The Ministry of Interior and National Administration has cleared a backlog of 1,698 applications for citizenship, some of which have been pending approval since 2018. Interior cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki revealed that 808 applications were made by persons who sought […]
Haki na Sheria Initiative has today filed a petition in Garissa High Court relating to refugees married to Kenyans for seven or more years who are denied the right to apply for or acquire citizenship through marriage. Read press release: […]
Faute d’une présence de représentants de l’Etat dans certains endroits reculés, d’une vieille habitude ou tout simplement d’une méconnaissance de la loi, 4 enfants sur 10 ne sont pas inscrits à leur naissance à l’état civil dans ce pays où […]
Charlene Kreuser and Sabrina Ochoa (Legal Resources Centre, Cape Town) Every child has the right to a name and a nationality. This right is guaranteed not only under the Constitution, but in international law as well, and accrues to children […]
Zecharias Zelalem The rollout of digital ID Fayda in Ethiopia could entrench discrimination against Tigrayans and other ethnic minorities, rights groups fear Ethiopia introduces digital ID to improve access to services Tigrayans fear the data may be used to discriminate […]
Introduction to AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 The African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed on-line journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of human […]
WHEREAS the National Assembly considered public petition No. 41 of 2020 dated the 19th November, 2020, regarding the recognition of the Pemba people of Kenya as citizens of the Republic of Kenya; WHEREAS the petition posits that the Pemba Community […]
By Mazuba Muchindu AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract The risk of statelessness in protracted refugee situations has not received much attention both in academic literature and policy discussions. Yet evidence suggests that for refugees in […]
By Fatima Khan AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract In South Africa, section 41 of the Immigration Act requires any person approached on reasonable grounds by a police officer or immigration officer to identify themselves either […]
By Christina Beninger and Rashida Manjoo AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 Abstract Gender discrimination, both direct and indirect, is a leading cause of statelessness worldwide. Most often, direct discrimination is reflected in patriarchal nationality laws that […]
By Frank Hersey “It is not the work of government to issue IDs; it is the work of government to identify Kenyans,” said Kenyan President Ruto at the Data Privacy Conference in Nairobi. Following last week’s announcement by cabinet secretary […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) issued the highest number of passport booklets totalling 1,899,683 in over seven years, the Nigerian government has said. It was also learnt that at least 150 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 to 2021, while […]