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Gabon : Des actes de naissances pour les apatrides

Published: 16/Oct/2022
Source: Gabon review

Une distribution des actes de naissance et des récépissés de la CNAMGS aux enfants, jusque-là apatrides, s’est déroulée, le 13 octobre 2022, à la Mairie de Ntoum, dans le département de Komo-Mondah. Conduite par le directeur de cabinet du ministre […]

How To Obtain Egyptian Citizenship?

Published: 16/Oct/2022
Source: Sadany & Khalifa Law Firm (Cairo)

Do you want to be Egyptian? In this article, we will discuss all requirements to obtain Egyptian Citizenship The requirements to obtain Egyptian citizenship: Egyptian Law 140 of 2019 sets out the controls for granting Egyptian citizenship to a foreigner. […]

Zimbabwe: 65yrs after leaving home, Magriti Gama fights for citizenship

Published: 10/Oct/2022
Source: The Chronicle (Bulawayo)

Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter IMMIGRATION experts have said the 67-year-old granny who brought 15 relatives to Zimbabwe from Mozambique can claim Zimbabwean citizenship if she proves that she was born in the country. Ms Magriti Gama, who left the country […]

Nigeria: Aregbesola reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to eliminating statelessness

Published: 9/Oct/2022
Source: News Agency of Nigeria

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to joining the global effort to eliminate statelessness. The minister gave the affirmation when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday. […]

Zimbabwe: 3 million civic documents issued during blitz

Published: 2/Oct/2022
Source: Sunday Mail (Harare)

The Sunday Mail The mobile registration drive ended on Friday, with over three million civic documents having been issued. The figure is one million more than the planned target. The exercise, which was meant to clear the backlog that arose […]

Zimbabwe: Country Report

Published: 1/Oct/2022
Source: Asylum Research Centre for UNHCR

October 2022 (COI between 1st January 2020 and 31st August 2022) Background: This report presents Country of Origin Information (COI) on Zimbabwe focusing on a range of profiles identified to be of relevance in refugee status determination for Zimbabwean nationals. […]

A tale on belonging in Africa: an analysis of the African approach to statelessness

Published: 1/Oct/2022
Source: Pretoria University Law Press

By Mumbi Gichuhi and Sandra Bucha Chapter in: Frans Viljoen, Humphrey Sipalla and Foluso Adegalu (eds.) Exploring African approaches to international law: Essays in honour of Kéba Mbaye, Pretoria University Law Press, 2022 Download book: https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collections/exploring-african-approaches-to-international-law-essays-in-honour-of-keba-mbaye Download chapter: https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edocman/edited_collections/exploring_african_approaches/2022%20KM%20chapter%206.pdf

Namibia: Home affairs addresses statelessness

Published: 27/Sep/2022
Source: New Era (Windhoek)

By Aletta Shikololo OUSHINI – Statelessness, one of the serious human rights issues, has been put at the forefront of the ministry of home affairs’ agenda. A stateless person is someone who is not considered a national of any state. […]

Bernard Anbataayela Mornah v. Republic of Benin and others, Application 028/2018

Published: 22/Sep/2022
Source: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

1. Bernard Anbataayela Mornah (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicant”) is a Ghanaian national and the National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, a political party registered in Ghana. The Applicant alleges violations of human rights of the Sahrawi people […]