March 3, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has stripped 13,000 foreigners of their naturalized Sudanese citizenship in a bid to eradicate the misuse of Sudanese passports delivered under the former regime. According to the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper, the decision was […]
By Max Patrico Members of Parliament want the fee charged for replacement of National Identity Cards scrapped off. The legislators have asked the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to stop levying a fee of Shs50,000 to people who intend […]
Five years since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration on the Eradication of Statelessness by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is lauding progress and urging a redoubling of efforts. This is to […]
The 2019 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is the third such survey to be conducted in the country as a follow up to the 2009 and 2014 surveys. The 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in […]
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Rwanda CRC/C/RWA/CO/5-6 Birth registration 18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee notes with appreciation the introduction of e-registration in health facilities and recommends […]
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi affirms that children born in South Africa to foreign parents are now eligible to apply for South African citizenship. Watch on eNews Channel Africa (eNCA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ulrcn_Lcc
By Ben-Joop Venter Citizenship as a tool of exclusion was a staple of apartheid-era oppression in South Africa. It was with this in mind that the opening words of the Freedom Charter and later the preamble of the Constitution proclaimed, […]
This is the fourth in a series of case studies, using our evaluation framework for the governance of digital identity systems. These case studies, which analyse identity programmes and their uses, illustrate how our evaluation framework may be adapted to […]
Il y a quelques mois, le Gouvernement a lancé la mise en place d’un fichier central de l’état civil. Dans ce cadre, il y a eu les différentes opérations du RAVIP qui ont permis de constituer une « base importante de […]
By Tania Broughton It has taken four years of legal battles, but now if you were born in South Africa to foreign parents you can apply for citizenship. It has been an “agonizing journey” for those who consider South Africa […]
Seven out of ten foreign children in state care in South Africa are undocumented, and many crossed borders into the country without adult supervision. This is according to a 2019 study by the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. Seventy percent […]
Eradication de l’Apatridie d’ici 2024: déclaration conjointe, à l’occasion du 5ème anniversaire de la Déclaration d’Abidjan des ministres des Etats membres de la CEDEAO Dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’apatridie dans les Etats membres de la Cedeao, le […]