By Amadu Wurie Khan Introduction Sierra Leone’s history,like that of other colonised African countries,has shaped the country’s citizenship laws in particular ways.The transatlantic slave trade, inward migration by Africans and non–Africans, and the fight for self–rule and decolonisation predicated on […]
This booklet provides Guidelines and Procedures for the Acquisition of Zambian National Identity Documents by the Zambian Diaspora. The main purpose of the Guidelines and Procedures is to: i. Ensure smooth facilitation and easy acquisition of National Identity Documents; ii. […]
State House, Freetown, Thursday 29 April 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has conferred Sierra Leonean citizenship on 59 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA, telling them that home was indeed home. […]
By Lucia Hanmer, Victoria Esquivel-Korsiak, & Rohini P. Pande Globally, an estimated 1 billion people do not have an official ID—of these, the majority are women. The 2017 Global Findex survey found that 45% of women in Low Income Countries (LICs) do not have an ID […]
Edited by Séverine Awenengo Dalberto & Richard Banégas In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa ‘from below,’ asking what this means for the relationship between citizens and the state. Almost […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 29, 2021 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners have developed a new framework that is aimed at transforming the way African countries build their Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems. […]
En marge de sa rencontre avec les parlementaires samedi 24 avril, le Chef de l’État Félix Tshisekedi les a appelés à réfléchir, dans le cadre des réformes, sur la possibilité de détenir une double nationalité. Pour Félix Tshisekedi, il est […]
By Norman Cloete A Namibian father, whose newborn twin girls are stuck in South Africa, has accused his government of blatantly refusing to acknowledge a legal document issued by South Africa. Dr Phillip Lühl and his Mexican husband, Guillermo Delgado, […]
In 2001, socialite Karitas Karisimbi, asked a close friend who was working under former army commander, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, to help her obtain a passport. Karitas, a Ugandan of Rwandan origin, was planning a trip to South Africa to […]
Lo dejó entrever ayer el ministro de Justicia Salvador Ondo Nkumu en una comparecencia ante la Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos del Senado. Ahora una Comisión Ad-Hoc se encargará de adecuar sobre la incompatibilidad de la nacionalidad ecuatoguineana con otras […]
Introduction Importance of Addressing Gender Gaps and Exclusion in ID Systems An estimated 1 billion people around the world do not have an officially recognized means of identification (ID).The majority live in low-income countries (LICs), particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society Following a 2020 petition for the recognition of the stateless Pemba as Kenyan nationals hearings were held, in February and March 2021, by the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security […]