January 9, 2025 3:38 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Sierra Leone has introduced fast-track citizenship pathways within its GO-FOR-GOLD (GFG) Permanent Residency Program, offering investors a clear route to citizenship in as little as 60 days. This groundbreaking initiative provides an efficient alternative to the traditional naturalization process, which […]
January 9, 2025 12:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
A new legal case is likely to be made involving Farhat Omar Bengdara, on top of two previous suits. This one is based on the ruling of the Tripoli Court of Appeal, which determined in October that the head of […]
January 8, 2025 5:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Richard Mshomba What you need to know: A special status that is not permanent creates an element of uncertainty which would make potential investors refrain from long-term investments. Tanzania is one of a handful of African countries that fully […]
January 7, 2025 4:28 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
On December 23, 2024, Cameroon’s National Assembly passed Law No. 2024/016, granting legal recognition to customary marriages. This reform aims to integrate traditional practices into Cameroon’s formal legal framework, enhance protection for couples married according to local customs, and address […]
January 6, 2025 8:48 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Highlights • The League of Arab States launched the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Legal Identity to address issues of conflict, displacement, and statelessness by strengthening birth registration systems and advancing legal identity rights, with a particular focus on women’s […]
January 5, 2025 11:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Jeremiah Lemeriah A Bill before Kenya’s National assembly is seeking to pave way for Africans living in diaspora to come out and claim a right to become Kenyan citizens, upon proving their ancestral ties to the country. The Kenya […]
January 5, 2025 7:17 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Samuel Owino Africans in the diaspora who claim Kenyan descent by ancestry will be allowed to apply for citizenship if a new Bill before the National Assembly is passed. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sponsored by […]
January 4, 2025 4:25 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By SAMWEL OWINO Africans in the diaspora who claim Kenyan descent by ancestry will be allowed to apply for citizenship if a new Bill before the National Assembly is passed. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024, sponsored by […]
January 2, 2025 5:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Sierra Leone Immigration Department announces today groundbreaking measures aimed at facilitating the naturalization of qualifying high-net-worth foreign national investors and individuals of Sierra Leonean heritage. These measures represent a strategic intent to significantly enhance the nation’s economic and social […]
January 1, 2025 3:52 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship GO-FOR-GOLD A New Way to Quickly & Very Cost-Effectively Secure Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship INTERVIEW: How to Design a Residency by Investment Program from Scratch: The Case of Sierra Leone Jason Black […]
December 30, 2024 5:40 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
To regulate the solemnisation of marriages; to provide for the validation and recognition of certain marriages; and to provide for incidental matters. Section 32 provides: Good faith marriages(1) A marriage between a Namibian citizen and a foreign national who is […]
December 30, 2024 5:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
To provide for compilation and maintenance of a Civil Register; to provide for the appointment of Registrar-General and Registrars; to determine the age of certain persons recorded in the Civil Register in accordance with this Act; to provide for name […]
