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Kenya issues digital ID cards to minority community after decades of ordeal

Published: 1/Sep/2021
Source: Biometric Update

By Ayang Macdonald Members of a ‘stateless’ community in Kenya known as the Shona have received digital ID cards from the Kenyan government, ending approximately five decades of their statelessness. Kenyan outlet The Star, in a feature report, chronicles the […]

Over 1,500 displaced children receive birth certificates in Nigeria

Published: 31/Aug/2021
Source: UNHCR

Nigeria scales up birth registration of children at risk of statelessness, living in camps for internally displaced people. By Gabriel Adeyemo in Abuja, Nigeria Over the past seven years, Liyatu Ayuba, 50, a traditional birth attendant, has helped deliver over […]

Zimbabwe: Recoding of ‘00’ IDs underway

Published: 27/Aug/2021
Source: The Herald (Harare)

In a historic move expected to end racial profiling, Government yesterday abolished the “00” code used to identify persons of mixed race, Caucasians and Asians on national identity cards. Presenting a ministerial statement in the National Assembly yesterday, Home Affairs […]

Uganda: Banyarwanda community, immigration war over passports deepens

Published: 26/Aug/2021
Source: News Editor (Kampala)

BY KETRAH JJEMBA, KAMPALA A RIFT between Banyarwanda, a community of Rwandan origin living in Uganda and the immigration offices at the Ministry of internal Affairs over passport  issuance has deepened. Their war has now reached High Court in Kampala […]

Limiting presidential eligibility could drive deep divides in the DRC

Published: 24/Aug/2021
Source: Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)

The proposed Congolité law could inflame violence in a country devastated by more than two decades of conflict. by David Zounmenou Early in July, Noel Tshiani, a 2018 presidential candidate with the support of some Members of Parliament, proposed amending […]

Zimbabwe: Children of Gukurahundi Victims Struggle to Access IDs

Published: 24/Aug/2021
Source: New Zimbabwe

By Kenneth Matimaire Children born to victims of Gukurahundi massacres have been deprived of their right to access birth registration leading to dire human rights violations associated with statelessness, a new study has shown. The findings featured in a study […]

Que dit la loi congolaise à propos de l’apatridie ?

Published: 24/Aug/2021
Source: Radio OKAPI

Près de 10 millions de personnes dans le monde vivent sans aucune nationalité. Aucun État ne les considère comme ses ressortissants. Ça s’appelle apatridie. La RDC héberge aussi des apatrides, selon le comité interinstitutionnel de lutte contre apatridie en RDC. […]