Botswana Cancels Dual Citizenship

The Botswana government on Thursday announced it would cancel citizenship for all persons above the age of 21 who have not renounced citizenship of another country.

Currently a child born to a Botswana citizen and a foreigner has dual citizenship or is considered to assume the nationality of both parents until the age of 21.

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