By Deus Ngowi Arusha — THE African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has ordered Government of Tanzania to amend its legislation to provide individuals with judicial remedies in the event of any dispute over their citizenship. The Court […]
Extracts: On 28 February, the League of Arab States (LAS) convened a Ministerial meeting in Tunis on “Belonging and Legal Identity” under the patronage of the President of Tunisia. The meeting resulted in the adoption of the Declaration on Belonging […]
By Christiana Nwaogu, Patience Ihejirika About 28.5 million Nigerians who registered for the national identity card are yet to get the cards from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Most of them have expressed worry that, while the development is […]
[DRAFT BILL dated April 2018, as posted to Ministry of Justice website 12 June 2018] MEMORANDUM: This Bill will repeal the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01] which will be replaced by the Zimbabwean Citizenship Act which is in compliance […]
By Philip Muyanga The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that Tanzania violated the rights of its citizen who has been living in a ‘no-man’s land’ on the Kenyan border since 2014. Read further: https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/stateless-man-wins-court-case/
Par John Ndinga Ngoma Miguna Miguna a lancé cet appel de Dubaï, où le gouvernement l’a déporté de force mercredi dernier. Mais, les autorités semblent faire la sourde oreille. Dans un message posté sur sa page Facebook, l’avocat a déclaré […]
A Kenyan court fined the interior minister and police chief on Thursday after they defied orders to produce an opposition politician in court, who was instead deported for the second time in two months. A prominent but unelected politician with […]
By John Muthoni A Tanzanian man has spent the last four years on the no man’s land located between Tanzania and Kenya as he fights against deportation. Anudo Anudo had his passport taken by the the Tanzanian government who then […]
Constitutional Petition No.51 of 2018 Orders: 1. A declaration that the 1st , 2nd and 3rd Respondents have violated Article 10 of the Constitution by failing to adhere to the rule of law in the sense that they have brazenly […]
En réaction au refus des autorités kenyanes de permettre à Miguna Miguna d’assister à son procès, et au passage à tabac par la police de journalistes qui s’étaient rendus à l’aéroport international Jomo Kenyatta de Nairobi pour couvrir le retour […]
By Bongekile Macupe Sonia Sigauke was only 10 years old when she dropped out of school in Mozambique. After seven years at home, aged 17, Sigauke came to South Africa to look for her mother. She had left Mozambique in […]
(Tunis) – Le processus national d’ « enrôlement » à l’état civil en Mauritanie, empêche certains enfants de s’inscrire à l’école publique et de passer des examens nationaux obligatoires, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui. Le gouvernement devrait modifier ses politiques pour veiller […]