MOGADISHU, Somalia – For the first time in three decades, Somalia is set to start rolling out the issuance of National Identification cards, as the country rolls out massive registration in what could allow authorities to easily identify citizens and […]
By Zelda Venter Pretoria – A young man left in legal limbo because his parents never registered his birth is elated after the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, ordered Home Affairs to register him as a South African citizen. Now Tebogo […]
by Eino Vatileni THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security is drafting a bill to deal with the plight of 141 084 stateless people in Namibia who are undocumented. The ministry’s spokesperson, Margaret Kalo, told The Namibian yesterday […]
Egypt has eased its citizenship restrictions for foreigners, as the country struggles to secure enough US dollars to import food for its people and repay its accumulating debts. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued Decree no. 876/2023, reducing the […]
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality on their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR. Since 2012, UNHCR has, in line with its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness, […]
The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the […]
L’on apprend que c’est IDEMIA qui cherche, sans passer par les procédures normales consacrées, à s’accaparer du marché de confection de la carte nationale d’identité biométrique au Niger. Selon de sources crédibles, il y a quelques agitations pour attribuer le […]
The process to register members of the Pemba community in an effort to issue them with identity cards has kicked off in Kwale. This follows the recognition of the Pemba as an ethnic community in Kenya in a Special Gazette […]
By R. Joyclyn Wea After granting him his Liberian Citizenship by Civil Law Court “B” in Liberia, Cllr. Austin Ndubuisi Nwabudike’s next move has met the bottleneck with the higher court holding his approval. The Supreme Court of Liberia is […]
National Unity Government Decree No. 209 of 2022 and its impact on the legal status of children of Libyan women married to foreigners By Khadija Elboaishi Resolution No. 209 of 2022 was recently issued by the Presidency of the Government of […]
By Maja Lazić While there is a clear, legal definition of statelessness, the real number of stateless people in the world is not as clear, and the reality of their lives even less visible. Without citizenship of any country, stateless people […]
Press statement: On 27 February 2023, the Gauteng High Court handed down judgment in favour of Tebogo Khoza, ordering the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to register Tebogo’s birth in terms of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act, to declare […]