COMMENT Immigration law expert Stefanie de Saude Darbandi, representing a family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has helped bring about a change in immigration law by taking the case to the high court and Constitutional Court. This […]
L’un des plus sérieux concurrents du président Azali Assoumani à l’élection présidentielle anticipée du mois prochain, Mohamed Ali Soilihi, ancien vice-président, vient d’être entendu par un juge d’instruction dans le cadre de l’affaire dite de la « citoyenneté économique » : plus […]
By Bronwen Manby Summary The question of membership and belonging is widely recognized to have been at the root of many political crises in Africa since independence. The legal frameworks for citizenship were largely inherited from the colonial powers and […]
Case CCT249/18 [2019] ZACC 01 Judgement Date: 29 January 2019 Post Judgment Media Summary The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional Court or any member of the […]
Why has Liberia not enacted dual citizenship or repealed a constitutional ‘Negro clause’? by Robtel Neajai Pailey It has been exactly one year since newly inaugurated Liberian President George Manneh Weah sparked controversy by declaring staunch support for enacting dual citizenship and repealing a […]
Dual citizenship is illegal in a number of African countries. Authoritarian leaders regard people with a second nationality as potentially dangerous with their « foreign » ideas, analysts say. Several African countries, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania and […]
Recalling the common purpose and objectives of the Abuja Action Statement of 8 June 2016, the Governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, with the participation of a broad range of partners engaged in the response to forced displacement, convened […]
(Jan. 28, 2019) On December 29, 2018, the Guinean Parliament adopted a new Civil Code to replace the one that Guinea has had since 1983. (Guinean Civil Code: Some Advances for Women, but Polygamy Legalized, RFI AFRIQUE (Dec. 31, 2018) (in […]
Le document sera bientôt entériné par le Congo et l’agence pays du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR). L’adoption du plan national 2019-2024 pour l’éradication de l’apatridie va traduire la volonté du gouvernement congolais à poursuivre ses efforts […]
By HASSAN MOHAMED Ethiopia last week passed a law allowing one million refugees to move out of their camps, attend regular schools and to travel and work across the country. They can also to formally register births, marriages and deaths […]
Le spécimen des actes de naissance délivrés dans le cadre du Projet d’enregistrement à titre dérogatoire à l’état civil (Pedec) est disponible. Les populations enrôlées en marge du Recensement administratif à vocation d’identification de la population et concernées par ce […]
The severity of living without a national identification document is inconceivable to most Kenyans. Without a national identity card, individuals are practically invisible to the state. As such, it is difficult for them to secure the rights other citizens enjoy; […]