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Tanzania: State Considers Giving Civic Education to Students Over National IDs

June 7, 2022 3:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: State Considers Giving Civic Education to Students Over National IDs

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 […]


Southern Africa Statelessness Newsletter Q1 2022

June 6, 2022 4:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Southern Africa Statelessness Newsletter Q1 2022

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.  


Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs

May 30, 2022 7:50 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs

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 […]


Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship

May 30, 2022 5:17 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship

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 […]


UNHCR Operational Update: Rwanda / February 2022

May 27, 2022 10:56 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Operational Update: Rwanda / February 2022

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


Gabon/Makokou : L’opération de recensement des actes de naissance de nouveau

May 25, 2022 12:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Gabon/Makokou : L’opération de recensement des actes de naissance de nouveau

Selon le directeur provincial des affaires sociales, Joël Rodrigue Abessolo Abogho « l’année dernière, le gouvernement  par le biais du ministère des affaires sociales en partenariat avec l’Unicef avait décidé qu’au niveau de la province de l’Ogooué- Ivindo, il fallait voir […]


Liberia: Welcoming the Dual citizenship bill

May 23, 2022 5:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Welcoming the Dual citizenship bill

Editorial: At long last, both the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate have separately agreed to enact the Dual Citizenship bill into law that would allow Diaspora Liberians, who hold citizenships of foreign countries, to maintain their Liberian citizenship. […]


Diaspora Liberians’ Eminent Chairman Lauds Senate for Passage of Dual Citizenship Act

May 23, 2022 5:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Diaspora Liberians’ Eminent Chairman Lauds Senate for Passage of Dual Citizenship Act

Monrovia – The Eminent Chairman of the All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), Eminent Emmanuel S. Wettee, has lauded the Senate, under the leadership of Pro-temp Albert Chie, for concurring with the House of Representatives on the passage of the […]


Covid-19 worsens plight of stateless migrant children in South Africa

May 22, 2022 12:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Covid-19 worsens plight of stateless migrant children in South Africa

By Marko Phiri As the number of children born in South Africa to undocumented migrant parents continues to grow, researchers have raised concerns about the unchecked cycle of statelessness and undocumented foreigners in the country. Thousands of children born to […]


UNHCR, civil society launch first regional network to address statelessness in east Africa

May 20, 2022 12:41 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR, civil society launch first regional network to address statelessness in east Africa

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency together with 15 civil society organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan, Sudan, and Rwanda have launched the region’s first statelessness network, to advance ongoing efforts in eradicating statelessness in the region. Comprising human […]


Liberia: Senate Concurs with House for Amendment of Alien and Nationality Law But Calls for Conference Committee to Harmonize Differences

May 20, 2022 9:54 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Senate Concurs with House for Amendment of Alien and Nationality Law But Calls for Conference Committee to Harmonize Differences

By Henry Karmo MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate on Thursday voted in the majority in favor of the passage of the amended Alien and Nationality Law. The Senate vote Thursday was a concurrence vote as the House of Representatives had […]


No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe: A Study of Migrant Experiences With COVID-19 in South Africa

May 18, 2022 4:46 pm Published by Comments Off on No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe: A Study of Migrant Experiences With COVID-19 in South Africa

The impact of COVID-19 in South Africa, by existing data, has been the most severe on the African continent. South Africa, which accounted for 38.1% of total COVID-19 infections in Africa as of March 2022, is home to approximately 2.9 […]