East African Community (EAC) citizens will soon be in a position to access the EAC e-passport, the bloc’s secretary general has announced. In a statement from the secretariat, EAC Secretary General Mr Richard Sezibera said that he is looking forward […]
The general population and housing census conducted between March 25 and April 8, 2013 found that Mauritania has a population of 3,537,368. Youth constitute 50.7% of the population, women constitute 51%, and nomadic Bedouins constitute 1.09%. Twenty-seven percent of the […]
The Arab Spring came and went with little notice in Algeria. To be sure, all the conditions extant in those Arab countries that underwent violence-induced regime change – political oppression, social alienation, economic marginalization, cultural disillusionment – were equally present […]
Some 10,000 refugees from 25 countries in the Littoral Region will soon have new identification documents, including Refugee Identity Cards and Attestations, thanks to biometric registration. Given the current state of insecurity in the northern part of the country, the […]
L’Association Mission Cris d’Enfant de la Planète (MCEP), est créée en 2004 et est reconnue officiellement par l’Etat togolais en 2006 sous le N°OO955 /MATD-SG-DAPOC-DOCA du 20 Septembre 2006. Elle a pour but de contribuer à l’épanouissement social et le […]
A Statement from the Mwanza regional commissioner, Magessa Mulongo claiming that his former Regional Administrative Secretary, Dr Faisal Issa, is a Somali, with controversial Tanzania citizenship, is the root cause of a battle between the two, which culminated in the […]
Dans un entretien avec un journal gabonais, l’homme d’affaires Seydou Kane est revenu sur l’histoire de ses trois passeports diplomatiques gabonais, malien et sénégalais. Pour expliquer cela, Seydou Kane dira : ” Je voudrais d’abord lever l’équivoque sur mon passeport […]
Dear Honourable Minister Bathabile Dlamini. Honourable Minister, I’m writing this letter to you as a matter of concern in relation to an African Granny, the then mother, the then wife and an inhabitant of South Africa by virtue of the […]
South Africans choosing to work and live in another country, may be surprised to discover they’re no longer citizens of South Africa should they choose to acquire the citizenship of their adoptive country, due to the stricter application of an […]
Zimbabweans who travelled to Zimbabwe before their Special Dispensation Permits were issued have complained of problems on their return to South Africa after the holidays. In November, Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba said Zimbabweans can travel freely during the […]
(Jan. 13, 2016) Zambia’s President, Edgar Lungu, approved a new Constitution for the country on January 5, 2016. Among other changes, the new document permits dual citizenship and sets a date for the next elections. (Government Urges Zambians Living in […]
The election year begun in earnest in the US, with campaigns heating up and incumbent Barack Obama settled into his final twelve months as president. Obama gave is final State of the Nation address last week. Last year, during his […]