By Sebastian Kohn The year was 1923, and Sebi Rajab had worked for the King’s African Rifles–the British colonial army–since the end of the war. It wasn’t exactly what he had hoped to do with his life, but the British […]
By Gibril Koroma The Lebanese community in Sierra Leone usually try very hard to stay out of the news headlines but an old citizenship law has recently forced one of them to speak out. Indeed the archaic and colonial citizenship […]
Morpho (groupe Safran) a signé un contrat avec le Ministère de l’intérieur et de la décentralisation de Mauritanie pour la mise en oeuvre du programme de production et sécurisation des documents nationaux d’identification. Ce projet constitue l’une des composantes fondamentales […]
But New Law Still Falls Short; Government Should Ensure Full Equality (Beirut) – Libya’s new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women’s […]
SA is to stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter the country without documents. South Africa will at the end of the year stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who […]
Extract from background paper on the Copts by AbdelSalaam Hassan (no date): « Before 1989, it was relatively easy for Copts to obtain Sudanese nationality by birth or by naturalisation, under the 1957 Nationality Act. Now they report difficulties with the […]
Chapter III (Arts 12-18) provides for citizenship. Other relevant provisions include Art 78 (restrictions on dual citizenship for state officers), and Schedule 6 (transitional provisions) Art 30. Download: Kenya Constitution 2010
Leaving behind the mass of humanity that is Goma, the dirt road climbs steadily as it switchbacks through the emerald hills. Clear streams run in the valleys, and on the slopes both cows and vegetables grow fat from the lush […]
By Antony Gitonga You probably haven’t heard about them, although they have been in our midst for over 100 years. They are the Isahakia, named after the Isaq clan in Somaliland, from whence they came. Presently, there are over 10,000 […]
Abuja, Aug. 18, 2010 (NAN) The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the grant of citizenship on 82 nationals. The Minister of State for Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, made this known after the FEC meeting at the […]
First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 – 14 August 2010 Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Africa 8. Note that the challenge before us now is to continue mobilizing and rallying political […]
The Citizenship Rights Africa Initiative (CRAI), a civil society coalition working on nationality rights in Africa, welcomes the opportunity to comment on the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill, B–17, 2010, which will amend the Citizenship Act, 1995 (as already amended […]