January 23, 2025 6:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Under Article 99(1) & (4) of the Ugandan Constitution: Download: Uganda Executive Order Legal and Admin Processes ID Docs 2025
January 23, 2025 5:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Niël Terblanche The Namibian government has taken steps to address issues of statelessness and improve civil registration processes through two new pieces of legislation. These include the Civil Registration and Identification Act, 2024, and the Regularisation of Status of […]
January 23, 2025 11:19 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Double registration occurs when citizens living near refugee camps are erroneously registered as aliens. by STEPHEN ASTARIKO In Summary Hundreds of Kenyans bear the brunt of barriers to accessing ID cards that should have been removed long ago, she said. […]
January 22, 2025 3:53 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Ugandan-Banyarwanda Cultural Development Association, known by their acronym as Umubano, has rejected a directive by President Museveni on citizenship rights, labelling it discriminatory and unconstitutional. The directive, passed during a recent meeting at State House Entebbe, limits recognition of […]
January 22, 2025 10:43 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Home affairs minister needs to make informed decisions surrounding complex topic of citizenship by Claudia Pizzocri The right to a nationality is enshrined in article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognised in many other international and […]
January 21, 2025 6:50 pm
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Judgment in favour of Kenyan citizens denied recognition of citizenship on the grounds that they had been (incorrectly) registered as refugees. Download: Kenya High Court Double-registration Judgement Jan2025
January 21, 2025 4:05 pm
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By Sam Kiplagat The government has been ordered to remove the names of hundreds of Kenyans who registered as refugees from the refugee data base. High Court Judge John Onyiego said the government agencies should ensure the names of victims […]
January 21, 2025 10:41 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Today brought a life-changing moment for communities in Northern Kenya: a pivotal court judgement declaring that the denial of nationality documents to double registered people was both unconstitutional and infringed on their rights. Three years ago, Haki Na Sheria, an […]
January 16, 2025 8:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
January 16, Bissau – The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Guinea Bissau today approved the citizenship of nine Afro Descendants, all of them Balanta descendants and members of the Balanta B’urassa History and Genealogy Society In America (BBHAGSIA). […]
January 16, 2025 6:05 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Maureen Kinyanjui Despite previous attempts to address the issue, including a letter sent to the President, the community has yet to receive an official response. Members of the Pare community, who mainly live in Taita Taveta County, have formally […]
January 13, 2025 12:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ayang Macdonald Somalia is certainly on the right path in the pursuit of its digital transformation ambitions, thanks in large part to foundational identity infrastructure built with support from Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). After the putting […]
January 9, 2025 5:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Moustafa Daly, Cairo A month after launching its GO-FOR-GOLD (GFG) Permanent Residency Program, Sierra Leone has introduced fast-track citizenship routes within the same framework. These new pathways give GFG investors direct paths to citizenship in as little as 60 […]