by Sami Zaptia In a statement entitled ‘‘press clarification’’ issued by the National Oil Corporation (NOC) yesterday, the NOC stated that its chairman, Farhat Bengdara does not hold an Emirati citizenship. The statement read: ‘‘A news item has spread on […]
By Abdulkader Assad The Tripoli Court of Appeal issued its final ruling confirming evidence that Farhat Bengdara, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), holds the citizenship of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The court […]
In Benin, the government has voted through a law offering nationality to “people with an African ancestor deported as part of the slave trade”, with applications due to open in December. By: Melissa Chemam with RFI When introducing the bill […]
Zimbabwean authorities have invited pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza to the Registrar-General’s Office to collect her new national identity card after a contentious battle over the replacement of her defaced ID. The development follows legal intervention by her lawyers, Tinashe Chinopfukutwa […]
By Dawie Boonzaaier The son of fugitive Ajay Gupta has lost his South African citizenship. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber sent a letter to Kamal Singhala on Thursday, indicating that he had decided to revoke his citizenship. He also ordered […]
Plusieurs communes du Cameroun se sont lancées dans une course à l’enregistrement des naissances. Dans l’Extrême-Nord du pays, dans la commune de Mora, frontalière avec le Nigeria, on enregistrait moins de 9 % des naissances en début d’année. Pour remonter la […]
By Silas Nkala A ZIMBABWE-BORN South African citizen has petitioned the Zimbabwean immigration authorities protesting her treatment as a visitor to the country. Tyra Chante Naidoo, a holder of a Zimbabwean birth certificate and national identity card, wrote to the […]
PROMINENT pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza has given the Registrar-General (RG) an ultimatum to replace her national identity card. This is after officials at the Civil Registry Department on October 30, 2024 reportedly refused to replace Kwekweza’s national identity card after […]
Le 6 novembre dernier, l’instruction à la barre du procès, était terminée, les accusés et leur père n’avaient pas été en mesure d’expliquer comment leur mère qui est née en Guinée (et cela sur les propres declarations du père dans […]
Juba/Yei – The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Raouf Mazou, and the EU Ambassador, Mr Timo Olkkonen, were in Yei yesterday to take part in a ceremony during which hundreds of South Sudanese received National Identity Cards […]
A historic moment unfolded at the Accra International Conference Centre on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, as 524 members of the African diaspora were officially granted Ghanaian citizenship. This event, the third of its kind under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s […]
By Ayang MacDonald The government of Cameroon has brought two bills to parliament which are vital for the country’s digital transformation journey. They are a bill that introduces a new civil registration dispensation in the country with several novelties, as […]