From presidential hopefuls barred from elections to ministers forced out of office, a second nationality can make or break political careers across the continent. The Africa Report examines a contentious issue where the rules are not always applied equally, raising […]
Kinshasa, Brussels, 31 August 2026. The civil parties welcome the decision handed down this morning by the Brussels Council Chamber today to refer the 14 defendants in the Semlex case to the criminal court. They will have to answer allegations […]
Halmeel director general Mohamed Dubo tells Biometric Update the platform will connect government services, with NIRA’s national ID required for access By Ayang Macdonald Somalia plans to launch a unified digital government services platform by the end of March 2027, […]
Elaine Klein, une Américaine de 98 ans, a obtenu la nationalité algérienne en vertu d’un décret présidentiel publié au dernier numéro du Journal officiel. Un fait rare et très symbolique pour cette ancienne journaliste et interprète, activiste anti-colonialiste qui a […]
Governments across Africa are rushing to digitise national identity systems. They promise administrative efficiency and economic inclusion but rolling out biometric databases with unbridled state dependency on commercial players and ignorance of constitutional realities merely perpetuates historical inequality By Earl […]
Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions (Nairobi) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending a controversial policy increasingly used against critics of the military authorities, Human Rights Watch said […]