HARARE, 2 November 2010 (IRIN) – Getting a passport can be vital for making a living but mounting hidden costs are making it tougher to access one, despite the government recently slashing passport fees. Fees have been reduced from US$140 […]
Getting a passport can be vital for making a living but mounting hidden costs are making it tougher to access one, despite the government recently slashing passport fees. Fees have been reduced from US$140 to $50, but the document can […]
Communique de Presse: Fin de la mise en oeuvre de l’accord de Greentree relatif à Bakassi entre le Cameroun et le Nigeria Press release: The end of the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on Bakassi between Cameroun and Nigeria Download: […]
Resolutions of a workshop facilitated by Concordis International in partnership with the University of Juba Centre for Peace and Development Studies with support from the European Commission and the United States Agency for International Development Bentiu, Unity State, Southern Sudan […]
CRC/C/BDI/CO/2 Birth registration 37. The Committee notes the Presidential Decree of 2006 that guarantees free birth registration for all children up to the age of 5 years and the project to promote universal birth registration and conduct a campaign to […]
By: Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba, ed. Leo Dobbs ROSSO, Mauritania, October 19 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has resumed its repatriation operation for Mauritanian refugees from Senegal following a 10-month break. A first group of 121 people were taken to the […]
Klaaren, Jonathan (2010). “Constitutional citizenship in South Africa”, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 94-110. Abstract The South African concept of constitutional citizenship draws on national and African traditions in addition to its firm grounding in international law. […]
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Abuja — The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has lamented the incessant harassment of Nigerians by Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi Peninsula, saying the action amounted to a wilfull breach of the Green Tree Agreement brokered by the […]
September 25, 2010 (JUBA) – Recent remarks made by Kamal Obeid, Sudan Information Minister on the status of southern Sudanese living in the north, should the latter opt for independence in next year’s referendum, totally undermines the ongoing post-referendum discussions […]
by Adam Hussein Adam, Africa program officer for the Open Society Justice Initiative’s citizenship and statelessness project. “Are my documents in order?” I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now […]
CERD/C/MAR/CO/17-18 B.Aspects positifs 3.Le Comité accueille avec satisfaction l’adoption de plusieurs lois visant à prévenir et à lutter contre la discrimination raciale, notamment: […] c)La loi n° 62-06 de 2007, qui modifie le Code de la nationalité de 1958 et […]
By Adam Hussein Adam “Are my documents in order?” I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now I was before the Criminal Investigations Department for an in-person “vetting.” “Identification cards could […]