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Kenya: Statelessness: Pemba Community’s Fight for Citizenship and Identity

Published: 24/Feb/2023
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

The recent recognition of the Pemba as one Kenya’s ethnic groups must not remain a dead letter. The government must ensure that they are issued with identification documents that will enable them to enjoy their rights as Kenyan citizens. By […]

Tanzania cuts off 970,046 SIM cards

Published: 23/Feb/2023
Source: Developing Telecoms

Tanzania deactivated 970,046 SIM cards despite extending the deadline for its SIM registration law, a move to combat fraudulent activity through mobile phones. However, the vast majority of mobile users in Tanzania did register as 60.47 million out of 61.44 […]

50,000 People Undocumented in Namibia

Published: 22/Feb/2023
Source: New Era (Windhoek)

By Aletta Shikololo Ongwediva — For his entire life, Nghidipo Rafael has had to prove that he indeed exists. The 29-year-old from Outaukondjele village in the Ohangwena region was born from Namibian parents, yet he is stateless. This fact has […]

Tanzania: AG asks High Court to reject 2022 dual citizenship petition

Published: 21/Feb/2023
Source: The Guardian / IPP Media (Dar es Salaam)

THE Attorney General (AG) has submitted three objections to ask the High Court to throw out proceedings on dual citizenship, citing irregularities in the oaths of the applicants and violation of section 4 of the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement […]

Tanzanians in the diaspora file case over dual citizenship

Published: 21/Feb/2023
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Dar es Salaam. The government has opposed a constitutional petition in which six Tanzanians who live and work abroad are challenging sections of the law that prohibit dual citizenship. Through preliminary objections, state lawyers want the High Court to dismiss […]

How the eight “stateless” of the ICTR live in Niger

Published: 21/Feb/2023
Source: JusticeInfo.net (Fondation Hirondelle)

It’s one of the major misstep of the Arusha’s white elephant, also known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). A year ago, its Arusha branch sent eight acquitted and released Rwandan persons to Niger, but Niger then said it […]

Liberian Passport Regulations Under Scrutiny to Suit Dual Citizenship, Others

Published: 20/Feb/2023
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

By Obediah Johnson The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah has announced the revision of its national passports in keeping with the dual citizenship law passed in the country. It can be […]

African Union: Decisions of the Forty-Second Ordinary Session of the Executive Council

Published: 16/Feb/2023
Source: Executive Council of the AU

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty-Second Ordinary Session 15 – 16 February 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1189-1216(XLII) EX.CL/Decl.1(XLII) Original: English/French Extract: EX.CL/Dec.1190(XLII) DECISION ON THE REPORTS OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (STCs) AND OTHER MINISTERIAL MEETINGS […] 45. FURTHER APPROVES the proposal of […]