Mrs Liz Ahua, the Regional Representative, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has described ECOWAS as a global pacesetter for its progress towards eradicating statelessness in the West Africa sub-region. Ahua said on Sunday in Banjul at the opening of […]
Over the last few weeks, we have looked at some basic immigration laws in Zimbabwe. More information on regulations and requirements can be found on the Department of Immigration Zimbabwe website. There is relevant information pertaining to the various permits […]
Pour cette édition, elle a choisi le thème « Femmes et Apatridie » pour participer à l’effort de sensibilisation sur ce phénomène mondial. Le problème de l’apatridie demeure, en effet, une anomalie flagrante ayant des impacts dévastateurs sur la vie […]
editorial The Issue Of dual citizenship in Liberia has been and continues to be discussed across the country especially ahead of the crucial Presidential and Legislative Elections slated for October this year. The views are divergent on the dual nationality […]
La Namibie va mettre en place un système électronique de notification des naissances dans le pays, a déclaré jeudi à Windhoek la ministre namibienne des Affaires intérieures et de l’immigration, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana. Elle a fait l’annonce mercredi dans une déclaration […]
By Ora Noureldin The new bill to amend the Nationality Law, recently approved by the parliamentary National Defense and Security Committee, which would give investors the right to apply for citizenship after living and investing in Egypt for five years, […]
This exploratory global study of constitutional jurisprudence on gender equality and women’s empowerment, conducted by the Just Governance Group as part of a project partnership between International IDEA and UN Women, reveals a series of important findings regarding the current […]
Libyan women’s rights campaigners have angrily taken to Twitter after the committee responsible for their country’s new constitution backtracked on a major issue. While a previous draft of Libya’s long-awaited constitution had allowed women to pass on their nationality to their […]
By Marcus Malayea in Gbarnga City Bong County Jefferson Gbanyan, the Bong County Service Center Coordinator, said the service center has recorded 6,731 service users from May 2016 to March 2017. Tuesday, April 25, was a year since the service […]
L’absence de nationalité rend la vie des apatrides difficile. Ils vivent reclus de la société et vulnérables à toutes sortes d’exploitation. Par ailleurs, les apatrides ne jouissent d’aucun droit. Ils n’ont donc aucun document, le plus souvent. Dimanche dernier 23 […]
More than 500 Rwandan refugees residing at Tongogara Refugee Camp are resisting repatriation despite assurances from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that it was now safe for them to return home, the Financial Gazette […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has urged parents, particularly fathers, to name their babies before they are born to enable delivering mothers to register their children at birth. The pre-birth naming is also necessary to ensure that […]