By Mwala Kalaluka ABOUT 5,588 ex-Angolan refugees out of 15,234 have been screened and signed for local integration based on criteria established under government’s strategic framework for the integration of former refugees, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. And […]
by Horace S. Adjolohoun International Legal Materials, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2014), pp. 413-417, Published by American Society of International Law Extract: While the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) imprecisely provides for a right to […]
Word Boxing Council welterweight international champion Charles Manyuchi’s comments have angered his handlers — Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions — who have threatened to cancel their partnership with the Zimbabwean boxer unless he issues a public apology by Wednesday. Last week […]
By Mike Sanderson Abstract: Following the secession of South Sudan from Sudan on 9 July 2011 both countries havepassed new citizenship legislation with dramatic effects for the rights of individuals on both sides of the new border. While the South […]
PIÈCES COMMUNES A TOUTES LES OPTIONS: *Déclaration de naissance du demandeur ou toute autre pièce en tenant lieu (original+copie certifiée conforme). Une photo d’identité du demandeur. -OPTION I: Père Togolais (article 32 de la Constitution) certificat de nationalité du père, […]
So, for those approximately 230 000 Zimbabweans who are sitting with their 2010 ZDP permits, the truth will out and the waiting is at an end. Cabinet has decided that “the permit holders [most of which permits expire in 2014] […]
Beware of passing laws that grant citizenship to foreigners basing on marital reasons, a woman Member of Parliament warned in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Dodoma this week. Read more.
Zimbabwean nationals and people of foreign descent are taking advantage of loopholes in the Mozambican voter registration to fraudulently acquire that country’s citizenship. Investigations have revealed. Registration for aliens to vote in Mozambican elections scheduled for October 15 is taking […]
Strategic Directions for Integrating Civil Registration and Identification This report was commissioned in order to develop suggestions for strategic directions for government—in particular for the Birth and Death department of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, UNICEF and its partners […]
Burundi has started a pilot programme on the issuance of machine readable national identity cards. By LUCAS BARASA East African Community partner states have until 2015 to implement the Common Market protocol which will see people from the region move […]
By Elvis Fokala and Lilian Chenwi African Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 6: Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages: 357–373 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342036 Abstract The question of statelessness is an incessant challenge in Africa. Stateless persons are often denied basic human rights due […]
Responses from the Minister of Home Affairs related to numbers of persons naturalised, dual citizenship and other related issues. Information from website of Parliamentary Monitoring Group, Cape Town, available here: https://pmg.org.za/question_reply/491/ Download PDF of relevant section of webpage here: SA […]