Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Zimbabwe: Election Watch 7-2017 — ZEC Press Statement on Voter Registration for Zimbabwean Citizens whose National IDs are Marked “ALIEN”

août 4, 2017 3:16 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Election Watch 7-2017 — ZEC Press Statement on Voter Registration for Zimbabwean Citizens whose National IDs are Marked “ALIEN”

Election Watches 5/2017 and 6/2017 outlined the new Electoral (Voter Registration) Regulations, 2017 [SI 85/2017].  The full text of the SI is available on the Veritas website [link].  The regulations, along with related provisions of the Electoral Act, lay down […]


Zimbabwe: Minister claimes Mudede never urged the ban of dual citizenship

août 3, 2017 8:43 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Minister claimes Mudede never urged the ban of dual citizenship

Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni was this Wednesday taken task over an alleged plea made by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede before Zunu PF caucus to ban dual citizenship. According to MDC-T MP, Jessie Majome, Mudede appeared before the ruling […]


Zambia: Dual citizenship clause effected

août 2, 2017 4:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zambia: Dual citizenship clause effected

By NANCY SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has started implementing the dual citizenship clause for Zambians in the diaspora who lost their citizenship as a result of acquiring nationality of other countries. The citizenship board will now register within six months a […]


Nigeria: Committee Proposes 3 Years To Issue 180m National ID Cards

août 2, 2017 1:15 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nigeria: Committee Proposes 3 Years To Issue 180m National ID Cards

The National Database Harmonisation Committee has proposed three years for the capture of 180 million Nigerians and other residents in the National Identification card scheme. The issuance of the National Identity Cards which started several  years ago had been slowed […]


Agenda 2040 pour les enfants d’Afrique: Favoriser une Afrique digne pour les enfants

août 2, 2017 1:11 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Agenda 2040 pour les enfants d’Afrique: Favoriser une Afrique digne pour les enfants

Adopté par la CEADBE 2016; approuvé par le Conseil des ministres de l’UA, juillet 2017 Aspiration 3: La naissance de chaque enfant et d’autres informations vitales doivent être enregistrées D’ici 2040: La déclaration des naissances est universelle, obligatoire et gratuite. […]


Zambia government approves dual citizenship; Malawi Diaspora continues to wait in despair

août 2, 2017 11:24 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zambia government approves dual citizenship; Malawi Diaspora continues to wait in despair

By Ausborn Banda The Zambian Ministry of Home Affairs this week encouraged all interested Zambians living in the Diaspora and non-Zambians living in Zambia, to apply for dual citizenship, this follows amendments that it’s lawmakers made to the Constitution and […]


Namibians urged not to assist foreigners to acquire IDs

août 1, 2017 10:39 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Namibians urged not to assist foreigners to acquire IDs

Nkurenkuru-The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni  Ivula-Ithana says Namibians should be patriotic citizens and protect their country jealously by ensuring they do not write letters as community leaders or make Police declarations, issue baptismal certificates supporting foreigners who […]


Nigeria: ‘No national ID card, no international passport’ policy to start January 2018 – NIS

août 1, 2017 8:50 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nigeria: ‘No national ID card, no international passport’ policy to start January 2018 – NIS

By Chijioke Jannah The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has warned that any person without an identification number from the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the Nigerian passport. It also said that […]


The land of Haile Selassie is finally recognizing its Rastafarian community

juillet 31, 2017 8:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur The land of Haile Selassie is finally recognizing its Rastafarian community

By Abdi Latif Dahir Ethiopia’s government has announced it will issue identity cards to members of the Rastafarian community, a religious group that has long been seen as stateless in the horn of Africa nation. The foreign ministry said that […]


Ethiopia to give ID cards to Rastafarians long stateless

juillet 29, 2017 1:41 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopia to give ID cards to Rastafarians long stateless

July 27, 2017 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia will issue national identity cards for the nearly 1,000 Rastafarians who long have been seen as stateless in the East African nation, the government announced Thursday. The decision means they can […]


Ethiopie: les rastafari vont enfin bénéficier des cartes d’identité

juillet 28, 2017 10:22 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopie: les rastafari vont enfin bénéficier des cartes d’identité

C’est un pas important que le gouvernement éthiopien vient de franchir en annonçant ce vendredi qu’il allait remettre des cartes d’identité aux rastafari, garantissant la jouissance d’un certain nombre de droits aux membres de la secte messianique d’origine jamaïcaine qui […]


Ethiopian Jews, Rastafarians to receive Ethiopian IDs

juillet 27, 2017 8:32 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopian Jews, Rastafarians to receive Ethiopian IDs

Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community, followers of Rastafarian beliefs and foreign nationals who have contributed to the welfare of the country can be issued Ethiopian national ID cards. This was based on a new Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]