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Zimbabwe: Activist Kwekweza threatens court action over ID replacement

Published: 23/Nov/2024
Source: Newsday (Harare)

PROMINENT pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza has given the Registrar-General (RG) an ultimatum to replace her national identity card. This is after officials at the Civil Registry Department on October 30, 2024 reportedly refused to replace Kwekweza’s national identity card after […]

524 Diaspora Members Gain Ghanaian Citizenship In Historic Ceremony

Published: 20/Nov/2024
Source: Ghana Presidency

A historic moment unfolded at the Accra International Conference Centre on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, as 524 members of the African diaspora were officially granted Ghanaian citizenship. This event, the third of its kind under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s […]

Cameroon introduces draft laws on civil registration reform, data protection

Published: 19/Nov/2024
Source: Biometric Update

By Ayang MacDonald The government of Cameroon has brought two bills to parliament which are vital for the country’s digital transformation journey. They are a bill that introduces a new civil registration dispensation in the country with several novelties, as […]

South Africa: Constitutional Court reserves judgement

Published: 10/Nov/2024
Source: Democratic Alternative (South Africa)

On 5 November 2024, the Constitutional Court reserved judgement in the DA Abroad’s citizenship court case following a virtual hearing. This comes after a protracted court battle led by the DA Abroad in which the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) […]

Trapped in Saudi hell: Kenyan mothers fight for their stateless children

Published: 10/Nov/2024
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

By Jacinta Mutura For eight years, Blessings Iminza has lived without an identity. Each new day is a painful reminder that her dream of returning home remains just that—a dream. She is not alone; thousands of children born to Kenyan […]

Botswana to legalise undocumented Zimbabweans – president

Published: 8/Nov/2024
Source: BBC News

By Mpho Lakaje Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary work and residence permits. “They do jobs that would otherwise not get done,” Duma Boko told the BBC […]

Tanzania finally moves to introduce special status to Diaspora

Published: 8/Nov/2024
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

The government has proposed amendments to its laws so as to introduce a ‘special status’ to citizens of other countries with Tanzanian roots. Tabled in Parliament on Friday, November 8, 2024, the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 4) Bill, 2024, […]