By ZELDA VENTER WITH the intervention of the court, a boy born nearly four years ago will, for the first time, officially have a name and legal standing in South Africa after red tape has denied him of this right […]
By Ayang Macdonald Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is hoping to be second time lucky in convincing parliament to approve its plan of making the Ghana Card the only ID document required for voter registration. The EC plans to take back […]
The AU official told Daily Sun that Tinubu got his Guinean citizenship because the former President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, saw him as a special envoy. Ousmane Yara, the African Union Ambassador, has claimed that Nigerian “President-elect”, Bola Tinubu got […]
By Ayang Macdonald Stateless persons as well as newborns in Rwanda will be among those able to have a digital identity card if a legislative amendment proposed by the country’s government comes to fruition. The proposal to amend the 2008 […]
by Daniel Sabiiti The Parliament of Rwanda has given a green light to revise a draft law that will allow the government to start issuing digital Identity Cards (IDs) for Rwandans, stateless persons, and children at birth. The proposal was […]
Timothy Choji, Abuja The Nigerian government has granted citizenship to 385 foreign nationals residing in the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Wednesday to State House Correspondents, at the end of this week’s meeting of the […]
Auditor General John Muwanga has warned that Uganda may not switch smoothly to the new digital national identification cards because the responsible agency does not appear to be ready to effect the transition. The new, next-generation identity cards, which are […]
Download gazetted version: Ethiopia Digital ID proclamation 1284-2023 Download undated searchable PDF: Ethiopia_Digital-ID-Proclamation-EN_2023 Also numbered 1284/2015 in Ethiopian calendar. Also available at: https://id.gov.et/
The controversy surrounding the life of Nigeria’s ‘president-elect’, Bola Tinubu does not appear to have an end in sight. The latest controversy surrounds trending photos of Tinubu’s alleged Guinean passport, implying that the ‘president-elect’ has dual citizenship. There had been controversies […]
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Restoration of “A” Status for Niger’s National Human Rights Commission, Ask Questions on Descent-Based Slavery and Child Statelessness The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its […]
Questions raised over brothers’ Vanuatu citizenship Kgaugelo Masweneng Reporter The Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh, are still using South African passports and are still citizens, says home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The minister revealed this during a news briefing on […]
CAIRO – 12 April 2023: The House of Representatives approved Wednesday the amendment of Article 6 of law no. 26/1975 on the Egyptian citizenship, granting women of foreign origin the right to pass the nationality to their minor children whose […]