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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Under Article 99(1) & (4) of the Ugandan Constitution: Download: Uganda Executive Order Legal and Admin Processes ID Docs 2025
By Niël Terblanche The Namibian government has taken steps to address issues of statelessness and improve civil registration processes through two new pieces of legislation. These include the Civil Registration and Identification Act, 2024, and the Regularisation of Status of […]
Double registration occurs when citizens living near refugee camps are erroneously registered as aliens. by STEPHEN ASTARIKO In Summary Hundreds of Kenyans bear the brunt of barriers to accessing ID cards that should have been removed long ago, she said. […]
The Ugandan-Banyarwanda Cultural Development Association, known by their acronym as Umubano, has rejected a directive by President Museveni on citizenship rights, labelling it discriminatory and unconstitutional. The directive, passed during a recent meeting at State House Entebbe, limits recognition of […]
Home affairs minister needs to make informed decisions surrounding complex topic of citizenship by Claudia Pizzocri The right to a nationality is enshrined in article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognised in many other international and […]
Judgment in favour of Kenyan citizens denied recognition of citizenship on the grounds that they had been (incorrectly) registered as refugees. Download: Kenya High Court Double-registration Judgement Jan2025