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‘Mugabe didn’t give people passports to go to SA,’ says Charamba

Published: 20/Apr/2015
Source: zimbabwenewsday.co.uk

President Robert Mugabe and his government are not to blame for the mass migration of Zimbabweans to seek alternative sources of livelihood in neighbouring countries, presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, has said. Political opponents have accused the 91-year old leader of […]

Kenya to launch biometric passport

Published: 20/Apr/2015
Source: Planet Biometrics

Kenyan officials confirmed over the weekend that the country’s ePassport will be launched in November. Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons, Gordon Kihalangwa, said on a live Twitter chat that tracking individuals’ movements will become easy with the ePassport. […]

’98% of foreigners at KZN camp without papers’

Published: 18/Apr/2015
Source: EWN

Government officials at the Phoenix Displacement Camp for victims of xenophobia in Durban say close to 98 percent of the people there don’t have identity documents or passports. The number of people in the camps is fluctuating as some choose […]

Ghana’s NIA calls for policy to synchronize ID cards

Published: 17/Apr/2015
Source: SPY Ghana

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is calling for a policy to synchronize identity cards in the country into one. Head, Administration/Legal & Compliance of the NIA, Josef Iroko told SpyGhana.com in an interview over the weekend the situation where people […]

Angolans in São Tome welcome local citizenship

Published: 16/Apr/2015
Source: Angola Press News Agency

Angolans resident in São Tome and Principe welcomed the decision of local authorities to grant citizenship to Portuguese-speaking Community (CPLP) nationals based in the country since the proclamation of independence in 1975. This was expressed by Angolans living in the […]

Ghanaian Citizenship by Birth – A case for progressive reforms

Published: 15/Apr/2015
Source: Daily Graphic (Accra)

BY: Elikplim Agbemava An interesting discussion I had with a friend a couple of weeks ago has prompted me to delve into the issue of who is a citizen of Ghana by birth and whether members of every indigenous ethnic […]

Glaring loopholes in Uganda’s registration of persons bill

Published: 15/Apr/2015
Source: Pambazuka News

The Parliament of Uganda passed the Registration of Persons Bill 2014 on 26 February 2015; the purpose of the Act is to harmonize and consolidate the law on registration of persons in Uganda and to provide for the registration of […]

ANC slams Liberia amendment abolishing dual citizenship

Published: 10/Apr/2015
Source: Front Page Africa

Please find below the ANC’S positions on the proposed amendments adopted by the recently concluded National Constitution Conference (Conference) in Gbarnga. By way of background, the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC), whose members were appointed by the President and charged with […]

Ending statelessness in West Africa, the role of governments

Published: 10/Apr/2015
Source: Ghana Business News

The clarion call by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on West African States, to accede to the Conventions on Statelessness deserves total commitment from stakeholders to bring an end to the menace. Many individuals residing in a […]