June 24, 2022 11:37 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
L’enrôlement à l’état civil est un droit fondamental pour tout être humain. Malheureusement, l’on constate aujourd’hui au Burkina Faso que beaucoup d’enfants vivant dans les lieux les plus reculés des villes ne possèdent pas pour la plupart ce document attestant […]
June 24, 2022 7:55 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (Nairobi) Nairobi — How could it be that we possessed and protected this land for millennia and this sacred link is in danger of disappearing from Tanzania’s history in merely 60 years? We, the Maasai […]
June 17, 2022 4:59 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ali Jaw The Nation Human Rights Commission has called on government of The Gambia to make costs of the national identity cards and passports more affordable for average Gambians. This call by the rights commission came years after an […]
June 16, 2022 9:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Projet de loi (telle qu’adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale 16 juin 2022): Loi No portant modifcation de la Loi No 2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 Tableau d’amendements: Tableau damendement – Projet de Loi portant modification de la Loi No 2020-009 du […]
June 15, 2022 6:05 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Delphine Perrin (Aix Marseille University) Since the turn of the millennium, citizenship deprivation, which had previously seemed to be falling into abeyance, has experienced a remarkable resurgence in Western countries, especially in relation to the threats posed by terrorism […]
June 14, 2022 3:19 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Like stray animals, they wander through life without a sense of belonging. This is the story of undocumented Zimbabweans, whose existence is not recognised even after decades living in the southern African country. Outside Boka tobacco sorting house in Hopley, […]
June 9, 2022 12:40 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Yentl de Lange, Arabist and Researcher focusing on migration and North Africa This blog outlines the situation of stateless Tuareg in Libya. It is based on a preliminary study conducted through interviews with sixteen Libyan Tuareg in April 2020 which […]
June 7, 2022 3:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Katare Mbashiru and Bernard Lugongo THE Home Affairs Ministry has pledged to collaborate with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to provide civic education to secondary school students who reach the age of 18 years ahead of being […]
June 6, 2022 4:15 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Quarterly statelessness newsletter for Southern Africa. The newsletter features updates from organisations and institutions working towards the eradication of statelessness in the region and highlights key developments, recent trends and emerging concerns. Download in English, French & Portuguese.
May 30, 2022 7:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Twenty-five-year-old Charity Ncube (25), a villager from Lupane in Matabeleland North, doubts if she will ever obtain a birth certificate. “My father disappeared and our homestead was burnt,” said Ncube from the Pupu area. “My mother later in life tried […]
May 30, 2022 5:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Sikhulekelani Moyo, Chronicle Reporter MALAWI has introduced dual citizenship and this means that those who are born outside its borders to Malawian parents can now be granted citizenship. A number of Malawians moved to Zimbabwe especially during the years of […]
May 27, 2022 10:56 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Highlights: B. The National Statelessness Taskforce started the implementation of a training and awareness-raising exercise on statelessness for over 3000 government officials at District, Sector and Cell levels. Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/unhcr-operational-update-rwanda-february-2022
