by Ndapewoshali Shapwanale THE home affairs ministry started giving ‘struggle kids’ citizenship certificates, birth certificates and identity cards. Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana officially opened the nationwide special registration services in Windhoek, and assured the ‘struggle kids’ that there will be no […]
By Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana FOLLOWING recent media attacks and innuendos by certain individuals and bodies aimed at the ministry of home affairs and the attorney general, it has become necessary for us to shed light […]
by Ndapewoshali Shapwanale SWAPO has instructed the National Council to pass the controversial Citizenship Bill. Swapo party chief whip in the National Council Lebbius Tobias allegedly called fellow party MPs individually to say he has orders from ‘seniors’ for them […]
The Ministry of Labour in collaboration with the Bureau of Immigration and Nationalization (BIN) and the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has begun a nationwide enforcement of the issuance of the ECOWAS Biometric Identification Cards. According to a press release issued […]
La proposition consistant à faire renoncer à tout candidat à la Présidentielle sa ou ses nationalités cinq (5) ans avant le jour du scrutin émane d’un allié de l’Alliance Pour la République (APR). C’est la précision de Benoît Sambou qui […]
Zambia provides a distinctive case of national identity management. Even from before independence in 1964 the identity card has played a prominent role and by 2010 the National Registration Card (NRC) covered more than 83% of the population of 16 […]
Opinion in parliament has split over a Citizenship bill presented by MP Alaa Abdel Moneim containing an article abolishing the listing of citizens’ religion on national ID cards, to be discussed next Saturday. Parliamentary sources said that Ossama al-Abd, former […]
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by Werner Menges AN ATTEMPT to amend the Namibian Citizenship Act in order to override a recent Supreme Court judgement on citizenship rights is the most serious challenge since independence to Namibia’s constitutional order, the Society of Advocates of Namibia […]
Par Zouhir MEBARKI Le Conseil des ministres vient de décider. Il accorde un champ d’intervention très large aux binationaux. Ceux qui le veulent, peuvent être utiles à l’Algérie. Quant aux autres… Tempête dans un verre d’eau. Depuis mardi dernier les […]
Par Hadjer Guenanfa L’avant-projet de loi sur les hautes fonctions interdites aux binationaux a été adopté, mardi 27 juillet, par le Conseil des ministres. Dans cet entretien, la constitutionnaliste Fatiha Benabou revient sur le nombre de postes concernés, l’article 63 […]
Bulawayo Central MP Dorcas Sibanda has called for the government to ensure that children have easy access to the birth certificates indicating that at the moment it appears to be a challenge for them. Speaking in parliament Sibanda said a […]