Extracts relating to developments in law and policy: Eswatini On 06 April, an application was made at the High Court of the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Eswatini) to declare laws limiting the passing of citizenship from swazi women to their […]
Interview with Zoé Allado, head of the Pilot project to modernise Guinea’s civil registry Guinea is a West African country with a population of almost 14 million (2023). It is eight times the size of Belgium. It is rich in […]
A new study by the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, highlights risks of statelessness for refugees who have spent more than 20 years outside their country of origin, […]
ACHPR/Res.565 (LXXVI) 2023 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 76th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 19 July to 2 August 2023: Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in […]
By Lulu Brenda Harris The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to restore Zimbabwean citizenship to members of the royal […]
By Thokozani Mamba JABULA – With immediate effect, businesses operated by foreign nationals on Eswatini National Land (ENL) will be closed if that foreigner has no legitimate citizenship certificate granted by the Citizenship Board. Home Affairs Minister Princess Lindiwe has […]
Watch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGaNZRdwdJj (Formal declaration in English from 19 minutes)
By Maureen Kinyanjui Close to 100,000 Pemba community members will from today (Friday) identify themselves as Kenyan citizens. President William Ruto who is in Kilifi will issue citizenship award to the community at Karisa Maitha Stadium. The community members have […]
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government of Kenya for granting citizenship to members of the Pemba community. This decisive action is another step in their longstanding commitment to help eliminate statelessness in the country and improve […]
We, experts of the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) — Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Republic of Sudan, Republic of South Sudan, Tanzania, […]
The Formation of the Eastern Africa Nationality Network In May 2022, fifteen civil society organisations (the “EANN Founding Members”) came together to establish and launch the Eastern Africa Nationality Network (EANN). EANN aims to cover a geographic scope including Eastern […]
By Ann Nyathira After Aden Farah turned eighteen, he was considered stateless, trapped in his village in Garissa County, having limited options. Farah was a victim of double registration as his Kenyan parents registered him as a refugee and subsequently […]