National identity documents like an ID card are what enable people to enroll in school, access government healthcare, and vote. Under the Kenyan Constitution, every citizen has the right to these documents, yet over five million people face discrimination when […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Translation by Google Translate. Written by: Ali Abdel Gawad The Supreme Constitutional Court, headed by Counselor Said Marei, ruled that the case referred by the Administrative Court to request a ruling on the constitutionality of the text of the second […]
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 […]
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 […]
«L’acte de naissance est le premier document dans la vie d’un individu et le plus important car il le suit durant toute sa vie. C’est ce document qui lui confère la personnalité juridique à un individu». Dr Hervé Moby, le Maire […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]