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End of the road for old ID cards … Shanghala looks abroad for lawyers

Published: 30/Mar/2016
Source: The Namibian

HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana says Namibians still using the old South West Africa identification cards should apply for new ones because the colonial document will be phased out on 31 March next year. In her budget speech in the […]

Tanzania: NEC Data to Be Used to Issue National IDs

Published: 29/Mar/2016
Source: The Citizen

The National Identification Authority (Nida) is finalising legal arrangements to start using the National Electoral Commission (NEC) database in registration and issuing national IDs. The move revealed by Nida acting director general Modestus Kipilimba is a major about-turn by the […]

FAQ on Dual Citizenship and Retaining your South African Citizenship

Published: 29/Mar/2016
Source: The South African

South Africans are fortunate enough to be allowed to hold more than two nationalities. It is, however, important to note that a person must first apply to retain his or her South African citizenship before taking on any other nationality […]

Nigerians bemoan non-issuance of National ID

Published: 27/Mar/2016
Source: The News Nigeria

Some Nigerians who have registered with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). expressed worries today, that several years after they performed the civic task, they are yet to get the national identity cards. In separate interviews the Nigerians wondered what […]

Kigali to crackdown on refugees with national identification

Published: 26/Mar/2016
Source: The East African

By Daniel S. Ntwari In Summary A report by the Rwandan parliament on refugees status 2014/15 shows that some Congolese refugees illegally acquired Rwandan IDs and some of them still hold on to their Congolese national IDs which they use […]

Thirty-eight foreigners naturalised as Ghanaians

Published: 23/Mar/2016
Source: Ghanaweb / TV3 Network

A total of 38 foreigners from various countries have naturalised as Ghanaians effective Wednesday. The 38, who are from Britain, Lebanon, the United States, Spain and other African countries, were each issued with a certificate of naturalisation by the Accra […]

Sudan threatens to close border with South Sudan again

Published: 23/Mar/2016
Source: Reuters Africa

Sudan threatened on Thursday to close its recently reopened border with South Sudan, accusing its neighbour of supporting rebel groups. Stoking tensions further, Sudan’s cabinet said it would tighten restrictions on South Sudanese people living in its territory and prosecute […]

Rising tension as Cameroon ‘annexes’ 16 Nigerian communities

Published: 23/Mar/2016
Source: Vanguard

THIS certainly is not the best of time for Nigerian communities located along the borders with the Republic of Cameroun. Indeed, 13 years after the ceding of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun by the International Court of Justice, ICJ, […]

Reports on recent IPU specialized meetings: Ensuring everyone’s right to nationality

Published: 23/Mar/2016
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

Conference: Ensuring everyone’s right to nationality: The role of Parliaments in preventing and ending statelessness The conference, co-organized by the Parliament of South Africa, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, brought together […]

East African Law Society v. Secretary General of the EAC, Case No. 7/2014

Published: 22/Mar/2016
Source: East African Court of Justice

Complaint relating to Tanzania’s expulsion of alleged Rwandan and Burundian immigrants in August-September 2013. — 1. This is a Reference filed by the East African Law Society (hereinafter referred to as the “Applicant”), which is the apex regional Bar Association […]