The minister was reacting to a question from a journalist at Uganda Media Center on Saturday about complaints from the community that they are treated differently because of their ethnicity. .. ICT and National Guidance minister, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, says […]
By Nqobile Tshili National identity documents such as a birth certificate and a national identity card confirm an individual’s citizenship. People who do not have such documents are considered stateless. According to international law, a stateless person is someone who […]
Reçue le jeudi, 02 septembre 2021 par la ministre d’Etat ministre de la Justice et Garde des sceaux, Rose Mutombo Kiese la représentante du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies aux réfugiés(Hcr), Liz Kpam Ahua a indiqué devant la presse qu’elle est […]
4 decades ago, this issue began by a change in law, split families, and changed a whole generation of people. On the wayside got left behind roughly 4 to 5 dozen individuals. Extremely marginalized. On Thursday, 02 September 2021, a […]
By Valentin Tapsoba, UNHCR Director for Southern Africa Mpho, 33, has lived in South Africa her entire life, yet she is stateless; she has no nationality. When she was found abandoned as a young child, the identity of her parents […]
by TRACY MUTINDA Members of the Stateless Asians of Kenya Community were awarded Kenyan citizenship certificates on Thursday. Fify-two Asians went home with their certificates as the government vowed to end statelessness. In attendance during the award ceremony were Director […]
by GORDON OSEN AND FAITH CHEBET Some 52 stateless Asians living in the country without legal status can now live freely after the government granted them Kenyan citizenship on Thursday. They are descendants or children of pioneer Asians who came […]
On 16 July, the Organic Law governing Rwandan nationality was passed outlining procedures and requirements for acquisition and application of Rwandan nationality. The new Organic law No.002/2021 replaces the 2008 Nationality Code and provides for more restrictive rules. It emphasises […]
L’ANATS et l’Unicef conjuguent leurs efforts pour la révision des outils et procédures relatifs à l’enregistrement des naissances et des décès. Faire la révision des outils et des procédures pour l’enrôlement des naissances et de décès dans les délais par […]
By Ismaïla MANSALY Les responsables de BBY du quartier Sikilo dans la commune de Kolda sont contre le fait qu’on exige le certificat de nationalité à certains primo-votants qui se seraient présentés à la police avec un jugement pour chercher […]
A bien regarder, on peut se rendre compte que le problème est simplement dans la mauvaise définition des concepts dans la loi et qu’une simple clarification serait la solution. De quoi est-il question? Une personne née des parents de nationalités […]
By Ayang Macdonald Members of a ‘stateless’ community in Kenya known as the Shona have received digital ID cards from the Kenyan government, ending approximately five decades of their statelessness. Kenyan outlet The Star, in a feature report, chronicles the […]