By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja The Citizenship and Business Department of the Federal Ministry of Interior was charged with the responsibility of managing expatriate quota issues and other matters relating to the grant of Nigerian citizenship to foreigners. Early this year, […]
South Sudan is currently on the edge. Reports of an alleged attempted coup in South Sudan on Sunday 15 December were followed by days of reports of firefights all over the capital Juba. On December 19, these were followed by […]
Botswana’s Bushmen have held a press conference in the country’s capital to demand an end to government persecution of the tribe. Bushmen spokesmen Roy Sesana, Mangana, Keikabile Modogu and Jumanda Gakelebone told journalists that they were appealing to the government to meet […]
The Federal Government, on Monday, granted 217 foreign nationals Nigerian citizenship, including an 88-year-old American missionary, who decided to remain in Nigeria as citizens. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, formally presented the beneficiaries with the Nigerian citizenship certificates, after administering […]
Nous, participants à la table ronde régionale sur l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest,organisée à Banjul, les 4 et 5 décembre 2013, à l’initiative du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés, Rappelant le ferme engagement de nos Etats aux […]
Chaque enfant a le droit à un nom et à une nationalité, tel qu’inscrit dans la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant et autres traités internationaux. Pour autant, les naissances de près de 230 millions d’enfants de moins de cinq […]
L’enregistrement des naissances des enfants est une étape cruciale pour leur protection tout au long de la vie. Promouvoir le droit des enfants en faveur de l’enregistrement des naissances relève clairement du mandat de l’UNICEF. Il s’agit d’un élément clé […]
O Governo de Cabo Verde suspendeu a proposta da nova lei da Nacionalidade cabo-verdiana depois de o principal partido da oposição, o Movimento para a Democracia (MpD) ter rejeitado esta quarta-feira o documento. Para o MpD-Luxemburgo a proposta é « ilegal ». […]
Shocked by an escalation of killings, rapes and other abuses committed by Muslims against Christians, and vice versa, in the Central African Republic (CAR), leading clerics from both faiths recently travelled together to preach peace and listen to tales of […]
Libya: Identification documents, including national identity cards (NID) and birth certificates; requirements and procedures for obtaining and renewing identity documents, both within the country and abroad; availability of fraudulent documents (2011-November 2013) Response to information requests. Download from Refworld website.
Provides for facilitated acquisition of citizenship on the basis of an investment of USD1,000,000; and for deprivation if the minister ‘is satisfied’ that the person has committed terrorist acts. Download file: Seychelles Citizenship Amendment Act 2013
CCPR/C/MRT/CO/1 Extract: 24.Le Comité regrette que l’État partie n’ait pas encore adopté la loi sur l’asile. Il est par ailleurs préoccupé par la limite de la liberté de mouvement des réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile qui ne bénéficient plus du statut […]