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Sierra Leone Government to Grant Citizenship to 100 Foreigners

Published: 4/Dec/2022
Source: Switsalone

By Ibrahim Mansaray This year’s Sierra Leone-Diaspora Citizenship program has seen a record number of foreigners certified and set to be granted Sierra Leonean citizenship status. The program, which started in 2019 creates a platform for people whose DNA proves […]

Indigenous community in Uganda seeks an end to their statelessness

Published: 1/Dec/2022
Source: UNHCR

After decades of statelessness, the Benet community in Uganda are struggling to survive and access basic services like education and health care. By Tukundane Yonna in Mount Elgon, Uganda Moses Mwanga Kapchekwengu sits on an old rocking chair outside his […]

Judicial Responses to Weaponized Citizenship in Zimbabwe

Published: 1/Dec/2022
Source: Penn Undergraduate Law Journal

By Farah Tolu-Honary Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, Fall 2022, Vol. 10, No. 1 Abstract Descendants of migrant laborers living in Zimbabwe were rendered stateless due to the Zimbabwean government’s interpretation of its citizenship laws that banned dual citizenship. Individuals with […]

Benin: Assemblée Nationale: Le Code de Nationalité Béninoise Modifié

Published: 1/Dec/2022
Source: Matin Libre (Cotonou)

Les représentants du peuple ont adopté la loi n°2022-32 du 29 novembre 2022 portant code de la nationalité béninoise. C’était au cours d’une séance plénière tenue, mardi 29 novembre 2022, au Palais des Gouverneurs à Porto-Novo sous la houlette du […]

Statelessness and its Risk in Angola and for Angolans Living Abroad

Published: 1/Dec/2022
Source: UNHCR

By Michael Offermann Summary Angola has actively embraced the 10-year #IBelong campaign do eradicate statelessness that UNHCR launched in 2014. The country participated in the 2017 Regional Conference of the Members States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes […]

Kenya: Muslim cleric back new directive on vetting

Published: 30/Nov/2022
Source: Kenyanews.go.ke

The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) has lauded the move by President William Ruto on the directive to review the policy and regulations surrounding the issuance of passports, Identification cards [IDs] and other key requisite documentation to […]

Une béninoise peut désormais transmettre sa nationalité à son époux étranger

Published: 30/Nov/2022
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune (Cotonou)

Au Bénin, les députés ont voté hier mardi 29 novembre, la loi n° 2022-32 portant modification du Code de nationalité. Le texte renferme 97 articles répartis en huit titres. Ils sont consacrés aux dispositions générales, à l’attribution de la nationalité […]

Benin: Modification de la loi portant Code de la nationalité béninoise

Published: 30/Nov/2022
Source: Benin Web TV

Par Cochimau S. Houngbadji Le parlement a procédé à la modification de la loi n°65-17 du 23 juin 1965 portant code de la nationalité béninoise. A l’unanimité, les députés ont adopté la nouvelle modificative qui vient corriger certaines inégalités entre […]

Coopération: le Japon appuie la santé numérique en RDC

Published: 26/Nov/2022
Source: www.adiac-congo.com

Dans sa phase pilote, le projet cible les provinces de Kinshasa, du Kongo central, du Kasaï central et du Haut-Katanga. L’ambassadeur du Japon en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Minami Hiro, a indiqué dans son allocution que dans ce pays, le processus […]