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Case note: Kennedy Gihana & Others v Republic of Rwanda, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Application No 017/2015

Published: 21/Dec/2020
Source: Statelessness and Citizenship Review

By Tshegofatso Mothapo, Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 2(2), 331–337. This case note discusses Kennedy Gihana v Republic of Rwanda, Application No 017/2015 (‘Kennedy’). The case addressed whether the invalidation of the appellants’ passports was an arbitrary deprivation of nationality, rendering […]

Kenya: Digital ID and Risk of Statelessness

Published: 21/Dec/2020
Source: Statelessness and Citizenship Review

By Grace Mutung’u and Isaac Rutenberg (Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology (CIPIT) at Strathmore University) Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 2(2), 348–354 Introduction State issued digital identity is trending in sub-Saharan Africa, and Kenya has not been left behind. […]

Kenya: What Code is Your [TRIBE]?

Published: 18/Dec/2020
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

Kenyan demographers seem blind to the politics of identity and belonging. Yet the codification and recognition of tribe or ethnicity in Kenya has evolved into an exercise that gives – or denies – people political and social visibility. By Dalle […]

Sudan revokes citizenship of former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal

Published: 17/Dec/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor

Sudan has revoked the citizenship of the former leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, along with more than 3,500 other foreign-born individuals. Such citizenships were granted to “influential personalities” by the regime of former President Omar Al-Bashir, local media have reported. […]

FG pledges imminent end to statelessness in Nigeria

Published: 16/Dec/2020
Source: The Vanguard (Abuja)

By Joseph Erunke THE federal government has pledged that it would soon end statelessness in the country, saying it had already initiated plans aimed at permanently ending the development. The government’s pledge to end the development came on the heels […]

Racism and secularism have changed Sudan’s treatment of Syrian refugees

Published: 16/Dec/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, around 5.6 million Syrians have been forced to leave the country. A further 6.2 million have been displaced internally due to the war conditions and systematic ethnic […]

The Plight of Double Registered Victims in Kenya

Published: 16/Dec/2020
Source: Haki na Sheria (Garissa, Kenya)

This short documentary by Haki na Sheria Initiative follows the journey of Kenyans denied their right to the National Identity Card as a result of being mistakenly included in the Refugee Database. Their appeal for this important document is a […]

Le Kenya accorde la citoyenneté à 3000 apatrides sur 18500

Published: 16/Dec/2020
Source: Afrique sur 7

Le président du Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, vient d’accorder la citoyenneté kenyane à au moins 3000 apatrides Zimbabwéens et rwandais. L’agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) s’est félicitée lundi de cette décision des autorités kenyanes. A l’occasion de sa […]

Nigeria – Press Statement: Implementation of New SIM Registration Rules

Published: 15/Dec/2020
Source: Nigerian Communications Commission

Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) convened an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the Communications industry on Monday, […]

Report on citizenship law : Zambia

Published: 14/Dec/2020
Source: Global Governance Programme, European University Institute

by Kelly Kapianga GLOBALCIT Country Reports; 2020/14 Defining what ‘citizenship’ is is a difficult task. This is because although there tend to be continuities, the markers of citizenship are often geographically bounded and vary from country to country. Often, it […]