source: Citizens Governance Initiatives, Cameroon

On 30th September / 1st October 2015, the Cameroon-based association Citizens Governance Initiatives organized a Sub-regional Conference on “Citizenship and the right to Nationality in Central Africa” in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Conference, which was made possible with financial support from […]

South Africa: Late registration of births coming to an end

Published: 30/Sep/2015
Source: SAnews.gov.za

Johannesburg — Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on officials to urge parents to register their new born babies within 30 days after birth because the late registration of births (LRB) process will be coming to an end soon. […]