By: Jankey Touray The Gambia Refugees Commission under the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) yesterday informed the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Disaster, Humanitarian Relief and Refugees that Ghana Town residents faced significant risks of barrier to obtaining citizenship due […]
By Robin Lee Francke The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have come out guns blazing after the executive order by US President Donald Trump sent shockwaves around the globe, saying any Afrikaner who accepted the offer should have their citizenship revoked. […]
It will now be easier for the residents of Northern Kenya to acquire national identification documents after President William Ruto signed a decree ending years of State discrimination in the issuance of the vital documents. Signing the Presidential Proclamation on […]
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: DIRECTIVE ON LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE ISSUANCE OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS TO UGANDAN CITIZENS By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Article […]
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. […]