Johannesburg – The “shaming” of individuals by questioning their nationality is in the spotlight after a tweet attacking EFF MP Naledi Chirwa. Twitter user “Lerato Pillay” started the discussion on Sunday, when a user tweeted unsubstantiated allegations that Chirwa’s family […]
Nathalie Raunet Robert-Nicoud Recurring questions in Ghana about who constitutes the electorate have in recent years turned to the issue of foreign voters. Are people crossing national borders during elections truly eligible? Political parties have begun to exploit the lack […]
By Jeanne-Marié Versluis Hundreds of children in South Africa are not having their births registered, simply because their parents are unmarried and the department of home affairs does not recognise the complexities surrounding these cases. This perpetuates the notion that […]
People of Fulani origin who say they are citizens of Ghana have said they are being treated as though “they are refugees” following the continuous discrimination against them at some national institutions. For instance, they said they had been denied […]
By Umaru Fofana Saren Idaho said he has no connection to Sierra Leone and had never been to the country until he was deported there from the US six months ago. “I know nobody here,” lamented the 55-year-old father of […]
Le petit Nathan a quatre ans. Bien qu’inscrit à l’école primaire, le garçon n’a cependant pas d’acte de naissance. « Il a été abandonné par son père. Sa mère, qui l’a eu jeune, ne savait pas qu’il fallait lui en […]
Le Mouvement je m’inscris sur la liste électorale et je vote pour la Côte d’Ivoire (Milev-Ci) exhorte tous les Ivoiriens à se faire établir les cartes nationales d’identité. En vue de ratisser large, cette organisation est sur le terrain pour […]
Selon Alakhbar, une source officielle a confirmé que le gouvernement cherche à modifier la loi relative à la double nationalité afin de permettre aux Mauritaniens de détenir une seconde nationalité. La source a souligné que le ministère des Affaires étrangères […]
Her victory comes on the heels of recent positive court rulings and paves the way for her children to continue their education, find work and belong to their country. By Mohamed Elfatih Elnaiem in Khartoum, Sudan When South Sudan gained […]
Lomé, Togo, Le 5 mars 2020 – Le Conseil des Ministres a adopté ce jour le projet de loi relatif à l’identification nationale biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo dénommé « e-ID Togo ». En effet, l’État togolais s’est engagé […]
That a staggering 16.8 million Ugandans – close to half of the population, do not have the National Identity Cards (IDs) is quite worrying. This is proof that the process of obtaining the National ID has not been simplified enough. […]
By Christy Chitengu There appears to be a general consensus within the South African government that children born in the country from non-South African parents are not ‘really’ South African. Having been in this predicament myself, I beg to differ […]