Windhoek – Namibia is among a few countries in Africa to have digitalised the National Population Register, which is fully integrated, combining the birth, ID, marriage and death registers under one profile, Vice-President Nickey Iyambo has confirmed. Read more
Etre apatride, c’est ne pas avoir de nationalité. Cela peut sembler abstrait, mais dans les faits, cela implique beaucoup de choses. Impossible pour les enfants, par exemple, de se rendre dans les écoles qui demandent des extraits de naissance, puis […]
Mrs Liz Ahua, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for West Africa, says massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone poses great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua said this on Sunday in Banjul at the opening […]
Banjul, le 7 mai 2017. Le ministre gambien de l’Intérieur, Mai Ahmad Fatty, a invité les Etats membres de la Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique de l’ouest (Cedeao) à tout mettre en œuvre pour éradiquer l’apatridie dans l’espace communautaire. M. […]
Mrs Liz Ahua, the Regional Representative, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has described ECOWAS as a global pacesetter for its progress towards eradicating statelessness in the West Africa sub-region. Ahua said on Sunday in Banjul at the opening of […]
Over the last few weeks, we have looked at some basic immigration laws in Zimbabwe. More information on regulations and requirements can be found on the Department of Immigration Zimbabwe website. There is relevant information pertaining to the various permits […]
Pour cette édition, elle a choisi le thème « Femmes et Apatridie » pour participer à l’effort de sensibilisation sur ce phénomène mondial. Le problème de l’apatridie demeure, en effet, une anomalie flagrante ayant des impacts dévastateurs sur la vie […]
editorial The Issue Of dual citizenship in Liberia has been and continues to be discussed across the country especially ahead of the crucial Presidential and Legislative Elections slated for October this year. The views are divergent on the dual nationality […]
La Namibie va mettre en place un système électronique de notification des naissances dans le pays, a déclaré jeudi à Windhoek la ministre namibienne des Affaires intérieures et de l’immigration, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana. Elle a fait l’annonce mercredi dans une déclaration […]
By Ora Noureldin The new bill to amend the Nationality Law, recently approved by the parliamentary National Defense and Security Committee, which would give investors the right to apply for citizenship after living and investing in Egypt for five years, […]
This exploratory global study of constitutional jurisprudence on gender equality and women’s empowerment, conducted by the Just Governance Group as part of a project partnership between International IDEA and UN Women, reveals a series of important findings regarding the current […]
Libyan women’s rights campaigners have angrily taken to Twitter after the committee responsible for their country’s new constitution backtracked on a major issue. While a previous draft of Libya’s long-awaited constitution had allowed women to pass on their nationality to their […]