August 29, 2025 10:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Banjul, 29 August 2025 – The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcomes an important decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Communication 801/2021: Afekuru Animu Risasi Amitai (Represented by the Institute […]
August 25, 2025 10:52 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Lerato Mutsila Sixteen-year-old aspiring national volleyball player Daniela Rodriguez has spent more than half of her life waiting for the South African government to recognise her as a citizen. This meant that for 11 years, Daniela could not do […]
August 25, 2025 10:46 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Elizabeth Kamurungi Several decades after Independence, many African countries continue to contend with perpetual cycles of conflicts as a result of politicisation of ethnicity, the problem which was compounded by European colonialism divide and rule systems, including land border […]
August 20, 2025 5:56 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Libreville, Mercredi 20 Août 2025 (Infos Gabon) – Le gouvernement gabonais a adopté un projet d’ordonnance portant Code de la nationalité. Ce texte, appelé à remplacer la loi n°37/98 du 20 juillet 1999, ambitionne de moderniser et d’harmoniser les règles […]
August 19, 2025 6:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Xolile Mtembu Earlier this year, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber sounded the alarm on what he described as a ‘silent crisis’ gripping the country, as millions of South Africans continue to live without identity documents. This quandary has only […]
August 17, 2025 6:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Africa is not merely inviting its diaspora home but cultivating them as partners in a continental renaissance Written by Pamela Ephraim Some West African nations have introduced laws granting citizenship to members of the African diaspora as part of broader […]
August 12, 2025 11:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Niger authorities today officially launched the Global Alliance to End Statelessness in the West African country. Launched globally in October 2024, this multi-stakeholder initiative brings together governments, United Nations agencies, civil society, regional organizations, […]
August 10, 2025 8:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Mogadishu, (SONNA) – Somalia today joined the rest of the continent in marking the 8th Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day, under the theme “Civil Registration as the Foundation of Africa’s Legal Identity Infrastructure and Digital Systems.” […]
August 10, 2025 8:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Civil registration as the foundation for digital public infrastructure and digital legal identity systems in Africa On 10 August 2025, we will welcome the eighth consecutive commemoration of Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day, on which occasion governments, civil […]
August 7, 2025 8:17 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Solomon Ekanem São Tomé and Príncipe, a West African island nation, has officially joined the growing list of countries offering citizenship through financial contributions, launching a new citizenship by investment (CBI) program aimed at attracting foreign capital. The small West […]
August 5, 2025 4:39 pm
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Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials By Tania Broughton Primrose Modisane, who has endured a life of statelessness and a decades-long battle with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), has finally received her […]
July 28, 2025 5:33 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
La chanteuse américaine Ciara a obtenu la nationalité béninoise aux côtés de deux autres Afro-descendants, dans le cadre d’une initiative inédite lancée par les autorités de Cotonou pour renforcer les liens avec la diaspora. En visite à Ouidah, elle a […]
