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 […]
Premier conseil des ministres du gouvernement Modibo KEITA Le Conseil des Ministres s’est réuni en session ordinaire, le samedi 18 avril 2015 dans sa salle de délibérations au Palais de Koulouba sous la présidence du Premier ministre, Chef du Gouvernement, […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Lotte Manicom Introduction: The Angolan Cessation, announced by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in May 2013, was largely successful in providing alternative documentation to those Angolan refugees who wished to remain in South Africa following the withdrawal of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ousmane has been stateless all his life. His family — who were from Burkina Faso — were living in Côte d’Ivoire at the time of his birth — a birth, however, that was not registered. Abducted from his family when […]
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 […]
Officials from South Sudan Ministry of Interior say they have opened up a branch for issuing passports and nationality identification cards to South Sudanese living in Uganda’s capital Kampala. They are charging higher fees for these documents than those charged […]
Maroc : L’opposition veut retirer la nationalité marocaine aux Israéliens vivant dans les colonies Après les fameuses propositions condamnant la normalisation avec Israël en 2013 et un amendement pénalisant les échanges commerciaux avec ce pays en 2014, l’Etat hébreu est […]