Former Central African Republic prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele announced on Monday that he has given up his French citizenship in order to run against long-time President Faustin Touadera in the December elections. Dologuele is set to once again challenge Touadera […]
Controversies have begun to trail the move by the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution to grant citizenship to foreign investors who meet a certain investment threshold. The proposed legislation, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House of […]
Statelessness remains a concern for the UNHCR Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Côte d’Ivoire, covering Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Togo, with hundreds of thousands of people (including over 900,000 in Côte d’Ivoire) estimated to be stateless or at risk. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.” […]
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 […]