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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Intensifies Voter Registration

Published: 13/Feb/2023
Source: The Herald (Harare)

Zanu PF has intensified the voter mobilisation drive, with Mashonaland West Province’s Chegutu district yesterday getting a major boost after taking delivery of an additional 51 bicycles for use. […] Cde Mutsvangwa said he was alive to the fact that […]

Nigeria: Acquiring citizenship for foreigners difficult, says Aregbesola

Published: 8/Feb/2023
Source: Punch (Abuja)

By Solomon Odeniyi The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has lamented the cumbersome process foreigners are subjected to while applying to be citizens of the country. The PUNCH reports that chapter III of the Nigerian 1999 constitution stated that an […]

Lobby wants refugees married to Kenyans granted citizenship

Published: 8/Feb/2023
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

Haki na Sheria Initiative has filed a petition in a Garissa court. By Emmanuel Wanjala In Summary Article 15(1) of the Constitution grants foreigners married to Kenyan citizens for seven years and above to register for citizenship. But Section 11 […]

1,698 applications cleared for Kenyan citizenship

Published: 7/Feb/2023
Source: Business Daily (Nation Media Group, Nairobi)

The Ministry of Interior and National Administration has cleared a backlog of 1,698 applications for citizenship, some of which have been pending approval since 2018. Interior cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki revealed that 808 applications were made by persons who sought […]

Citizenship Rights of Refugees Married to Kenyans

Published: 7/Feb/2023
Source: Haki na Sheria (Garissa)

Haki na Sheria Initiative has today filed a petition in Garissa High Court relating to refugees married to Kenyans for seven or more years who are denied the right to apply for or acquire citizenship through marriage. Read press release: […]

RDC : Mémorandum sur la situation des Tutsi congolais

Published: 6/Feb/2023
Source: La Libre Afrique (Bruxelles)

Nous, citoyens de la RDC et des pays amis issus de la mosaïque culturelle que regorge le continent africain, vous adressons ce mémorandum, en vertu de la Convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide de 1948, […]

Kenya: 1,698 citizenship applications were unapproved since 2018 – Kindiki

Published: 6/Feb/2023
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

by FELIX KIPKEMOI There was a total of 1,698 applications for citizenship that have been pending approval over the last five years, Interior CS Kindiki Kithure has disclosed. All the applications, Kindiki stated, were pending the determination of the Cabinet […]