août 4, 2017 3:16 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 3, 2017 8:43 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 2, 2017 4:21 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 2, 2017 1:15 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 2, 2017 1:11 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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. […]
août 2, 2017 11:24 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 1, 2017 10:39 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
août 1, 2017 8:50 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
juillet 31, 2017 8:21 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
juillet 29, 2017 1:41 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
juillet 28, 2017 10:22 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]
juillet 27, 2017 8:32 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
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 […]