Malawi Law Commission is conducting consultative meetings to review the Malawi Citizenship Act meant to provide a forum for various stakeholders to discuss, share experiences and provide guidance on the reformed Act. This week at a daylong workshop at Sunbird […]
By Oludare Richards The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have contested […]
« Je ne suis pas apatride, parce que je détiens tous les documents officiels requis comme la carte d’électeur, l’acte de naissance, le certificat de nationalité », déclarent la plupart des fonctionnaires du ministère de la justice interrogé sur l’apatridie. En revanche, […]
By Patricia Kapulula The review of the Malawi Citizenship Act is set to address gaps that exist between the citizenship law and the Republic of Malawi Constitution to bring the Act in tandem with the country’s supreme law. Chairperson of […]
Le Peuple uni pour la rénovation sociale (Purs) plaide une énième fois pour une reconnaissance de la double nationalité au Cameroun. Reconnaître la double nationalité pour le Purs, la formation politique de Serge Espoir Matomba, c’est accorder de l’importance aux […]
By David S. Menjor What is the National Identification Registry (NIR)? This is one of the questions that take minds back to the days of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, when many structures and systems were put in place to […]
Seventeen-year-old Françoise et Christelle grew up together in an orphanage in northern Côte d’Ivoire, with no paperwork to prove their citizenship and no family to vouch for them. But a legal ruling, which follows years of campaigning by UNHCR and […]
Migrations, un horizon qui se dérobe · La guerre en Syrie a créé une vague de réfugiés sans précédent. La plupart des pays leur ont fermé les portes, à l’exception du Liban, de la Turquie et de la Jordanie. Mais […]
Félix Swaboka Des irrégularités observées lors de la campagne gratuite d’identification se révèlent au goût du jour. Lors de la campagne de délivrance gratuite de la carte nationale d’identité décidée par le chef de l’Etat en début d’année 2013 en […]
Aysheshim Teka, an Ethiopian businessman based in South Sudan, has been awarded a South Sudanese honorary citizenship by the country’s president. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit bestowed the honorary citizenship on Aysheshim at a peace marathon, “The Great South […]
By David S. Menjor NIR Executive Director J. Nagbe Tiah: « We will set up a new biometric civil registry and issue the first one million ID cards, including 50,000 ECOWAS standard cards in the country. » The National Identification Registry (NIR) […]
Citizenship granted to Makonde; Shona denied back rights or education, healthcare, doing business By George Mugo As Kenyans acquire Huduma Namba, the Shona community that has lived in the country for 60 years wants the government to grant them citizenship […]