By Brian Kimani The government could soon establish an official register of stateless persons living in Kenya under proposed amendments to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act. The proposal is contained in the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2025, […]
By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway Monrovia – Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on the Liberian Legislature to spearhead a new wave of constitutional reforms, urging lawmakers to amend what she described as a “racist provision” in the Constitution that restricts […]
By Brenda Wanga The deafening silence from the government continues to echo days after revelations of abuse of processes to issue Kenyan passports to members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Ministry of Interior and the Department of Immigration […]
Extracts on African countries: Action 1. Resolve major situations of statelessness In Kenya, on 5 and 6 December 2025, the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Internal Security, supported by UNHCR and NGO partner Haki Centre, held a public participation exercise […]
By Brenda Wanga A leaked internal document from the Directorate of Immigration Services reveals a shocking trend by President William Ruto’s administration to dish out Kenyan passports to foreign individuals for what can only be perceived as private and personal […]
By Jedi Ramalapa There is a quiet kind of violence that states are particularly good at. It does not arrive with spectacle. It comes through paperwork. Through silence. Through the slow, bureaucratic unmaking of a life. In 2018, that violence […]
Banjul, 18 February 2026 – On the occasion of the second anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness […]
Seven leading organisations fighting to end statelessness and advancing gender equal nationality rights globally and in Africa expressed serious concern today about the case of Ms. Animu A. Risasi, a former South Sudanese Member of Parliament who was arbitrarily stripped […]
Kenya’s digital identity ecosystem has been promoted as transformative, a manifestation of the kind of digital public infrastructure that should streamline services, secure personal data, and ensure every citizen can access the state through a unified digital identity, guaranteeing inclusion […]
By Emmanuel Nwosu On the storm-scarred hillside of Roseau Valley, Dominica, the tiny Caribbean island nation, a passport is funding a geothermal plant for clean energy. In Basseterre, St. Kitts, it once funded 60–70% of government revenue. In Valletta, Malta, […]
The Ministry of the Interior, in collaboration with the Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President, has announced the commencement of vetting for applicants under the “Historic Diaspora Community” citizenship programme. In a statement issued on Tuesday, February […]
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, is proud to announce the launch of the second and final phase of Home Affairs’ ground-breaking online Citizenship Reinstatement Portal, a major new milestone in the Department’s digital transformation programme to deliver […]