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Sipe’s citizenship under scrutiny

Published: 23/Dec/2014
Source: Malawi24

Malawi’s representative in the just ended Big Brother season nine reality show, Sipe has come under fire over her citizenship as reports indicate that she is ‘not a Malawian.’ As she was in the Big Brother house, speculations were all […]

Kenya Security Laws Amendment Act 2014

Published: 22/Dec/2014

The Security Laws (Amendment) Act, No. 19 of 2014 amends the Citizenship and Immigration Act 2011 as follows: Sets up the Border Control and Operations Coordination Committee to report to the National Security Council on activities “for the management and […]

Sudan to deliver residence cards to 500,000 South Sudanese

Published: 21/Dec/2014
Source: Sudan Tribe

The Sudanese government agreed to deliver residence permits to South Sudanese refugees enabling them to circulate and to work in the neighbouring country. The memorandum of understanding was signed in Khartoum by the Sudanese interior ministry and the UN refugees […]

Libya: Nationality, Registration and Documents

Published: 19/Dec/2014
Source: Governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden

This report is written by country analysts from Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. It covers topics that are relevant for status determination of Libyan and non-Libyan citizens whose asylum claims are based on the situation in Libya. The target […]

The World’s Stateless

Published: 15/Dec/2014
Source: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

This report is about ordinary people, living all over the world, who have one extraordinary thing in common: they do not hold any nationality at all. They are The World’s Stateless. When having a nationality (or even multiple nationalities) is […]

Connected walls – Spain-Morocco

Published: 14/Dec/2014
Source: Connectedwalls.com

[connectedwalls.com, an interactive documentary experience about separation walls] *Without Spanish or Moroccan nationality, Dikra and Mohamed, two young children, cannot attend any public school in Ceuta. It’s as if they didn’t exist for the two countries… Join our interactive experience […]

ECOWAS biometric ID card goes into force in 2016

Published: 12/Dec/2014
Source: ECOWAS

The ECOWAS Biometric Identity Card goes into force in 2016, representing another milestone in the march to regional integration, through unfettered movement of Community citizens. A Communiqué after a three-day 73rd Ordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers which […]

Liberia: Under probe – NEC puts Rob Sirleaf’s citizenship on grill

Published: 12/Dec/2014
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

Robert Sirleaf, one of the key candidates set to contest the up-coming senatorial seat for Montserrado County as an independent candidate, is expected to undergo a probe by the National Election Commission (NEC) over allegations that he is in possession […]

Boko Haram fuels displacement crisis in Niger’s Diffa Region

Published: 12/Dec/2014
Source: IRIN

Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram militias have driven nearly 90,000 people into neighbouring Niger’s impoverished Diffa Region this year, sparking food security and protection worries. The September-November harvest season has been favourable across Niger except in Diffa, where food insecurity is […]

Robert Sirleaf woes deepen, lawyers question U.S. Nationality

Published: 11/Dec/2014
Source: All Africa

Critics of Independent Montserrado County Senatorial aspirant, Robert Sirleaf, also the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are doing everything within their reach to ensure that he is barred from contesting the ensuing senatorial elections. As part of the move […]