Extract: All the historical injustices and discrimination faced by the Nubian Community as to registration documents like the birth certificates and identity cards have alienated them from any socioeconomic empowerment and left them in a state of statelessness. The Nubian […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed an Executive Order aimed at protecting citizenship rights in Uganda. “By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Article 99 (1) and (4) of the Constitution, this Executive Order is made on […]
By Hailemelekot Asfaw, director of the Center for International Private Enterprise, East Africa Regional Office The Ethiopian diaspora is a cornerstone of the nation’s economy, with remittances providing critical foreign currency and household income. In the previous five years, Ethiopia […]
Under Article 99(1) & (4) of the Ugandan Constitution: Download: Uganda Executive Order Legal and Admin Processes ID Docs 2025
By Niël Terblanche The Namibian government has taken steps to address issues of statelessness and improve civil registration processes through two new pieces of legislation. These include the Civil Registration and Identification Act, 2024, and the Regularisation of Status of […]
Double registration occurs when citizens living near refugee camps are erroneously registered as aliens. by STEPHEN ASTARIKO In Summary Hundreds of Kenyans bear the brunt of barriers to accessing ID cards that should have been removed long ago, she said. […]
The Ugandan-Banyarwanda Cultural Development Association, known by their acronym as Umubano, has rejected a directive by President Museveni on citizenship rights, labelling it discriminatory and unconstitutional. The directive, passed during a recent meeting at State House Entebbe, limits recognition of […]
Home affairs minister needs to make informed decisions surrounding complex topic of citizenship by Claudia Pizzocri The right to a nationality is enshrined in article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognised in many other international and […]
Judgment in favour of Kenyan citizens denied recognition of citizenship on the grounds that they had been (incorrectly) registered as refugees. Download: Kenya High Court Double-registration Judgement Jan2025
By Sam Kiplagat The government has been ordered to remove the names of hundreds of Kenyans who registered as refugees from the refugee data base. High Court Judge John Onyiego said the government agencies should ensure the names of victims […]
Today brought a life-changing moment for communities in Northern Kenya: a pivotal court judgement declaring that the denial of nationality documents to double registered people was both unconstitutional and infringed on their rights. Three years ago, Haki Na Sheria, an […]
January 16, Bissau – The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Guinea Bissau today approved the citizenship of nine Afro Descendants, all of them Balanta descendants and members of the Balanta B’urassa History and Genealogy Society In America (BBHAGSIA). […]