Journal Officiel n°108 Bis du 25 mars 2026. Titre II : De la reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise à titre de nationalité d’origine Article 20 : La reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise, à titre de nationalité d’origine, est établie, au […]
by Annah Nanjala Wekesa Kenyans have been invited to submit a memorandum on The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 53 of 2025). The bill seeks to amend the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, Cap. 170 […]
O Serviço de Investigação Criminal (SIC) deteve, no centro de apoio ao utente instalado na marginal de Luanda, mais de 50 cidadãos oriundos da República Democrática do Congo (RDC) que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano usando bilhetes de identidade (B.I) falsificados. […]
By Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr Remarks of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on citizenship ignite national debate. Few issues ignite debate in Liberia more quickly than the interpretation of the country’s constitutional provisions on citizenship and land ownership. Critics […]
By Laura Lambert An estimated 542 million Africans lack identity cards and potentially face statelessness. Without a legal identity, they can be excluded from basic human rights like education, healthcare and protection. Most African countries have tried to rectify this […]
By Akosua Shannan Magee Recently Ghana hosted another citizenship ceremony for members of the African diaspora, presided over by Her Excellency Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, representing His Excellency the President of the Republic […]
In February 2024, the African Union adopted “The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa”, marking a major continental milestone in […]
By Gift Friday Noah in Juba In 2016, deadly conflict reached Wau town, north-western South Sudan, where 49-year-old pharmacist Michael Angelo Ufo and his family had called home for years, forcing them to flee to White Nile State in Sudan […]
Accra (AFP) – Tightly holding her citizenship certificate against her chest, Patrice Ann Robertson wiped away a tear; she’s now officially Ghanaian nearly a decade after she started living in the west African country. “This is home,” the now Ghanaian-American, […]
In a display of reconnection and healing, members of the African Diaspora Community were sworn in as Ghanaian citizens, marking a significant moment in the country’s efforts to reconnect with its global family. Speaking at the ceremony, H.E. the Vice […]
New Ghanaian citizens took the oath of allegiance on Monday at a swearing in ceremony in Accra. Once a central part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Ghana has become a prime destination for members of the historical diaspora wanting to […]
By Brian Kimani The government could soon establish an official register of stateless persons living in Kenya under proposed amendments to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act. The proposal is contained in the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2025, […]