Biometric ID systems are proliferating across Africa but without the appropriate protections for citizens, say activists. By Madeleine Speed In January this year, Kenya’s High Court halted the roll-out of the country’s controversial biometric ID, the Huduma Namba, citing the […]
Une délégation du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) conduite par son représentant résident, Angèle Djohousso, a salué les actions initiées par le Gouvernement Ivoirien, sous la houlette du Président de la République Alassane Ouattara dans le cadre […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has deposited the ratification instruments of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). During a ceremony held today at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Director of […]
Doctoral thesis by Heather Alexander, December 2020 Download: https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/the-nationality-and-statelessness-of-nomads-under-international-l
La cérémonie d’ouverture officielle des services d’enregistrement de naissances déployés au Centre d’animation sociale et sanitaire de Nkoldongo s’est tenue le 03 décembre dernier. La matérialisation de ce service se justifie par le fait que pour adresser la problématique du […]
Emmanuel Kafe ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (zimsec) examinations started in earnest last week but some candidates failed to sit due to failure to obtain national identity cards. John Mhandu (not his real name) missed two of his Ordinary Level papers […]
By Mayibongwe Maqhina Cape Town – The Home Affairs Department is investigating close to a million “blocked” identity documents that were found to be suspicious, duplicate or fraudulently issued with falsified supporting documents. This was revealed by Home Affairs Minister […]
Aidan Frederick Lwanga Eyakuze vs Commissioner General of Tanzania Immigration Service Department & Others (Civil Appeal 13 of 2020) [2020] TZCA 1884 (04 December 2020) (Appeal from the Ruling and Order of the High Court of Tanzania,Main Registry at Dar […]
Con esta reforma el Gobierno quiere subsanar las lagunas que existían en la vigente ley reguladora de la nacionalidad ecuatoguineana adoptada en el mes de julio del año 2011. Por Rubén Darío Ndumu Bengono Elúgu Los dos grupos parlamentarios de […]
PRESS STATEMENT On the 26th and 27th November 2020, journalists working in community radio and community print media from around South Africa gathered for a workshop with the theme “Reporting on Statelessness in South Africa”. The workshop was co-hosted by […]
Des personnalités n’ont pas été retenues pour les régionales du 6 décembre. Elles ont appris qu’elles ne jouiraient plus de la nationalité camerounaise. Par Henri Fotso La question de la double nationalité n’agitait pas trop l’opinion publique jusque-là. Mais depuis […]
By Bernadette Wicks In 1995, Joseph Emmanuel Jose and Jonathan Diabaka’s parents fled their war-torn home country and came to SA. The following year, Jose was born. He was followed a year later by his brother. The Supreme Court of […]