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Zimbabwe: “Birth certificate the most elusive document”

Published: 1/Oct/2020
Source: Sunday Mail (Harare)

Fatima Bulla-Musakwa A birth certificate is the most difficult national document to access in Zimbabwe, with Manicaland province having the highest number of people experiencing this challenge, according to findings released in the latest report on National Inquiry on Access […]

African Missionaries in Identity Limbo: The Shona of Kenya

Published: 1/Oct/2020
Source: Kenya Human Rights Commission

After the right to life which only ceases to exist when people die, the KHRC opines that the second most important right is the right to citizenship. This is because the link between an individual and the state ispivotal for […]

Nubians and Shona tribes living in Kenya want the government to duly consider them as citizens

Published: 1/Oct/2020
Source: Standard Media / KTN news

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/video/2000197019/nubians-and-shona-tribes-living-in-kenya-want-the-government-to-duly-consider-them-as-citizens Watch 3m video: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/video/2000197019/nubians-and-shona-tribes-living-in-kenya-want-the-government-to-duly-consider-them-as-citizens

Report on National Inquiry on Access to Documentation in Zimbabwe

Published: 30/Sep/2020
Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (extract) Access to documentation is a fundamental human right. It is a right upon which other rights can be enjoyed. National documents establish the legal relationship between a citizen and his or her country and they give rise […]

ZHRC Documentary on Access to Documentation In Zimbabwe

Published: 30/Sep/2020
Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission

This is a summary of the challenges faced by Zimbabweans in Accessing Documentation to enable them to access their fundamental rights and freedoms. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShfqEhGNA6c&feature=youtu.be

Got talent, integrity? Rwanda offers citizenship

Published: 30/Sep/2020
Source: The East African (Nairobi)

By IVAN R. MUGISHA Foreigners may soon acquire Rwandan citizenship on the basis of “national interest” if they have special skills or talents, and the ability to offer sustainable investment activities if a Bill recently approved by Cabinet becomes law. […]

DRC: With birth certificates, 137 children in Nyiragongo can say “I belong”

Published: 28/Sep/2020
Source: Medium.com / Eastern Congo Initiative

How the Women Lawyers’ Movement is helping families in DRC use the legal system to benefit children Like many parents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nicole Kahindo had never thought about birth certificates. “I only knew that, as […]

Country Progress Reports: Spotlight on Nigeria

Published: 23/Sep/2020
Source: ID4Africa

This incredible LiveCast brings together distinguished representatives of the major identity stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss the progress the country has made towards identity for all as well as their vision and strategy for completing this journey. They discuss the […]