NPG Analysis: When Nations Slow the Flow: A Global Policy Pattern & What It Means for the U.S.

In early 2026, Ghana temporarily paused citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora in order to review and simplify an application process that had become costly, complex, and difficult to navigate — part of a deliberate effort to make the system more accessible and user-friendly before reopening it.1 This kind of pause — usually associated with system-wide strain or …

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