By Abdul Rashid Thomas President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. Handing […]
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya The new law governing Rwandan nationality offers preferential treatment to people with special skills, talents and those with substantial investment that are needed in the country. Judith Uwizeye, Minister in the Office of the President, told The […]
By Amahle Pillay The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has published its new draft identity management policy for public comment. The policy aims to introduce a new ID system in the country which will act as a single source of […]
When they turn five years old, South African children should be “reregistered” with the government, with a comprehensive set of biometric data captured, the department of home affairs (DHA) has recommended. That, it says, is the way to stop foreigners […]
MP-elect for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo has fought off claims that she holds dual citizenship despite contesting and winning the parliamentary seat for the constituency. Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim has revealed that she renounced her American citizenship months to the elections. “I heard that […]
By Robtel Neajai Pailey Drawing on rich oral histories from over two hundred in-depth interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, Robtel Neajai Pailey examines socio-economic change in Liberia, Africa’s first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Marking […]
Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief overview of the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in the Republic of Burundi. The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the Directorate General of Territorial […]
Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in Rwanda. The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the National Identification Agency and the National Institute […]
By Mia Harbitz Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief overview of the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in Madagascar. The information was collected by a desk review of publicly available documents pertaining to […]
Updates including information on the 6th anniversary of the #IBELONG campaign to end statelessness UNHCR Southern Africa Statelessness Newsletter EN Oct-Dec 2020 UNHCR Afrique australe Apatridie Bulletin FR oct-dec 2020 UNHCR IBELONG 6th anniversary Southern Africa
By Brenda Mulinya NAIROBI – Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless. Nazizi Dube gazes at what is now her most prized possession – a document […]
By Bronwen Manby Overview of the report This study seeks to provide a comparative analysis of nationality law and its implementation in SADC Member States and highlight the gaps that allow statelessness; to identify the populations that may be stateless […]