Adopted on 8 June 2016 by the Governments of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger at the Regional Protection Dialogue on the crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, hosted by the Federal Government of Nigeria with the technical support of UNHCR. […]
Introduction: On the 9th of August 2017, the PAP Committees on Justice & Human Rights and the Committee on Rules, Privileges & Discipline held a workshop on the Right to Nationality in collaboration with the South African Lawyers for Human […]
Sudan won’t be “lenient” in granting citizenship to Syrian refugees, Interior Minister Hamid Manan said on Monday. The minister made his comments during an interview with the state-run Blue Nile Channel. Manan explained that Sudan has established a Syrian Refugee […]
Par Haoua Touré • Dans le monde, certaines personnes existent juste physiquement mais sont en réalité invisibles, anonymes. Elles ne peuvent pas aller à l’école, exercer un travail professionnel, se marier à l’état civil, voyager…Ce phénomène est le fait de […]
By Ausborn Banda Some Malawians of Asian origin this week accused the National Registration Bureau (NRB) officers stationed registration centres in some parts of the country, for being biased and discriminatory especially when carrying their duties in the ongoing national […]
By Zakariyya Adaramola The National Identity Management Commission [NIMC] has warned that any Nigerian without the National Identification Number [NIN] runs the risk of being regarded as a foreigner. The NIMC’s Director General Engr. Aliyu Aziz who gave the warning […]
Tiassalé- La Fondation Sacré cœur Missionnaires de la charité a annoncé vendredi sur la place publique de Taabo, qu’elle allait établir des jugements supplétifs d’actes de naissance pour les élèves de CM1 et CM2 du département de Taabo à la […]
Le gouvernement burkinabè a adopté mercredi en Conseil des ministres un Plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie 2017-2024 qui fait référence « au cas d’un individu qu’aucun Etat ne considère comme son ressortissant », souligne un communiqué gouvernemental. Le phénomène de […]
By: Kelvin Jakachira in Harare Zimbabwean Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the southern African country will repatriate thousands of Rwandan refugees by the end of the year. Mnangagwa, who is also Zimbabwe’s Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, said Rwanda […]
Election Watches 5/2017 and 6/2017 outlined the new Electoral (Voter Registration) Regulations, 2017 [SI 85/2017]. The full text of the SI is available on the Veritas website [link]. The regulations, along with related provisions of the Electoral Act, lay down […]
Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni was this Wednesday taken task over an alleged plea made by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede before Zunu PF caucus to ban dual citizenship. According to MDC-T MP, Jessie Majome, Mudede appeared before the ruling […]
By NANCY SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has started implementing the dual citizenship clause for Zambians in the diaspora who lost their citizenship as a result of acquiring nationality of other countries. The citizenship board will now register within six months a […]