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Over 80 Ugandans in diaspora granted dual citizenship

Published: 26/Aug/2018
Source: New Vision (Kampala)

According to Ugandan law, any Ugandan can apply for dual citizenship, as long as one fulfills the requirements for dual nationality. AMSTERDAM – A team of officials from Uganda’s internal affairs ministry has handed certificates of dual citizenship to over […]

Ex-Comoros President Sambi will still remain in detention- Prosecutor

Published: 25/Aug/2018
Source: AfricaNews / AFP

Prosecutor of the Republic of Comoros has said former Comorian President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was charged for alleged passport fraud last week will remain in detention. The former Comorian head of state, also an opponent of current President Azali […]

DRC presidential: dual citizenship debate

Published: 24/Aug/2018
Source: Africanews

Dual citizenship which is forbidden by law is generating debates across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Minister of Justice, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, earlier in the week said a list of Congolese persons holding second nationality had been transferred to […]

Kenya: Miguna Miguna set to return to Kenya ‘after September 4’

Published: 24/Aug/2018
Source: Africanews

Kenyan opposition politician, Miguna Miguna, has declared that, in two weeks time, he will make a third attempt to return to the East African nation. Miguna, who officiated the symbolic inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people’s president […]

Former Comoros president denies graft charges, lawyer says

Published: 23/Aug/2018
Source: CGTN Africa

Former Comoros president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi rejects charges of corruption and embezzling public funds in connection with a scheme to sell his country’s passports and will prove his innocence, his lawyer said on Thursday. A court document, dated Aug. […]

Comoros ex-president says innocent of charges against him on passports scheme

Published: 23/Aug/2018
Source: Reuters

MORONI (Reuters) – Former Comoros president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi rejects charges of corruption and embezzling public funds in connection with a scheme to sell his country’s passports and will prove his innocence, his lawyer said on Thursday. A court […]

22m Tanzanians will have received national identity cards by Dec 2018

Published: 22/Aug/2018
Source: The Guardian (Dar es Salaam)

TWENTY two million Tanzanians will be registered and provided with national identity cards by December this year, officials have confirmed. Acting Director General of the National Identification Authority (NIDA), Alphonce Malibiche said the registration process was progressing well as plans […]

Ex-Comoros president Sambi charged over passport scheme

Published: 21/Aug/2018
Source: Africanews

The former President of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been charged and detained in connection with an investigation into embezzlement during a large-scale passport fraud, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Sambi was in power from 2006 to 2011 and is […]