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UNHCR and Republic of South Africa High-Level Dialogue: Main Outcomes

Published: 25/Jan/2022
Source: South African Department of Home Affairs

January 2022UNHCR and Republic of South Africa High-Level DialogueAssistant High Commissioner (Protection) and Minister of Home Affairs Extracts: OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA : CURRENT AND FUTURE COLLABORATION1. Asylum system development: legislative reform and protection impact2. Asylum system development: social assistance3. […]

Liberia: President Weah 5th Annual Message to National Legislature

Published: 24/Jan/2022
Source: Liberia Presidency

Extract: Fellow Liberians; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I stand before you today in fulfilment of a duty in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitution of Liberia, which mandates that the President of Liberia, on the fourth working Monday in […]

South Africa: Fixing the home affairs department is key to fighting xenophobia

Published: 24/Jan/2022
Source: Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)

By Christine Hobden Xenophobia is back on the table: the Economic Freedom Fighters programme to check the ratio of South African to foreign employees at restaurants has prompted a heated public discourse. Where exactly is the line drawn between democratic […]

COVID-19: Vaccinating stateless people in South Africa

Published: 21/Jan/2022
Source: Africa Renewal (UN)

Having no nationality of any country, this group is often left out of essential services By: Mkhululi Chimoio Clad in a torn and tattered orange overall, 25-year-old Brandon Ndlovu cuts a lone figure at Benoni, in Johannesburg, one of South […]

Zimbabwe: SI 2022-016 Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations

Published: 21/Jan/2022

Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2022 WHEREAS the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has introduced new technology on the issuance of electronically readable passports; AND WHEREAS there is a backlog on applications for machine readable passports that needs to […]

Kenyans on refugees’ database issued with ID cards

Published: 20/Jan/2022
Source: Kenya News Agency

Kenyans whose fingerprints were captured in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) database have sigh of relief after the government removed the thumbprints and issued them with national identity cards. Victims who spoke to KNA said that it […]

Kenya: Press release – double registration

Published: 18/Jan/2022
Source: Haki na Sheria Initiative (Garissa)

Haki na Sheria Initiative welcomes the government’s plan to issue national identity cards to 14,000 victims of double registration in Garissa on the 19th January 2022. Download: Haki na Sheria Press Release 18Jan2022

South Africa: Stateless Children

Published: 17/Jan/2022
Source: SABC News

SABC Cutting Edge – 20 minute feature on children excluded from school for lack of birth registration (including those with South African parents). Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjD7g_D41L0

From mercenaries to citizens: how the Nubians gained acceptance in Uganda

Published: 12/Jan/2022
Source: The Conversation

By Abudul Mahajubu, Researcher, Makerere University It’s been well over a century since the Nubian people arrived in Uganda from what was then Sudan, as the armed enforcers of the British colonial government. Over time, the new arrivals assimilated individuals […]

Nigeria: Buhari’s Regime Deactivates Sowore’s National ID Card, Permanent Voter Card, International Passport, Gives No Reason For Action

Published: 12/Jan/2022
Source: Sahara Reporters

The Nigerian Government has deactivated biometric identification of human rights activist and former Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. The documents deactivated include the activist’s national identity card, permanent voter card, international passport and driver license. As a result of this, Sowore […]