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Liberia increases cost to obtain ECOWAS biometric passport

Published: 31/Mar/2015
Source: Front Page Africa

The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has announced an increase in the cost of obtaining an ECOWAS Biometric Passport. The new fee is US$50 and the regulation takes effect on April 30. In a […]

ID cards bring life-saving benefits for South Sudanese in Sudan

Published: 30/Mar/2015
Source: UNHCR

Teresa Majouk, a 35-year-old South Sudanese refugee, did not appreciate the importance of the ID card she had received from the Sudanese authorities until she went into a difficult labour last month. It was midnight when Gai Deng first heard […]

Zambia to deport Rwandan illegal settlers

Published: 26/Mar/2015
Source: The New Times (Kigali)

Zambian Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Col. Kaunda Tushuke Panji has said his country will expel Rwandans who live in Zambia illegally as part of renewed bid to implement the cessation clause. Panji made the remarks in Kigali at the […]

Kuwait’s plan to pawn off its ‘stateless’

Published: 26/Mar/2015
Source: Human Rights Watch

What to do with the Bidun, the one hundred thousand plus people that the Kuwait government claims are “illegal residents” and considers stateless? Now, it seems, Kuwait’s rulers have come up with a solution to the “problem” of the Bidun, […]

Will voter card system prevent election fraud? Nigerians are wary

Published: 25/Mar/2015
Source: Voice of America

As Nigerians prepare for Saturday’s presidential election, the integrity of the vote will hang in large part on the success of a new voter card system that includes thousands of hand-held electronic card readers. The system is designed to prevent […]

Eradicating statelessness

Published: 25/Mar/2015
Source: Naija 247 News

United Nations (UN) describes statelessness as a situation in which an individual is not considered a national by any state under the operation of its laws. It notes that such a person is said to be invisible, without an identity […]

Kenya moves passports’ application to e-citizen portal from April

Published: 25/Mar/2015
Source: CIO East Africa

From next month, Kenyan Citizens applying for their passports will be required to apply for the document through the e-Citizen portal. The important announcement was posted by the Immigration Department on its twitter handle @ImmigrationDept that read, “As from Next […]

Nigeria: Senate: Ben Bruce Faces Disqualification Over Dual Citizenship

Published: 24/Mar/2015
Source: PM News (Abuja)

By Henry Ojelu A former Attorney General of Bayelsa state, Chief Anthony George – Ikoli SAN has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja challenging the eligibility of the Chairman of Silver Group, Ben Bruce in […]

Swazi government snubs ‘starved refugees’

Published: 24/Mar/2015
Source: Swazi Media Commentary

The Swazi Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze has said Somali asylum seekers living in the kingdom who complained that they were being starved and forced to work in fields without pay were lucky they had […]

Uganda Registration of Persons Act 2015

Published: 23/Mar/2015

An Act to harmonise and consolidate the law on registration of persons; to provide for registration of individuals; to establish a national identification register; to establish a national registration and identification authority; to provide for the issue of national identification […]