by SHABAN OMAR Kwale Makonde community members have decried alienation in employment opportunities and useful development projects. According to their chairman Thomas Nguli, some local leaders and residents still perceive them as stateless individuals and not counted as important members […]
While the Citizenship Act makes provision for stateless children born in South Africa to obtain citizenship, the (DHA) failed to create regulations for such an application. By Lunga Simelane Human rights activists say the government’s recent review of the Refugees […]
The existing law only allows citizenship by registration to be conferred on foreigners married to Nigerian men. by Bakare Majeed The committee of the House of Representatives established to further alter the 1999 Constitution has adopted the bill seeking to […]
Appeals to Senate to Conference with House in Passing Dual Citizenship Bill The distinguished Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Mr. Emmanuel S. Wettee, has commended President George Manneh Weah for keeping dual citizenship as a […]
The Citizenship Act, the Refugee Act and the Immigration Act are under review to align them with international refugee law By Linda Ensor Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says a clearer definition of statelessness must underpin revisions to the Citizenship […]
By Tawanda Karombo Ghana has moved to integrate telecommunications, banking, and mobile money platforms under the Ghana Card—a biometric means of personal identity—which will now be a prerequisite for all financial transactions starting July 1. In a move that mirrors […]
The government decision to introduce the African Home Return Bill in Parliament was meant to integrate Diasporas and African heritage descents coming to Ghana, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture, Mr Okraku Mantey has explained. He said the […]
January 2022UNHCR and Republic of South Africa High-Level DialogueAssistant High Commissioner (Protection) and Minister of Home Affairs Extracts: OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA : CURRENT AND FUTURE COLLABORATION1. Asylum system development: legislative reform and protection impact2. Asylum system development: social assistance3. […]
Extract: Fellow Liberians; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I stand before you today in fulfilment of a duty in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitution of Liberia, which mandates that the President of Liberia, on the fourth working Monday in […]
By Christine Hobden Xenophobia is back on the table: the Economic Freedom Fighters programme to check the ratio of South African to foreign employees at restaurants has prompted a heated public discourse. Where exactly is the line drawn between democratic […]
Having no nationality of any country, this group is often left out of essential services By: Mkhululi Chimoio Clad in a torn and tattered orange overall, 25-year-old Brandon Ndlovu cuts a lone figure at Benoni, in Johannesburg, one of South […]
Kenyans whose fingerprints were captured in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) database have sigh of relief after the government removed the thumbprints and issued them with national identity cards. Victims who spoke to KNA said that it […]