DEPUTY Minister for Home Affairs, Hamad Masauni yesterday disclosed that five million Tanzanians have been issued with national identification cards, with 13 million others still in the process. Masauni was responding to a question by Buyungu MP, Christopher Chiza (CCM), […]
Case number: HH – 422 – 2019 MATHONSI J: This is an application for a declaration of citizenship by a 66 year old woman who was born in this country when it was still Southern Rhodesia on 1 May 1953 […]
Sixteen-year-old Peter should be preparing for his future by taking his final exams. However, he is one of the 700,000 stateless citizens in Africa, which means he won’t be able to finish his schooling. Peter is part of a small […]
By Elizabeth Buhungiro Every Rwandan aged sixteen years and above is obligated to possess a national identity card. According to LAW N°14/2008 OF 04/6/2008 governing registration of the population and issuance of the national identity card, issuance of the national […]
By Gamal Essam El-Din Kamal Amer, head of the Egyptian parliament’s defence and national security committee, told reporters that the committee has finished debating the amendment of two laws aimed at regulating Egyptian nationality (law 26/1975), and the residence of […]
CAIRO – 11 June 2019: Head of the Parliament’s Defense and National Security Committee Kamal Amer denied granting the Egyptian nationality to foreign investors for $10,000. Amer added during his phone call to Mubasher channel that $10,000 or the equivalent […]
by Mandla Ndlovu There was joy among the 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya after the Government of Kenya pledged to recognise them as citizens and register them by 2020. The Shona Community of Kenya had launched a […]
Extrait du UNOWAS e-Magazine #8 (juin 2019) : « Des élections pacifiques » La Commission mixte Cameroun-Nigéria a été créée en 2002 pour faciliter la mise en œuvre de l’arrêt de la Cour Internationale de Justice (CIJ) sur le différend frontalier Cameroun-Nigéria […]
The National Defense and Security Committee of the House of Representatives on Sunday approved a bill amending the Nationality Law. Chairman of the committee, Major General Kamal Amer said that these amendments aim at granting citizenship in exchange for investments, […]
By Nico Gous Home affairs has two weeks to reinstate the ID number of a four-year-old child born in Polokwane and issue him with a new birth certificate. This is in terms of a directive issued by the public protector […]
Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé le lancement des nouvelles cartes d’identité biométriques pour octobre prochain. À l’aune de l’élection présidentielle de 2020, certains députés doutent de l’efficacité de ces cartes et s’inquiètent du coût pour les citoyens. Les nouvelles cartes […]
ADDIS ABEBA – Government and United Nations agencies launched on Friday a center where refugees can access services such as the registration of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths and receive protection referrals and civil documentation. These services will also be […]