On July 25, 2022, Liberia enacted an amendment (Amendment Law) to the 1973 Aliens and Nationality Law (1973 Law). Among the key changes that the Amendment Law brought about are the replacement of a provision that allows only men to […]
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 […]
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. […]
Thuso Khumalo South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department is tracking foreign nationals, who engaged in fraudulent marriages to get citizenship of South Africa, as well as those using fraudulent passports. Minister Motsoaledi told reporters in Johannesburg […]
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 […]
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. […]
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
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. […]
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 […]
By Paul Kurgat Kenya Kwanza allies want outgoing Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to be compelled to pay the exiled lawyer, Miguna Miguna, Ksh7 million as ordered by the court. Lawyer Nelson Havi led the clamour, arguing that the High […]
By Fred Kagonye | Sep 20, 2022 Lawyer Dr Miguna Miguna has taken to Twitter to reveal that he has received a new passport, five years since he was ‘deported’ from Kenya to Canada. In a tweet, Miguna stated that […]
By Ayang Macdonald Nigeria officials say they have so far been able to register the biometrics of almost 90 million citizens for National Identification Numbers despite many bottlenecks. The success means that a capacity crunch could be ahead, however. Speaking […]