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South Africa: Blocked ID hell for man

Published: 24/May/2019
Source: The Witness / News24

Nokuthula Khanyile Hilton College Farm dweller Edward Thusi says his life has been halted since Home Affairs blocked his ID. Home Affairs says that a local man’s South African citizenship is in dispute, despite him being in possession of a […]

Kenyans Who Might Be Forced to Register for Huduma Namba Again

Published: 23/May/2019
Source: Kenyans.co.ke

By Emmanuel Githuku New Government spokesman Retired Colonel Cyrus Oguna has announced that some Kenyans who have registered for the Huduma Namba might be forced to repeat the process. During his second weekly briefing to the public, the newly appointed spokesman […]

Documentation drive targets excluded Côte d’Ivoire villagers

Published: 22/May/2019
Source: UNHCR

A successful campaign encourages rural inhabitants at risk of statelessness to sign up to obtain documents allowing them to participate in national life. By Don Murray and Horaci Garcia Marti in Olleo, Côte d’Ivoire It had the trappings of a festival. […]

Sudan police to review cases of naturalisation by Al Bashir decree

Published: 21/May/2019
Source: Radio Dabanga (Khartoum)

The Director General of Sudan’s Police Forces has issued a decision establishing a specialised technical committee to examine and review all cases where people were granted Sudanese citizenship by naturalisation by presidential decree under the deposed Al Bashir regime. Article […]

Kenyan Somali refugees claim they are denied citizenship rights

Published: 19/May/2019
Source: Al Jazeera

Poor Kenyan Somalis registered as Dadaab refugees to access benefits, but say they are now being refused nationality. by Osman Mohamed Osman Eastleigh, Kenya – In a restaurant in Eastleigh, a noisy Nairobi suburb, Shariff Omar, a Kenyan Somali, reaches […]

PAP: Resolution on the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

Published: 17/May/2019
Source: Pan African Parliament

Welcomes the proposed draft protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the specific aspects of the right to a nationality and the eradication of statelessness in Africa, and urges states to support its adoption and find […]

Etat civil : Plus de 1300 actes de naissance établis à Dizangué

Published: 16/May/2019
Source: Agence Cameroun Presse

Ils étaient encore nombreux, ces habitants de Dizangué, une commune située dans le  département de la Sanaga-Maritime, région camerounaise du Littoral qui vivaient sans acte de naissance, encore moins de carte nationale d’identité. Des documents pourtant indispensables pour leur état civil. […]

Kenya’s push for a national ID raises red flags

Published: 15/May/2019
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

Patrick Gathara In 2008, following the violence that accompanied the disputed presidential election, Kenyan politicians came together to form a government of national unity. One of their very first acts of the GNU cabinet was to set in motion a […]