Nigeria’s birth registration is dismal, with only nine of its 36 states, including the federal capital territory, recording up to 50 per cent of their births, a 2016 infographics by AFRI-DEV info has shown. Of all 36 states, Zamfara has the […]
Ethnic Lebanese people born in Sierra Leone are not eligible to be citizens of the country by birth. This is because the 1991 Sierra Leone Constitution and the Citizenship Act says that Sierra Leoneans born in the country who are […]
The African Union is set to launch a common electronic passport that would grant visa-free travel to all of its 54 member-states, a move that hits at the organisation’s long-running goal of more closely linking nations from across the continent. […]
NAIROBI – As the United Nations begins the verification of refugees in Dadaab refugee camp, a group of stateless refugees is worried about their own fate. This week, the United Nations announced that it had begun a verification exercise of […]
Les dernieres nouvelles de l’HCR, dont: Le Sierra Leone et le Mali accedent aux conventions sur l’apatridie . Sensibilisation au Burkina Faso La mise en oeuvre des engagements de la Déclaration d’Abidjan Declaration . Lisez le bulletin ici.
(HH 406-16 HC 9462/10) [2016] ZWHHC 406 MUNANGATI-MANONGWA J: In this opposed application, the applicant seeks to compel the first respondent, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, to issue a birth certificate to her minor child in the family name […]
Luanda — Angolan citizens awaiting their ID are notified to approach any concerned counter with their respective invoice and claim it, as the technical hurdle that prevailed from January to May this year has been removed. This was said Thursday […]
« We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food » – UN refugee agency spokesman In Summary: The Kenyan government has pledged it will not violate its international obligations by forcing any refugees […]
Les autorités ne sont pas allées loin dans leur volonté de réformer le code de la nationalité. Le projet de loi soumis au Parlement reste discriminatoire. Un tout petit pas. Le code de la nationalité malgache évolue, mais à pas […]
À l’approche de la prochaine présidentielle, l’état-civil d’Ali Bongo est toujours au centre de la succession Omar Bongo Ondimba. Selon le site de l’hebdomadaire Jeune Afrique, le tribunal de grande instance de Nantes a récemment désigné la juge Marie-Thérèse Monchy-Dubuis […]
The African Union is set to launch an e-passport that allows visa-free travel through its 54 member states, a move that comes amid turmoil in the European Union. By Max Lewontin The African Union is set to launch a common […]
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)—At least, 95, 000 Malawians are expected to have national identity cards (IDs) in the 2016/2017 financial year, The Maravi Post has established. This is a welcome development consideration security lapses the country is going through where foreigners reside freely […]