Interior Minister Angelina Teny said Monday that South Sudan has a huge number of people at risk of being rendered stateless because of the influx of refugees, returnees and the internally displaced persons. Addressing reporters at the Juba International Airport […]
Written by Manyane Manyane & Loyiso Sidimba The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants the Constitutional Court to endorse the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling against the Department of Home Affairs. This was after the SCA said the section 6(1)(a) of […]
On October 10, Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree provisionally removing Nigerien nationality from nine people linked to former President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in July 2023 and remains wrongfully detained. The decree is based upon an earlier order establishing […]
By Gift Habib The African Diaspora Union has urged Nigeria to grant citizenship to African descendants in the diaspora who trace their ancestry back to Nigeria. The President of AFRIDU, Prof. Chidiebere Ogbu, made this appeal at a press conference […]
Déclaration du Colonel Assa Badiallo Toure, Ministre de la santé et du développement social a l’occasion de la 75eme session du Comité executif du Haut-Commissariat pour les Refugiés du 14 au 18 octobre 2024 Télécharger: Mali Declaration apatridie oct2024
Dizzying excitement filled Nosizi Dube’s heart as she opened a letter offering her a place to study economics at the University of Nairobi four years ago. But with neither the birth certificate nor identity card required for university entry in […]
Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, président de la transition au Niger, a pris une décision controversée ce jeudi 10 octobre 2024 en retirant provisoirement la nationalité nigérienne à neuf proches de l’ancien président Mohamed Bazoum. Ce décret, annoncé via un communiqué […]
By Milcah Abasabyona Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022) Abstract This paper explores how a new hierarchy of legal Identification Documents (IDs) in Uganda, topped by the National Identification Document (NID), interchangeably referred to as […]
Neuf responsables du régime civil nigérien renversé en juillet 2023 sont “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité, soupçonnés notamment “d’intelligence avec une puissance étrangère” et de “complot contre l’autorité de l’Etat”, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement militaire. Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, […]
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a […]
This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]
By Nita Balla NAIROBI – Nosizi Dube beams with pride as she clutches her newly issued Kenyan passport. For many, obtaining a passport might be a mundane task, but for 24-year-old Dube, who was born into the stateless Shona community […]