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African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights affirms right to nationality for South Sudanese former Member of Parliament in high profile matter

Published: 29/Aug/2025
Source: Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Banjul

Banjul, 29 August 2025 – The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcomes an important decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Communication 801/2021: Afekuru Animu Risasi Amitai (Represented by the Institute […]

Uganda: Debate on Banyarwanda citizenship continues decades after independence

Published: 25/Aug/2025
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Elizabeth Kamurungi Several decades after Independence, many African countries continue to contend with perpetual cycles of conflicts as a result of politicisation of ethnicity, the problem which was compounded by European colonialism divide and rule systems, including land border […]

Stateless in South Africa: The untold crisis facing millions without documentation

Published: 19/Aug/2025
Source: Independent Online (South Africa)

By Xolile Mtembu Earlier this year, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber sounded the alarm on what he described as a ‘silent crisis’ gripping the country, as millions of South Africans continue to live without identity documents. This quandary has only […]

The African countries offering citizenship to diasporans

Published: 17/Aug/2025
Source: Global Voices

Africa is not merely inviting its diaspora home but cultivating them as partners in a continental renaissance Written by Pamela Ephraim Some West African nations have introduced laws granting citizenship to members of the African diaspora as part of broader […]

Namibia: Over 16 000 San Receive Identification Cards

Published: 13/Aug/2025
Source: Africa Press

Africa-Press – Namibia. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has successfully registered over 16 000 members of the San community through its ongoing mobile outreach programme. The ministry has surpassed its target ahead of the official deadline […]

Niger Officially Launches Global Alliance to End Statelessness

Published: 12/Aug/2025
Source: UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Niger authorities today officially launched the Global Alliance to End Statelessness in the West African country. Launched globally in October 2024, this multi-stakeholder initiative brings together governments, United Nations agencies, civil society, regional organizations, […]

Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day 2025

Published: 10/Aug/2025
Source: UNECA

Civil registration as the foundation for digital public infrastructure and digital legal identity systems in Africa On 10 August 2025, we will welcome the eighth consecutive commemoration of Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day, on which occasion governments, civil […]