By Ayang Macdonald A proposal for the amendment of Ghana’s electoral law to make the Ghana Card the only ID document to confirm one’s identity at the time of enlisting on the voter roll has been a source of discord […]
By Jonas Nyabor Ahead of Ghana’s crucial general elections in 2024, the electoral commission is proposing a constitutional change that will make a controversial national identity card the sole document for confirming one’s nationality and age to register as a […]
By Ayang Macdonald Mali’s constitutional referendum, which was initially due to take place on 19 March, will no longer go ahead as planned in part due to delays in the issuance of the biometric national ID card. The card can […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia – For the first time in three decades, Somalia is set to start rolling out the issuance of National Identification cards, as the country rolls out massive registration in what could allow authorities to easily identify citizens and […]
By Zelda Venter Pretoria – A young man left in legal limbo because his parents never registered his birth is elated after the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, ordered Home Affairs to register him as a South African citizen. Now Tebogo […]
by Eino Vatileni THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security is drafting a bill to deal with the plight of 141 084 stateless people in Namibia who are undocumented. The ministry’s spokesperson, Margaret Kalo, told The Namibian yesterday […]
Egypt has eased its citizenship restrictions for foreigners, as the country struggles to secure enough US dollars to import food for its people and repay its accumulating debts. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued Decree no. 876/2023, reducing the […]
The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the […]
The process to register members of the Pemba community in an effort to issue them with identity cards has kicked off in Kwale. This follows the recognition of the Pemba as an ethnic community in Kenya in a Special Gazette […]
By R. Joyclyn Wea After granting him his Liberian Citizenship by Civil Law Court “B” in Liberia, Cllr. Austin Ndubuisi Nwabudike’s next move has met the bottleneck with the higher court holding his approval. The Supreme Court of Liberia is […]
Press statement: On 27 February 2023, the Gauteng High Court handed down judgment in favour of Tebogo Khoza, ordering the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to register Tebogo’s birth in terms of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act, to declare […]
By Tamsin Metelerkamp The Department of Home Affairs has been given 30 days to register the birth of Tebogo Khoza, a stateless man born in South Africa. The Pretoria high court found that since Khoza first attempted to have his […]