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Kenya: Government to ensure youths appearing as refugees get IDs

Published: 17/Dec/2015
Source: Hivisasa

The Interior Ministry has formed a task force to address concerns raised by youth in Garissa County in getting national identity cards after their fingerprints appeared in the refugees database. Garissa County Commissioner James Kianda said the task force formed […]

West Africans to have biometric ID cards from January

Published: 17/Dec/2015
Source: thenewsnigeria.com.ng

Free movement of persons, goods, inauguration of Biometric Identity Cards and integration of West Africa countries begin on Jan. 1, 2016. President of ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Kadré Ouedraogo, said this at the end of 48th Ordinary Session of Authority of […]

UNHCR Campaign to end Statelessness Update December 2015

Published: 17/Dec/2015
Source: UNHCR

Includes information about a meeting held in South Africa by UNHCR and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on “Ensuring Everyone’s Right to a Nationality: The Role of Parliaments in Ending and Preventing Statelessness”; a workshop jointly organized by International Organization for Migration […]

EAC states to use common passport for global travel

Published: 16/Dec/2015
Source: Standard Digital

Citizens from East Africa will begin travelling with one passport globally from next year as the East African Community (EAC) finally launches a common passport. The common passport, which has been in development for five years, is set to replace […]

Statelessness Regional Course: Africa Focus

Published: 15/Dec/2015
Source: institutesi.org

Our Statelessness Short Courses offer a 1-week intensive learning programme for professionals on statelessness and related issues. The next regional edition of the short course will focus on Africa and be held from 18 – 22 April 2016. It will […]

Dual citizenship should up capital inflows

Published: 15/Dec/2015
Source: Zambia Daily Mail

Among the clauses Parliament passed last Friday was dual citizenship. This clause has been hailed as historical because it now means Zambians in the diaspora can acquire dual citizenship. The passing of this clause is expected to spawn a lot […]

Rwanda must deal with ID card fraud in an efficient manner

Published: 14/Dec/2015
Source: The East African

The continued cases of foreigners acquiring Rwandan national identity cards illegitimately has pushed the National Identity Authority (NIA) to tighten its system to nab culprits. However, the authority’s purge on identity fraudsters has reportedly victimised even those who acquired IDs […]

Adoption of dual citizenship cheers Sinkamba

Published: 13/Dec/2015
Source: Lusaka Times

Green party president Peter Sinkamba says the passing of the dual citizenship clause in the constitution bill presents great economic benefits to the country if correctly harnessed. Mr. Sinkamba says Zambia, like many countries in the region has large diaspora […]

Distribution Of New Eritrean ID Cards In The Diaspora

Published: 11/Dec/2015
Source: Awate.com

In October 2014, the Eritrean Government announced it will retire the old Eritrean national ID cards that were issued before the referendum of 1993 and replace them with new ID cards. The announcement had indicated the new ID will be […]