Catégories pour Non classifié(e)

CEDAW Observations finales: Soudan du Sud, 2021

Published: 23/Nov/2021
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Observations finales concernant le rapport initial du Soudan du Sud CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1 Nationalité 34. Le Comité note qu’en vertu de la loi intitulée Nationality Act, 2011 (loi de 2011 relative à la nationalité) et de son règlement, les femmes et les […]

Malawi gazettes dual citizenship into Law

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: Nyasa Times (Lilongwe)

By Peter Makossah Finally, the long wait for diaspora Malawians to hold two nationalities is now over – done and dusted – as the Malawi government has gazetted the long-awaited dual citizenship law, which accommodates Malawians in the diaspora, who […]

Kenya’s new law bars dual citizens from holding diplomatic positions

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: The East African (Nairobi)

By IBRAHIM ORUKO Kenya has enacted a new law that bars people holding dual citizenship from serving in the foreign service. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the law, which sponsored by the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations of Kenya’s […]

Statelessness in Southern Africa

Published: 19/Nov/2021
Source: SABC News

Scores of people in Southern Africa are said to be stateless.. This effectively means that they would not be able to vote, get a drivers licence or even open a bank account and are considered not to ‘exist’ in their […]

Plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie au Congo

Published: 18/Nov/2021
Source: VOA

Au Congo-Brazzaville, plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie. Beaucoup n’ont pas de papiers d’identité comme des actes de naissance et vivent dans des conditions précaires dans des régions reculées du pays. Ils sont souvent confrontés à la discrimination et […]

UNHCR Côte d’Ivoire Factsheet – October 2021

Published: 16/Nov/2021
Source: UNHCR

Identification, registration and referral of persons at risk of statelessness to the National Commission on Eligibility for Stateless Status (CNESA) is the new priority of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the fight against statelessness in […]

Sierra Leone citizenship – The right to have rights

Published: 16/Nov/2021
Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph

Abdulai Mansaray In a recent announcement, President Bio declared in a tweet that “Another promise made and delivered! My government has just approved and authorised the Attorney General to lay in parliament a proposed amendment to the constitution of Sierra […]

Liberia: House of Representatives Passes Acarous Gray’s Dual Citizenship Bill

Published: 15/Nov/2021
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

By Alaskai Moore Johnson Monrovia — The House of Representatives has passed into law Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Mr. Acarous Moses Gray’s Dual citizenship bill that he recently introduced in House. The House will now sent their version to […]

Dear Aaron Motsoaledi, please give me South African citizenship

Published: 15/Nov/2021
Source: Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)

Honourable Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi I know that you are a very busy man, so I will get straight to the point. My name is Ndoji Manika, I am 23 years old. In the year 2001, I was only two […]