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Dual Citizenship And the Law: Is Bukola Saraki A Nigerian Citizen?

Published: 3/Jul/2015
Source: Sahara Reporters (New York)

Few days ago, news broke out from a popular online news platform suggesting that Nigeria’s Senate President, Sen. Dr. Bukola Saraki is not a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of his holding dual citizenship of the Federal republic of Nigeria […]

Malawi: Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, 2015

Published: 3/Jul/2015

Chapter 15:01, 5th Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi , 2018 Extract: Part IX – Rights and obligations of parties to a marriage 48. […] (4) Notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary in force at the commencement […]

86.500 Marocains ont obtenu une nationalité européenne en 2013

Published: 2/Jul/2015
Source: Bladi.net (Maroc)

86.500 Marocains ont acquis la nationalité d’un pays de l’Union européenne en 2013, d’après des chiffres publiés mercredi par l’Office statistique de l’UE (Eurostat). Les Marocains représentent ainsi 8,8% du total des étrangers ayant obtenu la citoyenneté d’un pays membre […]

CRC Concluding Observations 2015: Eritrea

Published: 2/Jul/2015
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/ERI/CO/4 Birth registration 31.The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation that the State party strengthen and further develop measures to ensure that all children born within the national territory, including those belonging to minorities and living in remote areas, are registered. […]

Zimbabwe: Malawi envoy takes to the pulpit

Published: 30/Jun/2015
Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe

MALAWI’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Jane Kambalame took Mbare Christians by surprise on Sunday when she took to the pulpit to deliver the Word of God. BY CHARLES LAITON The service was attended by hundreds of mostly Malawian congregants during a […]

Cameroun: Le scandale de la carte nationale d’identité

Published: 30/Jun/2015
Source: Camernews

Les problèmes d’établissement de cette pièce sont la conséquence des luttes d’intérêt qui ont causé le départ de la société française Thalès Security Systems. Depuis des mois voire des années, les camerounais vivent au rythme des ruptures de production de la […]

Chad expels scores of foreigners from N’Djamena

Published: 30/Jun/2015
Source: Africa Review

Chadian authorities have expelled hundreds of foreign nationals from the capital N’Djamena. Reports say most of the foreigners were from Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Cameroon Concord newspaper reported that about 300 Cameroonians were amongst those expelled […]

Human rights commission asks Nigeria to address IDPs’ statelessness

Published: 30/Jun/2015
Source: Channels TV.com

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has advised the Federal Government to urgently address issues of displaced persons in the northern part of the country as more Nigerians are becoming stateless. The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, […]

Boko Haram’s neglected crisis

Published: 29/Jun/2015
Source: IRIN

According to Niger’s interior ministry, more than 60 percent of displaced people no longer have identification documents to prove their nationality. “No birth certificate or no identity document means the basic rights of the target population will be violated and […]