Parmi les cas les plus célèbres de personnes dont le droit à briguer un mandat public a été remis en question, on peut citer Kenneth Kaunda pour la Zambie et Alassane Ouattara pour la Côte d’Ivoire. La Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples a conclu que les deux pays violaient leurs obligations en vertu de la Charte ; elle a fait de même dans le cas moins bien connu, mais encore plus flagrant, de John Modise pour le Botswana. Mais de nombreux cas ne sont pas parvenus au niveau des mécanismes régionaux et sont portés devant les tribunaux nationaux.
Plaintiff claims defendant presented no evidence countering accusation of dual nationalities by Sami Zaptia On Wednesday (11 September), a session was held before the Administrative Judiciary at the Court of Appeal in Tripoli (in case no. 455 of 2023) concerning […]
Washington, D.C.—The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) has commended the Liberian House of Representatives for approving significant amendments to the Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. The revisions remove restrictive clauses that previously barred Liberians with […]
Par Abdoulaye Villard Sanogo Pauvre nationalité ivoirienne ! Tiraillée de toute part, maltraitée, agressée, défigurée, elle n’en peut visiblement plus de souffrir le martyre. Alors, comme une mouche qui s’invite à un copieux dîner, elle s’est assise à la table […]
The Sudanese Congress Party on Tuesday accused the government authorities in Port Sudan of continuing to target its members by banning and confiscating their national identity card numbers. In a statement obtained by Radio Tamazuj, the party said that the […]
Par Lakhdar Belaid La question des binationaux revient dans le débat politique. Originaire du Valenciennois, l’historien Nedjib Sidi Moussa rappelle que l’Algérie les exclut déjà de postes stratégiques. Et il est impossible, pour une personne née algérienne de renoncer à […]
Supreme Court judgment ruling that persons with dual citizenship can be appointed as Chief Justice, Chief Directors and other positions. Download PDF : Osei-Bonsu-v-AG_GHASC2024
By Justice Agbenorsi The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional, provisions of the Citizenship Act, 2000 (ACT 581) which prohibits a person with dual citizenship from becoming a Chief Justice, Commissioner, Value Added Tax Service, Director-General, Prisons Service, Chief Fire […]
L’Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Élections (ISIE) se prépare activement après l’Aïd el-Fitr en vue des élections présidentielles, s’engageant dans des travaux allant de l’élaboration du calendrier à la révision des réglementations définissant les conditions de candidature. Selon le porte-parole […]
Today, 22 January 2024, the Third Administrative Chamber of the Tripoli Court of Appeal took an important action in the ongoing high-profile litigation against NOC Chairman Farhat Bengdara. Specifically, the Court granted an interim order freezing the implementation of a […]
Led by Eminent Emmanuel S. Wettee and his dedicated team, the All Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD) has tirelessly championed reforms in the 2022 Dual Citizenship Act. A contentious issue their advocacy addresses is the law’s provision preventing Liberian-born […]
DAKAR — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s presidential election next month. The party of the main challenger called the move a « dangerous precedent » on Sunday. […]
by Sami Zaptia In an explosive development, the expanding controversy over the role of Farhat Omar Bengdara as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation has now moved from the media arena to a formal judicial […]