By Anna Chibamu PARLIAMENT has resolved to investigate the presence of undocumented people in Zimbabwe after Amnesty International took the government to task over the statelessness of hundreds of thousands. The human rights defender said many children were forced out […]
Primrose Modisane, denied South African citizenship, fights decade-long battle for identity documentation and recognition. by Masoka Dube A Gauteng-based woman has been living a life of squalor because she does not have an identity document Primrose Modisane, 36, from Vosloorus […]
In June 2023 the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit was unlawfully terminated By Tania Broughton The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the Minister of Home Affairs for leave to appeal a June 2023 Pretoria […]
By Ayang Macdonald A mega money contract for the production of biometric national ID cards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is facing the risk of being revoked following allegations of irregularities. The contract, worth $697 million, is […]
Proposal could extend legal identity to tens of thousands By Ayang Macdonald The Parliament of Cameroon is examining a bill that will allow the country to accede to two United Nations Conventions relating to the recognition of stateless persons. If […]
By Harriet Chikandiwa GOVERNMENT yesterday reacted angrily to a report by Amnesty International in Zimbabwe detailing how the country’s discriminatory and arbitrary nationality laws had left generations of migrant workers and their families marginalised. In April 2021, Amnesty International launched […]
Le gouvernement ivoirien a adopté ce mercredi 14 juin 2023 un projet de loi faisant frein à l’acquisition immédiate de la nationalité ivoirienne pour le conjoint étranger, suite à la formalité administrative du mariage avec l’autre conjoint de nationalité ivoirienne, […]
The Archbishop of Johannesburg reiterates the Church’s commitment to responding to statelessness in the Southern Africa Region. By Sr Katleho Khang, SNJM In Southern Africa, many poor and marginalised children are exposed to statelessness due to a lack of birth […]
Ce 12 juin, la justice ivoirienne a déclaré l’homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise non coupable de complicité de faux et usage de faux commis sur des documents administratifs. Cette « affaire des passeports » avait fait beaucoup de bruit. Plusieurs proches […]
By Anna Chibamu HUMAN rights lobby group Amnesty International says the absence of official data on undocumented people in Zimbabwe is worrisome and problematic and has urged the state to amend legislation. According to the UNHCR, an estimated 300 000 […]
On May 8, 2024, the Council of Ministers of Benin submitted to parliament a draft law recognizing Beninese nationality for “Afro-descendants”—persons with sub-Saharan African ancestry deported during the slave trade. The Beninese government expressed that many Afro-descendants wish to reconnect […]
Three-country investigation shows digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost, while making fortunes for tech vendors Some of the world’s poorest countries have been investing heavily in digital ID systems which it is claimed will […]