Once held up as a model for resettlement, Tanzanian government policy is hardening at just the wrong time By Charlie Ensor A political almanac, a miniature desk flag, a poster of presidents past and present: symbols of Tanzania, the country […]
« Les Etats africains devraient saisir l’opportunité d’établir des normes claires sur la reconnaissance de la nationalité et l’éradication de l’apatridie », réclame une Coalition d’organisations de la société civile africaine travaillant sur la question. Les États membres se réunissent à Abidjan, […]
Mpho Tebele Gaborone – The Botswana government has announced that it would cancel citizenship for all persons above the age of 21 who have not renounced citizenship of another country. Currently, a child born to a Botswana citizen and a […]
Manifeste pour la reconnaissance de la double nationalité au Cameroun Par les signataires et adhérents du Présent Manifeste, ressortissants et amis du Cameroun, réunis le 27 avril 2018 à Rouen, il est constitué ce jour, sous le régime de loi […]
By Carmel Rickard IN what is being hailed as a “monumental” decision for the continent, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that Tanzania arbitrarily deprived a man of his Tanzanian nationality. The judgment, likely to affect […]
ACERWC Comm. 005/Com/001/2015; Decision No. 002/2018; adopted at the 31st Ordinary Session of the ACERWC, 24 April — 4 May 2018 ; published 29 November 2018. IV: Decision of the Committee 104. For the foregoing reasons, the Committee finds that […]
La question identitaire est peut être loin derrière nous, mais l’obtention de la Carte nationale d’identité (CNI) reste un casse-tête. Des requérants patientent pendant plus de six mois, voire plus d’un an, sans obtenir le précieux sésame. Établies pour la […]
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman born to Zambian parents has taken the Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede to court challenging his refusal to grant her Zimbabwean citizenship. Mrs Ketty Twasa (75), through her lawyers Moyo and Nyoni Legal […]
« Pour faire exister les enfants invisibles », c’est le slogan du programme Birth registration for all oblivion (BRAVO), de la Communauté de Saint’Egidio. Selon la responsable de BRAVO au Burkina, Colette Guiébré, c’est un programme qui intervient dans l’enregistrement des naissances, […]
Monrovia – The Union of Liberia Associations in the Americas (ULAA) is seeking the passage of the dual citizens’ bill to allow Liberians who have taken citizenship in other countries to come home and contribute to the development of Liberia. […]
by Jumoke Akiyode Lawanson The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has given up on issuing identity cards to enrolled citizens, saying it will now focus on giving National Identification Numbers (NINs) without the card in a three-year plan outlined by […]
Extract: 5.3 Zimbabweans of Foreign Descent: The So-called “aliens” “Aliens” as an exclusionary and almost derogatory category of Zimbabweans is applied by the Registrar General’s office to Zimbabwean citizens who were born of migrant parents. This is despite the fact […]