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Kenya: PS Bitok Explains Why Maisha Namba Card Has an Expiry Date

Published: 24/Jul/2024
Source: Kenyans.co.ke

by Derrick Okubasu Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok on Sunday night explained that the process of rolling out Maisha Namba cards was in full force, likely delaying the issuance of identification cards. Speaking in an interview with Citizen TV, the […]

Namibia: Mass National Documents Registration Served Thousands

Published: 18/Jul/2024
Source: Windhoek Observer

Niël Terblanché The government’s mass registration outreach programme, aimed at providing national documents to residents across the country, is nearing its conclusion. Over 94 317 individuals have already benefited from this initiative, which started on 5 February and will conclude […]

Tanzania proposes law changes to encourage diaspora investment

Published: 14/Jul/2024
Source: The East African

By APOLINARI TAIRO Targeting more foreign investments, the Tanzania government has proposed amendment of its laws to grant special status to Tanzanians in diaspora, to set up business in key priority economic sectors. Relaxing its prohibitive laws and legislations, the […]

Ethiopia lifted travel ban on 10,000 citizens

Published: 12/Jul/2024
Source: Borkena (Toronto)

Ethiopia’s Immigration and Citizenship Service on Friday held a press conference with journalists in the capital Addis Ababa to highlight performance during the budget year. Selamawit Dawit, the Director, revealed a major change that has been undertaken this year. According […]

Gabon : 6 565 actes de naissance distribués en 2023 avec le concours de l’UNICEF

Published: 11/Jul/2024
Source: Gabon Media Time

L’Organisation des Nations Unies multiplie ses activités au Gabon. A cet effet, les représentants résidents de l’ONU ont rendu public un rapport de toutes les actions menées au cours de l’année écoulée. Le document réalisé par l’ensemble des organisations onusiennes présentes […]

Kenya: Citizenship Rights: The Quest for Identification

Published: 10/Jul/2024
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

For certain communities in Kenya, citizenship is presented as an issue of ineligibility, and as a matter of national security rather than rights. By Fred Nasubo and David Ngira Civil rights organisations and community-based organisations in Kenya have disparaged the […]

Nigeria: AFRIDU Appeals for Citizenship to Descendants in Diaspora

Published: 9/Jul/2024
Source: Voice of Nigeria

By Margaret Ebeshi, Abuja The African Diaspora Union (AFRIDU), has appealed to the Nigerian government to consider the option of granting citizenship for African Descendants who were victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja […]

En RDC, obtenir le certificat de nationalité se complique

Published: 3/Jul/2024
Source: Deutsche Welle

Jean-Noël Ba-Mweze Pour lutter contre des “infiltrations massives”, la demande d’un certificat de nationalité devra notamment passer par le feu vert du renseignement congolais. En République démocratique du Congo, l’obtention du certificat de nationalité sera désormais conditionnée à un avis […]