The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by its chairman and prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has radically reformed Ethiopia’s political system. The regime transformed the hitherto centralised state into the Federal Democratic Republic and also redefined citizenship, politics and […]
Legislators in Mali will have to try harder to win support for the next draft of their new family code after the president sent it back to parliament on 27 August for re-drafting. The current draft code recognizes only secular […]
On 8 May 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Burundi announced at a press conference in Bujumbura, “[w]e are in the final year of repatriation.” This statement reinforced growing pressure on refugees living in Tanzania […]
Cidadãos provenientes de várias partes do continente africano, estão a fixar-se ilegalmente na Província de Cabinda, e posteriormente a adquirirem de forma obscura a nacionalidade angolana, segundo depoimentos dos próprios infractores. Para tal, recorrem as conservatórias dos Municípios do Interior, […]
HARARE Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirais office has said Zimbabwes unity government will review a controversial law used to strip hundreds of people of their citizenship and right to vote because they were once citizens of other countries or because their […]
By Joseph Konadu INTRODUCTION The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1961 interprets a passport as including “every form of travel document issued on behalf of the Republic”. According to the Immigration Act, 2000 (ACT 573) a “passport means a valid travel document […]
By Muthoni Wanyeki Last Sunday, the Nation Media Group published an editorial responding to donor and civil society’s concerns about the inclusion of questions as to ethnicity in the upcoming Kenyan national census. Civil society has, in the past, urged […]
An Act to amend the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, to provide for dual citizenship; to provide for the board to have a vote of its own; to amend the provisions of the Act relating to the loss of […]
By Arthur Mordaunt LOBAMBA – Swazis who possess dual citizenship could find themselves under arrest if found out. Home Affairs Minister Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze has announced that it was illegal for Swazis to hold dual citizenship and declared that anyone […]
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CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Fifty-first session CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations: Niger Birth registration 35. The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption in 2007 of a new law on birth registration and a […]
CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Committee on the Rights of the Child Fifty-first session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Niger Birth registration 35.The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption in 2007 of a new […]