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South Sudan: My journey to state of statelessness

Published: 25/Jul/2019
Source: Sudan Tribune

By Luka Biong Deng Kuol* When I was expelled from South Sudan in 2015 for organizing a public lecture at the University of Juba on the Presidential Decree to create 28 states, the government in Juba, in its response to […]

Botswana: Ngoma AP candidate in Tati East

Published: 23/Jul/2019
Source: The Patriot (Gaborone)

Former Francistown Mayor, Peter Ngoma will contest the upcoming general elections at Tati East constituency under the Alliance for Progressives (AP) ticket. Ngoma who is currently a specially elected councillor in Francistown City Council recently dumped the ruling Botswana Democratic […]

Uganda: Minister Admits to Mistakes in ID issuance

Published: 18/Jul/2019
Source: The Tower Post (Kampala)

By Marion Ayebazibwe Government has acknowledged mistakes in the process of acquiring new and replacing lost national identification cards. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. Obiga Kania, was on Wednesday, 17 July 2019, responding to a matter of […]

Kenya: New law to make Huduma Namba compulsory

Published: 18/Jul/2019
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi)

By DAVID MWERE The Huduma Namba will serve as the official sufficient proof for identification in the country and its registration will now be mandatory for access to government services if the draft Huduma Bill 2019 is enacted by the […]

Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 35th Session of the Universal Periodic Review: Kingdom of Lesotho

Published: 18/Jul/2019
Source: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Southern African Nationality Network & Lawyers for Human Rights

1. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges […]

Zimbabwe: Mr Registrar-General, let the people go

Published: 16/Jul/2019
Source: Newsday (Harare)

Guest column: Paul Kaseke For some time now, Zimbabweans have not been able to renew their passports or obtain new ones due to what the Registrar-General’s office has termed ‘an acute shortage of passport paper’. It almost seems like the […]

Kenya: Decades later Shona speak Kikuyu but still lack IDs

Published: 15/Jul/2019
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By George Mugo In Summary: Shunned in Kenya and Zimbabwe, the Shona are unable to do business legally or own property. They were allowed to register with Huduma Namba as stateless people, but are yet to be given IDs. Over […]

Zimbabwe: National documentation hearings start in Matabeleland North

Published: 15/Jul/2019
Source: The Chronicle (Bulawayo)

Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter PUBLIC hearings on the national inquiry on access to national documentation in the country are set to commence today in Matabeleland North province. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) said the public hearings, held […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Cote d’Ivoire 2019

Published: 12/Jul/2019
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Côte d’Ivoire CRC/C/CIV/CO/2 Birth registration 24.The Committee is concerned about: (a)The very high number of children who do not possess a birth certificate and that parents incur multiple direct and indirect costs […]