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Lagos to Mombasa: How Can Digital ID Be Harnessed for Development?

Published: 21/Oct/2021
Source: Center for Global Development (Washington DC)

Podcast host: W. Gyude Moore The scope and sophistication of ID systems have advanced remarkably in the last 20 years, with over 60 developing countries establishing national ID programs. And digital technologies, such as biometrics, have dramatically expanded the capabilities […]

Joy for Shona Community in Kenya as They are Registered to Vote in 2022

Published: 21/Oct/2021
Source: Mwakilishi (Nairobi)

By John Wanjohi Members of the Shona community in Kenya are set to participate in next year’s general elections. This comes after they were registered as voters in the ongoing mass voter listing exercise, allowing them to participate in an […]

CMW Concluding Observations: Rwanda, 2021

Published: 21/Oct/2021
Source: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Rwanda CMW/C/RWA/CO/2 Birth registration and nationality 37.The Committee notes with satisfaction that children born in the […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July-Sept 2021

Published: 21/Oct/2021
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 20 August, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNHCR and the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region convened a workshop to take stock of progress on the […]

South Africa: Zim Exemption Permit holders want to be declared permanent residents

Published: 20/Oct/2021
Source: The Citizen (Johannesburg)

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Holders Association, representing roughly 250 000 Zimbabweans in SA, has asked the Gauteng High Court to declare them permanent residents, as their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits expire in November 2021. They are also asking the court to […]

Background Note on Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Statelessness

Published: 20/Oct/2021
Source: UNHCR

Discrimination on the basis of ethnicity; race; religion; age; sex; gender; disability; language; or sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) is a cause of statelessness. Direct or indirect discrimination on these grounds is  currently found […]

Without documentation, who are you?

Published: 19/Oct/2021
Source: The Africa Report

By Abdul Noormohamed, Luminate’s Africa Director Over half of African children are legally unregistered, thereby lacking legal documentation that excludes them from civic life. Here is a look at the journey and strategies employed to support such individuals in East […]

Zimbabwe: Is Registry Sabotaging Issuance of National Identity Cards?

Published: 19/Oct/2021
Source: ZimEye

MUTARE – Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT) has called on the Registrar`s Office to come up with a mechanism to deal with the delays being experienced in the issuance of national Identity documents. ZEAT Executive Director Ignatius Sadziwa said delays […]

Egypt Achieves Nationality Law Reform But Gaps Remain

Published: 18/Oct/2021
Source: Boston University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic

The Boston University International Human Rights Clinic is currently in the fourth year of a project mapping the issues of statelessness throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by engaging in country-by-country in-depth studies. As discussed in a recent […]