The proposed adoption of the dual citizenship clause in the Zambian constitution through Parliament is a double-edged sword that is bound to hurt ordinary Zambians more and reverse the drive for indigenous Zambian participation in the economy. The first 27 […]
Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General, Johannes Tomana, has had some odd things to say in the past, but none weirder than his latest comments on child rape and child marriage as published in The Chronicle last week. The sum effect of his statements […]
Four-year-old Mariza Iussufo is perhaps not fully aware of the life-changing event that happened to her today, when the enthusiastic crowd at Namachilo community suddenly turned silent as her name was called out. As she quickly replied “yes” with her […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (ECCJ) on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, signed a partnership agreement on training, capacity building and information sharing in Abuja, Nigeria. A dispatch from the Liberian […]
The National Director of Civil Identification in Mozambique, Domingos Jofane has said more than 30,000 of his compatriots living and working in South Africa already have biometric identity cards and passports.He said this is part of a campaign promoted by […]
The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has supported Cabinet’s decision to approve the dual citizenship proposal and regard it as a non-contentious issues which should be presented in parliament for enactment into the new constitution of Zambia. YWCA national president […]
President Lungu has assured Zambians in the diaspora of the much-desired dual citizenship if Parliament approves the proposal in the draft constitution. And the President has called on African countries to change society’s perception of women and begin to consider […]
The Constitutional Court has called for the enactment of legislation that recognises dual citizenship and spells out how lost citizenship can be restored to make the Mutumwa Mawere judgment enforceable. In a full judgment availed recently under Constitutional Court of […]
The first point of call between individuals and their states is being registered and counted as part of the state, bestowing on them all rights and privileges that the state provides. Dow described birth registration as the first ticket to […]
Doc. CERD/C/SDN/CO/12-16 9. Le Comité note avec préoccupation que la modification apportée en 2011 à la loi sur la nationalité (art. 10 2)), prévoit la révocation de la nationalité soudanaise des personnes ayant acquis de droit ou de fait la […]
By Tayo Oyetibo, SAN Constitutional Law – International Passport: Power of Minister of Internal Affairs – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Rights: Extent of the powers of State Security Service – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Right: Freedom of Movement […]
CRC/C/GHA/CO/3-5 [pas disponible en francais] Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Ghana Birth registration 29. While noting the significant progress in improving birth registration coverage from 17 percent in 2002 to about 58 percent in […]