February 17, 2025 9:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
18 February 2024 marked a historic day for the African continent with the adoption at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union of the Protocol to the African Charter on […]
February 15, 2025 6:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Investigators from the Department of Home Affairs, assisted by the South African Police Service (SAPS), this morning detained Ms Anabela Rungo, the mother of Ms Chidimma Adetshina, at a property in Cape Town. The Department withdrew Ms Rungo’s South African […]
February 12, 2025 6:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By: Binta Jaiteh Omar T. Camara, the Acting Commissioner & Government Focal Point at the Gambia Commission for Refugees, has revealed that a total of two hundred and forty-seven (247) Ghanaians living at Brufut/ Ghana Town hold valid or expired […]
February 12, 2025 6:27 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By: Jankey Touray The Gambia Refugees Commission under the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) yesterday informed the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Disaster, Humanitarian Relief and Refugees that Ghana Town residents faced significant risks of barrier to obtaining citizenship due […]
February 9, 2025 5:22 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Robin Lee Francke The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have come out guns blazing after the executive order by US President Donald Trump sent shockwaves around the globe, saying any Afrikaner who accepted the offer should have their citizenship revoked. […]
February 5, 2025 7:25 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
It will now be easier for the residents of Northern Kenya to acquire national identification documents after President William Ruto signed a decree ending years of State discrimination in the issuance of the vital documents. Signing the Presidential Proclamation on […]
February 5, 2025 7:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Emmanuel Too It will now be easy for residents of border counties to acquire national Identity (ID) cards after President William Ruto signed a proclamation on Wednesday scrapping a 60-year old vetting requirement. The decision, seen as a major […]
January 31, 2025 12:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Nizbert Moyo A 59-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man is appealing for assistance to enable him to obtain a birth certificate and identity document (ID). Many people in the Matabeleland region have approached government seeking assistance to obtain the necessary documents so […]
January 29, 2025 2:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
West African country is offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved persons taken from the continent, sparking huge interest in Brazil By Tom Phillips and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro and Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan João Diamante was gripped by […]
January 28, 2025 9:19 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract: All the historical injustices and discrimination faced by the Nubian Community as to registration documents like the birth certificates and identity cards have alienated them from any socioeconomic empowerment and left them in a state of statelessness. The Nubian […]
January 27, 2025 6:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed an Executive Order aimed at protecting citizenship rights in Uganda. “By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Article 99 (1) and (4) of the Constitution, this Executive Order is made on […]
January 25, 2025 6:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Hailemelekot Asfaw, director of the Center for International Private Enterprise, East Africa Regional Office The Ethiopian diaspora is a cornerstone of the nation’s economy, with remittances providing critical foreign currency and household income. In the previous five years, Ethiopia […]
