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Naturalization in African states: its past and potential future

Published: 11/May/2021
Source: Citizenship Studies

Bronwen Manby, ‘Naturalization in African states: its past and potential future’, Citizenship Studies, 25:4, 514-542, DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2021.1926098 The existing literature on the grant of citizenship by naturalization largely focuses on the experience of Europe and the immigrant-founded states of the […]

Uganda: Parliament Rejects Proposal to Grant Refugees’ Children Citizenship

Published: 10/May/2021
Source: ChimpReports.com

Parliament has rejected a proposal by its Human Rights Committee seeking to grant refugees children born in Uganda citizenship. This followed a recommendation voiced by Agnes Taaka Wejuli, the Committee’s chairperson while tabling a committee report on Monday May 10, […]

Le Niger modernise sa gestion de l’état civil

Published: 10/May/2021
Source: UNICEF

Cérémonie de lancement du projet d’informatisation du système de l’état civil Par Matti Dan Mallam Adamou La rencontre, de ce mercredi 2 juin 2021, présidée par M. Alkache Alhada, Ministre de l’Intérieur et de la Décentralisation a marqué le lancement […]

Namibian court rejects couple’s appeal to bring their babies home

Published: 9/May/2021
Source: Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)

Chris de Beer-Procter It’s a sunny morning in Johannesburg and a cautiously optimistic yet tense Phillip Lühl is eating breakfast at a table in a relative’s home. “The waiting is the worst,” he says, barely lifting his eyes from his […]

Kenya: Nubians rights forum accuses government of discrimination

Published: 8/May/2021
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

By Joseph Ndunda The Nubian Rights Forum (NRF) has accused the government of discriminating against the community and deliberate failure to issue national identity cards to its youth. NRF executive director Shafi Ali Hussein further claims some officers at the […]

Determination and Proof of Tanzanian Citizenship

Published: 7/May/2021
Source: Open University of Tanzania

Clement Bernardo Mubanga, doctoral thesis (2020). Abstract This study analyses as to what connection should be entitling a person to citizenship given the context of Tanzania. It points out discrepancies existing both in law and practice in determining Tanzanian citizenship […]

National digital ID initiatives have a trust problem

Published: 5/May/2021
Source: RestofWorld.org

By Nanjala Nyabola The move toward digitizing identity and biometrics will only make existing systemic bias harder to crack. The future of travel is up in the air. As countries and companies attempt to define what safety looks like in […]

Report on citizenship law : Sierra Leone

Published: 3/May/2021
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

By Amadu Wurie Khan Introduction Sierra Leone’s history,like that of other colonised African countries,has shaped the country’s citizenship laws in particular ways.The transatlantic slave trade, inward migration by Africans and non–Africans, and the fight for self–rule and decolonisation predicated on […]

Guidelines and Procedures for the Acquisition of National Documents by Zambians in the Diaspora

Published: 1/May/2021
Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM), and The Zambian Government

This booklet provides Guidelines and Procedures for the Acquisition of Zambian National Identity Documents by the Zambian Diaspora. The main purpose of the Guidelines and Procedures is to: i. Ensure smooth facilitation and easy acquisition of National Identity Documents; ii. […]