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UNHCR applauds São Tomé and Principe’s pledge to eradicate statelessness

Published: 26/Jan/2024
Source: UNHCR

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, extends its appreciation to the Government and people of São Tomé and Principe for their commitment to ending statelessness through the recent accession to two statelessness conventions. On 15 January, São Tomé and […]

UK resident wins legal battle for Kenyan citizenship

Published: 25/Jan/2024
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

By Sam Kiplagat Court Reporter The High Court has given the government up to six months to grant Kenyan citizenship to a Kenyan-born UK resident. Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the delay in processing Hamza Mohamed Osman’s documents was unreasonable […]

Two Senegal Opposition Leaders Excluded From Final List of Presidential Candidates

Published: 21/Jan/2024
Source: Voice of America

DAKAR — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s presidential election next month. The party of the main challenger called the move a “dangerous precedent” on Sunday. […]

South Africa: ‘They marry our women to get citizenship’

Published: 20/Jan/2024
Source: Daily Sun (Johannesburg)

A CONCERNED group is calling for an end to fake marriages in Mzansi. The group, calling themselves SA Citizens, claimed that foreign nationals are marrying South African women to obtain citizenship. Tshidiso Motikoe, a member of SA Citizens, said they […]

South Africa: P.P.M and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others

Published: 16/Jan/2024
Source: High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division

(14238/21) [2024] ZAGPPHC 2 (16 January 2024) Introduction [1] South Africa is one of the preferred destinations for various categories of migrants. The country faces many migration-related challenges, including the increased prevalence of irregular migration and identity theft.[1] Non-South African […]