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Applications to restore Citizenship by Zambians in the USA starts

Published: 22/Mar/2018
Source: Embassy of the Republic of Zambia, Washington, D.C.

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula S.C. encouraged Zambians in the U.S. to register with the Embassy so that in case of anything, the Mission would be able to account for each and every Zambian The […]

Liberia Issues 31,000 Birth Certificates Printed in Nine Months

Published: 21/Mar/2018
Source: FrontPageAfrica (Monrovia)

The Bureau of Vital Statistics, a Ministry of Health department responsible to print birth and death certificates, has disclosed that under the watchful eyes of ‘caretaker’ Mary T.  Broh, it issued out at least 31,000 birth certificates in nine months. The […]

Liberia: Dual Citizenship, Land Ownership Bills Delayed before Committees

Published: 19/Mar/2018
Source: Liberian Observer

By Leroy M. Sonpon, III A permissible campaign to recall the Citizenship and Land Ownership Resolutions from committees’ room has intensified in the Legislature with a credible political will of the Resolutions at the edge of passage. Besides the heat-up […]

Moroccan Women will soon Pass Nationality to Foreign Spouses

Published: 18/Mar/2018
Source: North Africa Post

Morocco is working on new legislation enabling Moroccan women to pass nationality to their foreign spouses, said family minister Bassima Hakkaoui. “Borders should never deprive people from enjoying nationality rights,” Hakkaoui said in a recent statement to the press on […]

South Africa: Guptas show what home affairs can do

Published: 16/Mar/2018
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

By Dan Brotman I was admitted in 2013 as a permanent resident under “exceptional skills” and have been ordinarily resident in South Africa for more than five years, as required by section 5(1)(c) of the South African Citizenship Act of […]

Namibia: Citizenship granted to 3 000 foreigners

Published: 12/Mar/2018
Source: The Namibian (Windhoek)

by Okeri Ngutjinazo HOME affairs minister Frans Kapofi last week said over 3 000 foreign nationals were granted Namibian citizenship from 2010 to 2016. Kapofi revealed this in the National Assembly last Thursday when answering questions from Rally for Democracy and […]