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Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid

June 28, 2023 4:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid

Full bench of Pretoria High Court directs Home Affairs minister to conduct a fair process in reconsidering the end of the permits By Tania Broughton The decision by the Minister of Home Affairs to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme […]


Uganda: 32 men petition immigration to cancel children passports after DNA testing

June 27, 2023 4:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: 32 men petition immigration to cancel children passports after DNA testing

At least 32 men have written to the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), demanding the cancellation of children’s passports after DNA results showed they are not the biological fathers. Mr Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs […]


Ethiopian passport being distributed illegally to non-citizens

June 25, 2023 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Ethiopian passport being distributed illegally to non-citizens

ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Ethiopian passports are being issued to non-Ethiopian citizens illegally, according to sources. Fana Broadcasting Corporation has approached officials of the concerned institutions for an interview regarding the issue. They were asked why their institutions have […]


UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update January – March 2023

June 23, 2023 2:05 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update January – March 2023

Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness The Government of Kenya formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community and therefore citizens of Kenya through a Gazette Notice on 30 January. It instructs authorities to […]


Tanzanian official rules out granting citizenship to Burundian refugees

June 22, 2023 11:34 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzanian official rules out granting citizenship to Burundian refugees

DAR ES SALAAM, June 21 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting citizenship to Burundian refugees staying in refugee camps in western Tanzania. Sudi Mwakibasi, the director of the Refugee Services Department in the Ministry […]


How to get documented: A step-by-step guide to getting birth certificates, citizenship documents and immigration visas for children in South Africa.

June 20, 2023 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on How to get documented: A step-by-step guide to getting birth certificates, citizenship documents and immigration visas for children in South Africa.

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Centre for Child Law (the Centre) bring you this simple, but comprehensive guide on documenting children in South Africa. Both the Commission and the Centre receive hundreds of requests for […]


Ensuing Statelessness as (Post) Colonial Effect: Dynamics of Formal Identification Denial among the Fulani in Ghana

June 20, 2023 9:25 am Published by Comments Off on Ensuing Statelessness as (Post) Colonial Effect: Dynamics of Formal Identification Denial among the Fulani in Ghana

In this blog, Isaac Owusu Nsiah critically discusses the dynamics of the Ghanaian state’s recognition of the Fulani community as migrants and thus non-Ghanaians. He considers how such categorizations are institutionalised in citizen-identifying institutions, translating into widespread exclusions and discriminatory […]


A Madagascar, la controverse sur la nationalité française du président Andry Rajoelina vire à la crise de défiance

June 20, 2023 8:09 am Published by Comments Off on A Madagascar, la controverse sur la nationalité française du président Andry Rajoelina vire à la crise de défiance

L’opposition dénonce une trahison du chef de l’Etat et envisage une procédure pour demander sa destitution à quatre mois du scrutin présidentiel. Par Laurence Caramel Andry Rajoelina peut-il encore être considéré comme le chef de l’Etat malgache au regard de […]


About 1,400 Togolese Living Abroad Obtained their Citizenship Certificates in Sept-Oct 2022

June 20, 2023 7:00 am Published by Comments Off on About 1,400 Togolese Living Abroad Obtained their Citizenship Certificates in Sept-Oct 2022

(Togo First) – Between September and October 2022, 1,342 Togolese received their certificate of citizenship. According to Togo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the recipients live in Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Nigeria. The Ministry added that more diaspora members should […]


Namibia: Over 50 000 without national documents in Kavango

June 20, 2023 6:59 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Over 50 000 without national documents in Kavango

By Petrus Muronga Stateless and undocumented people living in the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have called on the government to speed up registering them, accusing the Rundu regional office of delaying the process. The two Kavango regions have […]


Namibian lawmakers examine bill to streamline civil registration, lower age for ID cards

June 19, 2023 6:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibian lawmakers examine bill to streamline civil registration, lower age for ID cards

By Ayang Macdonald A draft piece of legislation seeking to make changes to Namibia’s civil status registration and identification system is currently in the country’s parliament for first reading. Among the proposed changes to the bill which has been introduced […]


Côte d’Ivoire: « mes propositions pour éradiquer l’apatridie » (M.L Ouloudé, Dir Régionale du Ministère de la Famille du Cavally)

June 19, 2023 11:08 am Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: « mes propositions pour éradiquer l’apatridie » (M.L Ouloudé, Dir Régionale du Ministère de la Famille du Cavally)

Marie-Louise Nanga épouse Ouloudé, directrice régionale du ministère de la famille, de la femme et de l’enfant de la région du Cavally donne, dans cette interview, des recettes pour éradiquer le phénomène d’apatridie tant au niveau des enfants que des […]