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Botswana launches citizenship program to boost economy beyond diamonds

Published: 26/Sep/2025
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Botswana President Duma Boko said on Friday his country will establish a citizenship-by-investment program, as the southern African country looks to diversify its economy away from its largest export, diamonds. Botswana’s budget has been […]

Botswana to launch Impact Citizenship Programme

Published: 25/Sep/2025
Source: Arton Capital

Arton Capital, the world-leading investment migration consultancy, has today announced an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Botswana to build and launch a new Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP). The CIP is set to revolutionise investor access […]

Tchad: deux activistes critiques du pouvoir déchus de la nationalité tchadienne

Published: 18/Sep/2025
Source: le 360 (Maroc) / AFP

Le président tchadien Mahamat Idriss Déby a déchu mercredi par décret deux activistes tchadiens établis en France, dénonçant leur virulence envers le pouvoir et les accusant d’intelligence avec des puissances étrangères. «Messieurs Chafardine Galmaye Saleh et N’Guebla Makaïla sont déchus […]

Namibia: Government advances legislation to combat statelessness

Published: 17/Sep/2025
Source: Namibia Economist

The government is moving forward with the Statelessness Determination and Protection Bill, a legislative effort aimed at addressing statelessness and ensuring that all eligible citizens have a legal identity. Once passed, the Bill will address the issue of statelessness and […]

Uganda: Banyarwanda’s struggle for citizenship

Published: 10/Sep/2025
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Rodgers Manishimwe, Director, Research Council for Abavadimwe The Banyarwanda—the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa—are a significant ethnic community in Uganda whose history dates far beyond the colonial boundaries. Despite being declared indigenous by Uganda’s 1995 Constitution; they continue to face […]

Scrapping fees for first-timers boosts Kenya digital ID registration

Published: 8/Sep/2025
Source: Biometric Update

By Ayang Macdonald The Kakamega Country in Kenya has witnessed a jump in national ID registrations following the scrapping of application fees for first-timers. The move has also positively influenced ID registration in other counties as the government has carried […]

Spotlight on Statelessness January-June 2025

Published: 2/Sep/2025
Source: UNHCR

Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0 Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1. Resolve major situations of statelessness In May, Kenya’s parliamentary committee submitted the draft Amendment Bill to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act to the […]