Guest post by Sesame Mogotsi A child can be born in a hospital, given a name, loved by a family, vaccinated, sent to school and still be missing from the state. Modern states govern through records. To provide services, they […]
Kinshasa, Brussels, 31 August 2026. The civil parties welcome the decision handed down this morning by the Brussels Council Chamber today to refer the 14 defendants in the Semlex case to the criminal court. They will have to answer allegations […]
By Kibaki Muthamia For years, being Kenyan was something members of the Pemba community could feel but could not always prove on paper. Three years after citizenship was formally granted, that piece of paper is changing what people can do […]
Elaine Klein, une Américaine de 98 ans, a obtenu la nationalité algérienne en vertu d’un décret présidentiel publié au dernier numéro du Journal officiel. Un fait rare et très symbolique pour cette ancienne journaliste et interprète, activiste anti-colonialiste qui a […]
By Anlu Keeve The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) condemns the proposal by Supra Mahumapelo, chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, that legislation be introduced to allow the state to strip South Africans of their citizenship […]
Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions (Nairobi) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending a controversial policy increasingly used against critics of the military authorities, Human Rights Watch said […]