Un décret signé du général Abdourahamane Tiani retire « provisoirement » sa nationalité nigérienne à Mariama Djibrine. Comme d’autres personnalités, elle est accusée d’« intelligence avec une puissance étrangère ». Par Damien Glez Parmi la boîte à outils répressive contre […]
Action Highlights Repression, Increases Risk of Statelessness By Ilaria Allegrozzi Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed on June 11 a decree provisionally stripping Nigerien nationality from Mariama Djibrine, a leading opposition figure living in exile. The measure is based […]
By Ahmad Abbas Ghana’s Parliament has passed an investment bill that introduces citizenship by investment (CBI) into the country’s investment legislation for the first time. The clause does not create a program. It directs the Ministry of the Interior to […]
THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) has moved to dispel allegations that Namibian citizenship and national documents are being issued arbitrarily to foreign nationals who do not qualify. In a media release issued by MHAISS Executive […]
The controversy surrounding Dr. Lawrence Muganga’s failed vetting as Minister of State for Internal Affairs has raised a fundamental legal question that goes far beyond one individual: Can a Ugandan legally hold citizenship of three countries at the same time? […]
The committee cited the Citizenship and Immigration Act which bars holders of dual citizenship from holding offices listed in the Fifth Schedule which includes the presidency, prime minister, cabinet and ministers of state. The Parliamentary Appointments Committee has rejected the […]
In the remote, rural regions of Elliotdale, Eastern Cape, the Nosintu Gwebindlala Foundation is combating generational statelessness by ‘walking the journey’ of securing IDs and birth certificates with residents. By Tamsin Metelerkamp In the deep rural regions of Elliotdale in […]
In this fourth part of the Project Profile investigation into the use of biometrics in the humanitarian sector in Kenya, Naipanoi Lepapa looks at how the UNHCR’s sharing of biometric data with the Kenyan government led to the violation of […]
By Dr. Julie Lugulu, LL.D Statelessness, the lack of a nationality between an individual and any country, is a global issue affecting millions of persons around the world. It remains a pressing human rights concern across Africa and in Kenya, […]
UNHCR, UNICEF and African identity officials call for safeguards, CRVS integration and inclusive digital ID systems By Ayang Macdonald African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that all passport applications left incomplete for more than two months after initial submission will automatically be cancelled. In a public notice issued on May 15, the Ministry explained that incomplete applications include […]
GISELLE LOPES D’ALMEIDA, CANDIDATE AFRIQUE DU PARTI AFRICAIN POUR L’INDÉPENDANCE DU CAP-VERT (PAICV) POUR LES LÉGISLATIVES AU CAP-VERT « Um Cabo Verde para todos ». Un Cap-Vert pour tous est le cri de ralliement des militants et sympathisants du Parti […]