Failure by Zimbabwean citizens in the diaspora to obtain birth certificates and national identity documents is depriving their children of the enjoyment of full rights and privileges, rendering them stateless. The impact of such statelessness is that the concerned children […]
By Rawan Kara Even though she has lived in a displacement camp for the past five years with little food and water, 68-year-old Apuk Bak remains selfless. She is a mother, a grandmother and a women’s leader in the South […]
By Mercy Chelangat & Mercy Simiyu This is after 1,649 members of the community, who had been stateless, were presented with citizenship certificates. Speaking during the ceremony on Wednesday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said all stateless people who are […]
This Is Home is a campaign that documents the lives of inspiring young people in South Africa who are stateless or at risk of becoming stateless. The campaign provides explainers on statelessness and practical solutions for The Department of Home […]
The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendents from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision at the end of last year by the Kenyan […]
by CYRUS OMBATI Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi will Wednesday grant a certificate of Citizenship to the Shona Community. This follows the move by Kenya to recognize the community as part of Kenyans. The Shona arrived in Kenya in 1959. […]
by CYRUS OMBATI The last of stateless people in the country who qualify for Kenyan citizenship will have their status regularized by December this year. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Wednesday announced the process to grant Kenyan citizenship to […]
The attorney-general says the suit threatens the right of not just Mr Atiku to contest the office of the Nigerian President “but that of the citizens of12 out of the 21 Local Government Areas in Adamawa State. The Adamawa government, […]
Les bénéficiaires de cette opération qui en est à sa deuxième étape après Douala ont reçu des actes de naissances établis avec la contribution de Cimencam ce 15 juillet à Figuil. La société Cimencam tient ses promesses. L’entreprise leader des […]
L’Assemblée nationale a approuvé, au cours d’une séance publique tenue mardi matin, sous la présidence de M. Cheikh Ould Baya, son président, un projet de loi modifiant certaines dispositions de la loi n° 112-61 du 12 juin 1961 portant Code […]
Isiah Guvira, a 42-year-old Zimbabwean of Mozambican origin, has worked as a farmer in Lions Den, a growth point 114km west of the capital, Harare, for his entire life. Since he does not have any official documents, he classified himself […]
(26 July, 2021) – The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to 31st of October, 2021. The extension was as a result of the virtual meeting chaired by the Honourable Minister of Communications […]