By Archangel Nzangaya A 22-year-old Zimbabwean national, Daryl Berry Edwards, has been fined and ordered for immediate deportation by the Blantyre Central Magistrate Court after pleading guilty to charges of obtaining Malawian identity documents through false declarations. The case stems […]
By Lucy Mumbi A new Bill before Parliament aims to remove longstanding legal barriers that have denied stateless persons the right to Kenyan citizenship, marking a major step toward ending decades of exclusion and marginalisation. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration […]
BAMAKO – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the recent adoption of Mali’s groundbreaking legislation to protect the rights of stateless people and resolve their plight. The law builds on Mali’s accession to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions in […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the rights and identity of long-time residents of Rwandan descent in Uganda, urging officials to treat such communities with fairness and dignity. While meeting the Banyarwanda (Abavandimwe) community on Wednesday […]
En plénière, ce vendredi 20 juin 2025, au Palais des gouverneurs, à Porto-Novo, les députés ont adopté plusieurs lois dont celle n° 2025-11 portant modification de la loi n° 2024-31 du 02 septembre 2024 relative à la reconnaissance de la […]
By Christopher Kiiza Adoptive parents in Uganda are calling on the government to urgently reform the country’s national identification system, which they say discriminates against children without known biological parents. Through the Adoptive Parents Initiative (API)—a platform that brings together […]
By Maureen Kinyanjui Members of Parliament have raised concerns over the continued existence of stateless communities in Kenya, more than 60 years after independence, as the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics supported fresh petitions seeking the formal recognition of the […]
by Nyantee S. Togba MONROVIA — The Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), in collaboration with the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), has launched a biometric registration exercise aimed at issuing resident permits to 269 former Ivorian refugees who have […]
By Ishmael F. Menkor Hundreds of frustrated citizens and government workers have called on the National Identification Registry (NIR) and the Government of Liberia to open additional National ID card enrollment centers in Nimba County, as the only operational center […]
By deciding to open citizenship applications to all people of African descent around the world, Benin became the latest in a growing list of African countries to formerly recognize historical links with the African diaspora. Benin’s 2 September 2024 law […]
CHOI – Dual citizenship and statelessness have emerged as contentious issues among residents of Choi and Kongola. They raised serious concerns over national identity, legal status and access to government benefits. Community members voiced frustration on Monday during a civil-military […]
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Call by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa on the topic […]