September 9, 2024 4:15 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
A new report by the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Freedom Fund reveals the links between lacking official documentation and modern slavery. Without legal identity, people struggle to access basic services and are often driven […]
September 9, 2024 10:03 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Saniya Ansar & Julia Clark “Can you please show me your ID?” This is a question that people around the world hear every day as they run errands, like buying a SIM card or opening a bank account. In […]
September 4, 2024 6:41 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
ATM leader Vuyo Zungula says Cape Independence leader Phil Craig is sowing divisions in SA and his citizenship should be revoked. By Nokwanda Ncwane African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula has called on Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber to […]
September 4, 2024 5:30 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Chris Burt The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled a $697 million contract to set up a biometric national identity system and deliver ID cards. The contract is held by Afritech, with Idemia as a technology supplier. The price […]
September 2, 2024 8:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Article 1er: La présente loi a pour objet de définir les conditions et modalités spécifiques suivant lesquelles les personnes reconnues comme afrodescendants peuvent acquérir la nationalité béninoise par reconnaissance. Article 2 : Est Afro-descendant au sens de la présente loi, […]
September 1, 2024 2:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Submission to the CRC 99th session (Sept. 2024) considering Ethiopia’s Combined Sixth and Seventh Periodic Report, CRC/C/ETH/6-7 Extract: Nationality and statelessness: ● According to Article 6 of the Constitution, Ethiopian nationally can be acquired when both or either parents is […]
August 30, 2024 6:57 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Lerato Mutsila ‘There are various pathways and provisions in the law that recognise that people should not be stateless, and we are failing to ensure that these people have papers,’ says Global Movement Against Statelessness’ Christy Chitengu. Christy Chitengu […]
August 28, 2024 8:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Au Niger, le président Abdourahmane Tiani a signé hier mardi 27 août 2024 l’ordonnance instituant un fichier sur lequel seront inscrits les noms de personnes, groupes ou entités impliqués dans des actes terroristes ou dans toutes autres infractions portant atteinte […]
August 27, 2024 6:33 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
South Sudanese authorities have suspended the issuance of nationality certificates and passports due to a significant system breakdown. The suspension comes amid mounting frustration from citizens who have faced delays and disruptions in obtaining essential travel and identification documents. The […]
August 27, 2024 11:26 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – TANZANIA stands accused of stripping some indigenous Maasai citizens of their right to vote ahead of the local elections in November. Avaaz, a global campaign network and non-profit organisation, has alleged that some […]
August 26, 2024 8:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Abdoulaye Villard Sanogo Pauvre nationalité ivoirienne ! Tiraillée de toute part, maltraitée, agressée, défigurée, elle n’en peut visiblement plus de souffrir le martyre. Alors, comme une mouche qui s’invite à un copieux dîner, elle s’est assise à la table […]
August 24, 2024 2:21 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Les solutions proposées par Lamoussa Djinko pour résoudre la crise liée à la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire. Lors d’une conférence publique organisée le vendredi 23 août 2024 par le parti politique « Le Renouveau Démocratique » dans un hôtel d’Abidjan-Cocody, […]
