A protocol on the right to nationality will strengthen democracy, regional integration, and reduce conflict in Africa’, a new report states Addis Ababa, 29 January 2015 According to a new report launched by President Alassane Ouattara from Côte d’Ivoire and […]
Speeches given by President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and UNHCR Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the launch of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Study on Nationality, Addis Ababa, January 2015 Download document (PDF 3.3 MB): Speeches […]
La question liée au vote des Burkinabé vivant à l’étranger continue de faire l’objet de débats et de plusieurs interpellations. A la suite du Conseil supérieur des Burkinabè de l’étranger (CSBE), c’est le professeur Albert Ouédraogo de monter au créneau […]
In short: Aronda says the forms will be processed immediately and once approved; the applicants will be issued with certificate of Naturalization as Ugandan Citizens. The Internal Affairs Ministry has rolled out the registration and Naturalization of foreigners before they […]
The Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs, Aronda Nyakairima, has flagged off a country-wide exercise in which non-citizens, who have resided in Uganda for an aggregate period of more than twenty years, will apply for citizenship by naturalization. The naturalization exercise […]
By: Sam Waswa The Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, has flagged off a countrywide exercise in which non-citizens, who have resided in Uganda for an aggregate period of more than twenty years, will apply for citizenship by […]
opinion By Capt. Daniel Omale I applaud Governor Isa Yuguda’s new policy: any Nigerian that has stayed up to seven years in Bauchi State automatically becomes an indigene/a citizen of the state with full rights and responsibilities. This is the […]
Rwandans who were expelled from Tanzania and settled in Bugesera District yesterday received assorted food items worth Rwf27 million. The food was donated by Direct Aid Project Rwanda, formerly known as African Muslims Agency, in collaboration with the district’s Joint […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said that it has taken necessary measures to ensure that internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country get their National eID cards wherever they are. Director General of NIMC, Mr Chris Onyemenam, who […]
Mary, a Liberian refugee born in Liberia to Liberian parents, gave birth to a child in 2003 in Ghana where she is now resident. The father of the child is unknown; neither can the mother trace any relative of the […]
More than 10 million people around the world are classified as “stateless”, or without nationality. Close to a million of these people live in Ivory Coast. The BBC’s Tamasin Ford reports from Koupela, near Bouafle, in the centre of the […]
By Kelsey P. Norman January 7 2015 Images of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea by boat from North Africa to Europe were rampant in 2014. Most news stories reporting on this topic either focused on the dangerous and […]