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Addressing statelessness in Kenya through a confluence of litigation, transitional justice, and community activism: reflecting on the cases of the Nubian, Makonde and Shona communities

Published: 1/Apr/2021
Source: African Human Rights Yearbook

By Andrew Songa Citation: A Songa ‘Addressing statelessness in Kenya through a confluence of litigation, transitional justice, and community activism: reflecting on the cases of the Nubian, Makonde and Shona communities’ (2021) 5 African Human Rights Yearbook 253-276 ABSTRACT: This […]

Western Sahara: Political limbo and statelessness in Africa’s last colony

Published: 1/Apr/2021
Source: European Network on Statelessness

By Danielle Smith – Founding Director, Sandblast Arts and Dr. Violeta Ruano The Saharawi people have been stateless for over 40 years since Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco in 1975. Danielle Smith, Founding Director of Sandblast Arts, and Dr. […]

Enregistrement des naissances : l’UNICEF et la Guinée clôturent un projet

Published: 1/Apr/2021
Source: mosaiqueguinee.com

Dans un réceptif hôtelier de la place mercredi 31 mars à Conakry, l’UNICEF et les autorités guinéennes ont procédé à la clôture du projet intitulé ‘’augmenter l’enregistrement des naissances des enfants de moins de cinq ans dans les régions de […]

Access to Official Documents by Eritrean Refugees in the Context of Family Reunification Procedures: Legal Framework, Practical Realities and Obstacles

Published: 1/Apr/2021
Source: Equal Rights Beyond Borders (Athens & Berlin)

By Daniel Mekonnen and Sara Palacios Arapiles Summary: This Independent Expert Report (hereinafter “the report”) is concerned with challenges experienced by Eritrean refugees in Europe in the context of family reunification processes, in particular those relating to strict documentary requirements […]

Etude sur l’Apatridie et le risque d’Apatridie en République du Niger

Published: 1/Apr/2021
Source: UNHCR

RESUME EXECUTIF La République du Niger a souscrit à l’essentiel des conventions internationales et régionales visant à lutter contre le phénomène de l’apatridie. Au niveau universel, le pays a ratifié la Convention de 1954 relative au statut des apatrides et […]

UNHCR Southern Africa Statelessness Newsletter January – March 2021

Published: 31/Mar/2021
Source: UNHCR Southern Africa

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1961 CONVENTION 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The 1961 Convention is the only universal instrument that elaborates clear and concrete safeguards to prevent the occurrence of statelessness. […]

Joy For Malawians In Zimbabwe As Chakwera Moves To Oky Dual Citizenship

Published: 30/Mar/2021
Source: CFMNews / ZimEye.net

By James Gwati Malawi nationals who are resident in the country and have Zimbabwean citizenship have received with joy the news that their country would now allow them to enjoy both Zimbabwean citizenship and that of their home country. CFMNews […]

Mauritanie: mobilisation de Biram Dah Abeid contre l’apatride

Published: 30/Mar/2021
Source: RFI

Un quart de la population mauritanienne est toujours sans état civil. Une situation qui perdure et que déplore le parlementaire et militant des droits de l’homme, président du mouvement abolitionniste (IRA-Mauritanie). Biram Dah Abeid a appelé, ce lundi 29 mars, […]

Report on Citizenship Law : Malawi

Published: 30/Mar/2021
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

By Tabeth Masengu Introduction Malawi is one of the few African countries that has decided to retain gender discrimination present in its nationality laws, despite amending its constitution within the last three years. Malawi’s Citizenship Act permits foreign wives to […]

Nigerian court orders extension of biometric ID registration deadlines

Published: 30/Mar/2021
Source: Biometric Update

By Ayang Macdonald The deadline for Nigerians to procure and integrate the biometrics-based National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM cards as directed by the Federal Government should be extended by another two months, a Federal High Court in the […]

Kenya denies IDs to Somalis amidst diplomatic rift with Somalia

Published: 27/Mar/2021
Source: Horn Observer (Mogadishu)

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) – Kenya authorities on Friday denied IDs to hundreds of Somali people who lived in Kenya’s coastal region for more than thirty years barely two days after the East Africa nation ordered UN to draft a plan […]