Contrary to reports in some online media that the national identity card would replace voters register in 2019, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has clarified that the report was misconstrued and out of context. According to a statement issued […]
Rwanda’s Ambassador to Uganda Frank Mugambage has defended Rwandan nationals crossing into Uganda at south western border points carrying Ugandan national identity cards saying “there is no violation of law on that”. Maj Gen Mugambage, who contacted this newspaper in […]
Située à 67 km de Kolda, Coumbacara est l’une des communes les plus enclavées de la capitale du Fouladou. Dans cette localité, des milliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants sont privés d’existence juridique. L’ignorance et la négligence des parents sont […]
African leaders and development partners agreed on a common approach for accelerating the provision of unique identification to millions of people in Africa as a means to foster more inclusive economies and greater regional integration. Read more.
C’est invraisemblable de constater, en termes de sécurité individuelle, que des citoyens d’un pays restent sans un seul moyen de se procurer du document qui permet leurs identifications. Les pièces d’identification des guinéens ne sont plus disponibles dans les Commissariats […]
Bloqué au pays depuis le mois de novembre 2015, Jacques Chalupa est finalement autorisé à se rendre à l’extérieur du pays pour suivre des soins appropriés dans des cliniques spécialisées. On apprend, dans la foulée, qu’il pourrait voyager d’ici le […]
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Ms Rose Akol, has said many Rwandan citizens are holding Uganda National Identity Cards and they ought to surrender them because it is illegal. “May be Rwandans do not know the implications of having two […]
Burkina Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, said during an interview with Radio France International (RFI) “it was pitiful that the former President, Blaise Compaore, was granted Ivorian citizenship.”“It shocks me because when someone assumed for 27 years the responsibility […]
At least 10 million people around the world are stateless, according to estimates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), but the real number may be much higher. Statelessness severely limits a person’s human rights, including access to […]
By Phelix Lore, Executive Director for Haki Centre, a human rights organization working in the coastal region of Kenya. Mr. Lore has been involved in research, advocacy and awareness raising on issues of statelessness and citizenship for the past five […]
Durban – An 8-year-old girl will attend school for the very first time on Monday morning after her desperate parents – whose battle to obtain a birth certificate for her or enrol her at a school without one had come […]
Haki Centre is a registered Non-Governmental, non-partisan human rights organization working within the coastal region of Kenya. The organization was formed to sensitize and empower the community on their rights, thereby overcoming the social and cultural hurdles that hinder enjoyment […]