By Oscar Gakuo Mwangi In this article, I argue that statelessness in the Kenyan context needs to be seen as simultaneously a psychological and a physical condition determined by spatial-political boundaries rather than legal ones. This challenges the traditional approach […]
En août 2017, une femme a accouché durant un vol entre Tunis et Nice. Un fait rare, mais qui invite à se poser la question suivante : quelle est la nationalité d’un bébé né en vol ? Comme le rapporte Le […]
The Department of Home Affairs is adamant that a Port Elizabeth couple should have their four-year-old foster child registered as a citizen of Lesotho if they want to adopt her – insisting that she would not be recognised as a […]
By Sebidde Kiryowa Dual citizenship has been provided for in the Ugandan constitution since 2009 following the enactment of the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendments) Act 2009. However, to attain it, Ugandans living abroad had to go through a […]
Tendai Kamhungira HARARE – Opposition parties have petitioned the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), challenging Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede’s pronouncement that metal identity cards (IDs) will not be used in the voter registration process ahead of the 2018 elections. Coalescing under […]
The present Id-M system in Niger is fragmented and fails to take advantage of opportunities to facilitate citizens’ interaction with the public sector in instances where authentication or verification of identities is required. Civil registration and civil identification are managed […]
After flight from civil war, Syrians describe difficult life in Mauritania, telling MEE ‘we feel like outsiders’ despite local sympathy By Jillian D’Amours NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – Mohamad Mudar Oulabie knows he doesn’t have many choices. But after almost five years […]
By Fungi Kwaramba HARARE – Government’s announcement that it is phasing out metal identity cards (IDs) has caused panic among civic society and the opposition movement as they fear this could displace millions of voters ahead of next year’s eagerly-awaited […]
By Laura Angela Bagnetto For Idrissa Haroum, the decision was pure and simple– he wants to live where he is accepted. The 55-year-old Muslim from the Central African Republic says that he was called a Chadian in his own country. […]
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A mobile registration exercise for Zimbabwean citizens kicks off next Monday the 4th of September. In a media briefing in the capital this morning, Registrar General (RG), Mr Tobaiwa Mudede said the exercise entails the issuing out of birth and […]