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Cameroon lawmakers examine legislation to address statelessness

June 18, 2024 7:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroon lawmakers examine legislation to address statelessness

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 […]


Zimbabwe: Govt dismisses ‘statelessness’ report

June 18, 2024 8:07 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Govt dismisses ‘statelessness’ report

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 […]


Côte d’Ivoire : L’acquisition immédiate de la nationalité ivoirienne par mariage suspendue

June 16, 2024 5:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire : L’acquisition immédiate de la nationalité ivoirienne par mariage suspendue

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, […]


Archbishop of Johannesburg: Every child has a right to know who they are

June 13, 2024 8:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Archbishop of Johannesburg: Every child has a right to know who they are

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 […]


Absence of official data on stateless people in Zimbabwe “problematic” – watchdog pushes for amendment of legislation

June 11, 2024 5:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Absence of official data on stateless people in Zimbabwe “problematic” – watchdog pushes for amendment of legislation

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 […]


Benin: Government Proposes Bill to Recognize Afro-Descendants as Nationals

June 11, 2024 8:49 am Published by Comments Off on Benin: Government Proposes Bill to Recognize Afro-Descendants as Nationals

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 […]


Sénégal: treize mille actes de naissance délivrés à des victimes du conflit en Casamance

June 7, 2024 11:39 am Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: treize mille actes de naissance délivrés à des victimes du conflit en Casamance

Nous avons à ce jour, traité 13.000 actes de naissance destinés aux victimes du conflit Casamance, sur un total de 55.041 personnes enrôlées’’, a-t-il annoncé. Aly Kanouté s’exprimait en marge d’une table-ronde sur les projets et programmes de l’Agence des […]


Le Tchad renforce son engagement pour la vaccination et l’enregistrement des naissances avec l’appui d’une initiative internationale

June 7, 2024 10:48 am Published by Comments Off on Le Tchad renforce son engagement pour la vaccination et l’enregistrement des naissances avec l’appui d’une initiative internationale

L’initiative en question est une approche innovante visant à améliorer l’accès des enfants et des communautés aux services de vaccination et d’enregistrement des naissances. Menée dans six pays, dont le Tchad, elle vise à combler les lacunes persistantes en matière […]


False Promise of Biometrics

June 5, 2024 12:44 pm Published by Comments Off on False Promise of Biometrics

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 […]


Championing an Inclusive, Trustworthy and, Accountable Approach to Uganda’s ID Infrastructure and the Transition to a New Generation ID

June 1, 2024 10:03 am Published by Comments Off on Championing an Inclusive, Trustworthy and, Accountable Approach to Uganda’s ID Infrastructure and the Transition to a New Generation ID

Executive Summary The position paper provides an in-depth analysis of the National ID System in Uganda, focusing on the National Security Identification System and the emerging New Generation National ID Project (Ndaga Muntu). The NSIS project, initiated to address security […]


Octroi de la nationalité béninoise aux afro-descendants : Plutôt une «nationalité par reconnaissance»

May 30, 2024 8:53 am Published by Comments Off on Octroi de la nationalité béninoise aux afro-descendants : Plutôt une «nationalité par reconnaissance»

En sa séance du Conseil des ministres du 08 mai 2024, le gouvernement béninois a décidé de la transmission à l’Assemblée nationale, pour examen et vote, du projet de loi relative à la reconnaissance de la nationalité béninoise aux Afro-descendants […]