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Gupta son’s South African citizenship revoked

Published: 24/Nov/2024
Source: City Press (Johannesburg)

By Dawie Boonzaaier The son of fugitive Ajay Gupta has lost his South African citizenship. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber sent a letter to Kamal Singhala on Thursday, indicating that he had decided to revoke his citizenship. He also ordered […]

Cameroun: dans l’Extrême-Nord, le défi de l’enregistrement des naissances

Published: 24/Nov/2024
Source: RFI

Plusieurs communes du Cameroun se sont lancées dans une course à l’enregistrement des naissances. Dans l’Extrême-Nord du pays, dans la commune de Mora, frontalière avec le Nigeria, on enregistrait moins de 9 % des naissances en début d’année. Pour remonter la […]

Zimbabwe: I want a Zim passport, says Zim-born SA citizen

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

By Silas Nkala A ZIMBABWE-BORN South African citizen has petitioned the Zimbabwean immigration authorities protesting her treatment as a visitor to the country. Tyra Chante Naidoo, a holder of a Zimbabwean birth certificate and national identity card, wrote to the […]

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) […]