In many African countries, citizenship offers civil rights to those who are included. At the same time, many – especially youth, migrants and other marginalised groups – often do not receive equal recognition in the social contract between state and […]
UNHCR is working with the South African government to help people at risk of statelessness obtain vital identity documents. By Pumla Rulashe in Brits, South Africa | 10 December 2020 Mpho Modise can only guess her age and it embarrasses […]
Sudan’s interim authorities have cancelled more than 3,500 passports issued to foreign residents by the government of ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the interior ministry announced on Thursday. Sudanese media reported that the great majority of those affected were citizens of […]
Yesterday, the head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, announced the decision to withdraw Sudanese citizenship from 3,548 naturalised residents, granted to them under the regime of former ruler Omar Al Bashir. The decision to withdraw […]
What we discovered In Uganda, the National Identity System has its headquarters in Kololo with over 117 service centres countrywide. Conversely, there are still glaring gaps within the system leading to unnecessary delays in the acquisition of a legal National […]
As the polls approach, deep divisions focus more on candidates’ personal backgrounds than Niger’s security and development challenges. by Ornella Moderan and Habibou Souley Bako On 13 and 27 December, some 7.4 million Nigeriens vote in the country’s local, legislative […]
Biometric ID systems are proliferating across Africa but without the appropriate protections for citizens, say activists. By Madeleine Speed In January this year, Kenya’s High Court halted the roll-out of the country’s controversial biometric ID, the Huduma Namba, citing the […]
Une délégation du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) conduite par son représentant résident, Angèle Djohousso, a salué les actions initiées par le Gouvernement Ivoirien, sous la houlette du Président de la République Alassane Ouattara dans le cadre […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has deposited the ratification instruments of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). During a ceremony held today at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Director of […]
Doctoral thesis by Heather Alexander, December 2020 Download: https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/the-nationality-and-statelessness-of-nomads-under-international-l
La cérémonie d’ouverture officielle des services d’enregistrement de naissances déployés au Centre d’animation sociale et sanitaire de Nkoldongo s’est tenue le 03 décembre dernier. La matérialisation de ce service se justifie par le fait que pour adresser la problématique du […]
Emmanuel Kafe ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (zimsec) examinations started in earnest last week but some candidates failed to sit due to failure to obtain national identity cards. John Mhandu (not his real name) missed two of his Ordinary Level papers […]