Opposition politician and lawyer Celestine Mukandila has challenged the cancellation of his National Registration Card and passport, maintaining that he is a Zambian citizen by descent and calling on authorities to disclose the legal and evidentiary basis for invalidating his […]
The Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship has cancelled Tonse Alliance general secretary Celestine Mukandila’s Zambian citizenship after determining that his National Registration Card and passport were obtained through fraud, false declaration and misrepresentation. — THE Department of National […]
By Patson Kasongo Stranger than strange is to live among a people, to settle, to labor, to pay tax, to vote, to build schools and churches, and to make yourself believe you are one of them — only to be […]
Le Conseil des Ministres s’est tenu le mercredi 02 septembre 2026, au Palais de la République, sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FAYE, Président de la République. […] AU TITRE DES TEXTES LEGISLATIFS ET REGLEMENTAIRES Le […]
Ten people of African descent officially reconnected with their Beninese roots by receiving their nationality certificates at a ceremony held on Saturday, at the Cotonou Judicial Complex. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Minister of Justice and […]
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 […]
Recently, Juma Witonze Kisekka, a member of Abavandimwe, was appointed State minister of Internal Affairs, thus getting directions from President Museveni to sort out the citizenship questions that have faced the community. We had an interface with Frank Gashumba, the […]
By Michael Gyan Nyarko On August 2, 2025, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights communicated its landmark decision in Afekuru Animu Risasi Amitai v Republic of South Sudan. The Commission found that South Sudan had arbitrarily deprived Ms […]
By Roger A. Agana Ghana’s Constitution grants men and women equal rights to pass citizenship to their children. In practice, thousands of Ghanaians still struggle to prove it. NewsGhana spoke with Cassadee Yan, author of “The Gendered Politics of Belonging: […]
By Nankali Maksud, Senior Adviser, Child Protection & Migration, UNICEF, and Bhaskar Mishra, Global Technical Lead, Civil Registration and Legal Identity, UNICEF Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day 2026 comes at an important moment for the continent. As Africa […]
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Olara Otunnu says he has forgiven the Ugandan government for what he describes as years of mistreatment that left him stateless after authorities allegedly refused to renew his Ugandan passport. Otunnu, […]
by Kirstie Kwarteng Highlights West African governments are offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved Africans and other diaspora members as both a symbolic act of reparative justice and a practical strategy to attract investment, skills, and tourism. Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, […]