In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children. The President of Liberia signed into law an act to amend the Aliens and […]
Ines Rutayisire Umurerwa The government of Rwanda has set a target of having all babies born in the country to be registered at birth by the end of 2022. Current figures from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) […]
By Derrick Wandera & Peter Sserugo The government has set aside Shs600b for renewal of the National ID, which starts in June next year. Addressing the media yesterday, Minister of Internal Affairs Kahinda Otafiire said the money would be used to purchase high-tech […]
Article 8: Name and nationality (1) A child has a right, from birth, to a name and nationality and where a child is deprived of that child’s identity, the State shall provide appropriate assistance with a view to establishing that […]
La République du Congo a franchi une nouvelle étape dans la bataille contre l’apatridie avec l’adoption la semaine dernière par le Conseil des ministres d’un projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication du […]
By MAUREEN NJERI The Shona will participate in their first ever General Election n Kenya nearly six decades after the community migrated from Zimbabwe. Speaking to BBC Africa, the community secretary general Oliver Muregerera was excited to finally exercise his civil […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news • 15 civil society and legal aid organizations established the Eastern Africa Nationality Network. • Three pledges from the 2019 High Level Segment on Statelessness were fully or partially implemented in Georgia, […]
The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has set yet another first-time-in-history record with the signing into law of a number of iconic bills towards spurring national inclusiveness and the fight against graft and corruption in the […]
Egyptian law allows citizens to be granted permission to naturalize a foreign nationality while retaining their Egyptian nationality and that makes them exempt from military service. Masry Al-Youm answers how the Egyptian expatriates obtain the approval of the Egyptian authorities […]
« Le projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication de l’apatridie au Congo répond au souci de lutter contre la prolifération des cas d’apatridie », peut-on lire dans le compte rendu du Conseil de ministres du 3 […]
by CLAUSE MASIKA Data Rights and their Kenyan partner organisations the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Nubian Rights Forum (NRF) are suing IDEMIA, one of the leading biometric tech companies in the world, before the Paris judicial tribunal. The […]
Extract: Chapter 9.1 Birth registration A name and nationality are every child’s right, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international treaties. Registering children at birth is the first step in securing their recognition […]