The High Court in Nairobi on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to have couples part ways without necessarily washing each other’s dirty linens before a judge or a magistrate.

"The formulation of the grounds of divorce is to ensure the marriages succeed and are not dissolved casually. Failure to ...

Nigerian veteran actor Pete Edochie, during the wedding of an Anambra billionaire's son, opened up on the importance of ...

A federal court in Denver has found a former member of Gambia’s military guilty of torturing five people accused of ...

Earlier, couples without a registered marriage certificate faced delays or rejection when trying to update their marital status on passports. With the introduction of Annexure J, a Joint Photo ...

Apart from this, they used to submit the marriage certificate. In such a situation, when a passport is needed to go abroad for a job or other work, then they have to go through a long process. Read ...

Applicants no longer need to provide a marriage certificate, making the procedure more accessible and less time-consuming. Listen to Story MEA allows spouse's name on passport without marriage ...

As the US sweeping tariffs take effect, The Gambia as part of the 32 eligible members of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which is set to expire in September 2025, is currently walking a ...

In a significant policy shift aimed at easing passport application hurdles, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has introduced a new provision allowing applicants to include their spouse’s ...

Applicants should bring their marriage certificate and primary identification, such as a birth certificate or passport, as proof of name change. The Rhode Island DMV website provides a ...

The new rule introduces a Joint Photo Declaration (Annexure J) as a valid substitute for the traditional marriage certificate. According to Arjun Deore, the regional passport officer in Pune, the ...

However, it does not include proof of name change or a marriage certificate as acceptable documents to prove identity, meaning the roughly 69 million American women who take their partner's last ...