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Kenya: We lived like ghosts before we got IDs — Shona community members

Published: 23/Aug/2021
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

by AKELLO ODENYO and CHRISTINE NTINYARI “We were alive and dead at the same time, like ghosts, because we had no identity.” Those were the words of Zephaniah Muungani, a member of the Shona community living in Kenya. “Generation after […]

Survivors of 1921 US race massacre accept Ghanaian citizenship

Published: 21/Aug/2021
Source: Ghana News Agency

Two American siblings who survived a well documented massacre of Black people in the US city of Tulsa in Oklahoma have rounded up a visit to Ghana by accepting to be citizens of Ghana. 107-year-old Viola Fletcher and her brother, […]

Suisse: Les Sahraouis sont désormais “sans nationalité”

Published: 20/Aug/2021
Source: Radio Télévision Suisse

Un Sahraoui qui avait été inscrit pendant 20 ans comme ressortissant du “Sahara occidental” à Fribourg est désormais désigné comme “sans nationalité” dans le Système d’information central sur la migration (SYMIC). Pour le Tribunal fédéral, ce changement de pratique est […]

Zimbabwe: Children of illegal migrants face statelessness

Published: 20/Aug/2021
Source: The Zimbabwe Independent

BY KENNETH MATIMAIRE THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals. The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of Deprivation of National Identification Documents was conducted by the Zimbabwe […]

Cameroun: État civil, plus de 18000 enfants fantômes dans la Kadey

Published: 20/Aug/2021
Source: Cameroun Actuel

Les chiffres sont alarmants et inquiétants. Selon le représentant du Fonds des Nations-unies pour l’enfance (Unicef), « il s’agit là seulement de 18000 enfants scolarisables recensés cette année scolaire. La situation est plus grave si on prend en compte tous […]

Nigeria: UNHCR, NPC, NCFRMI Take Birth Registration to IDP Camps

Published: 19/Aug/2021
Source: This Day (Abuja)

By Michael Olugbode United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the National Commission for Refugee, Migrants and Internally Displaced People (NCFRMI) and the National Population Commission (NPC) are working towards having zero stateless people in Nigeria. The United Nations has […]

Judgment on citizenship a blow for thousands of South Africans abroad

Published: 18/Aug/2021
Source: Business Day (Johannesburg)

Judge looks at loss of citizenship purely on paper and makes little effort to consider how it affects real people By Stefanie de Saude Darbandi A recent judgment in the Pretoria high court has dealt a blow to potentially tens […]

Shona community living in Kenya find respite after citizenship granted

Published: 17/Aug/2021
Source: Xinhua

NAIROBI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Unable to secure Kenyan citizenship for years, the Shona community who reside mainly in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and neighboring Kiambu County had long resigned to a fate of statelessness. This unwanted status had […]