By Francis Dusabe Introduction The halting of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and the establishment of a new government sparked the mass return to Rwanda by Rwandans who had spent almost 40 years as […]
By Felister Peter THE government intends to issue national identification numbers (NIN) to citizens and residents below 18 years after it emerged that the group cannot register phone numbers biometrically. The move has been informed by the fact that NIN […]
By Felister Peter The Tanzanian Communication Regulation Authority (TCRA) has registered 37,297,930 SIM cards through biometric registration system. So far the National Identification Authority (NIDA) had issued 21,823,026 national identification numbers until March this year. The authority issued NIN to […]
By Brenda Zulu Biometric citizen identification is expected by the Government of the Republic of Zambia to enhance the electoral process by facilitating effective voter registration and identification. This year Zambia’s government plans to begin the enrollment exercise and commencement […]
En la jornada del pasado martes, 21 de abril de 2020, aterrizó en el aeropuerto de Malabo un vuelo especial de la compañía Iberia, fletado por el Gobierno español, para repatriar a sus ciudadanos residentes en Guinea Ecuatorial, bloqueados por […]
Extracts: Mobilizing governments and civil society From 2 to 5 March, in Rubavu, Rwanda, UNHCR and the newly established Government Taskforce on Statelessness convened to discuss statelessness eradication and methodologies to identify stateless persons. In line with the pledges made […]
Digital identity programs in jurisdictions with weak privacy regulations face the risk of commodification, breach and misuse. This risk is exacerbated when governments link digital identity with citizenship, voting rights, public services, and employment. This piece discusses Kenya’s digital identity […]
Les Ivoiriens peuvent continuer de fréquenter les centres d’enrôlement pour l’obtention de la carte nationale d’identité. Le ministre de l’Administration du territoire et de la décentralisation, Sidiki Diakité l’a affirmé samedi dernier au journal de 20h de la Rti. “L’état […]
By Zecharias Fasil This report discusses citizenship in Ethiopia. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans regarding citizenship policy. Download: https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/66827
by Peter Fabricius Pretoria is not happy with a Moroccan article condemning its ‘sclerotic, ideological position’ on what it calls ‘the last colony on the African continent’. A new spat has erupted between South Africa and Morocco in their long-running […]
By Christine Hobden (University of Fort Hare), GLOBALCIT collaborator. In June 2019, a South African Non-Profit Organisation, Lawyers for Human Rights, applied to the South African Constitutional Court for confirmation of a High Court order declaring unconstitutional the provisions of […]
An article in the Journal of Borderlands Studies written by Inocent Moyo argues that the South African and Zimbabwean governments may learn from progressive examples and recognise border citizens. “If this does not succeed, it will mean that citizenship and sovereignty which […]