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The Makonde Community in Kenya – A celebration of Citizenship

Published: 5/Nov/2017
Source: UNHCR Kenya

From statelessness to citizenship – the Makonde community was recognized as the 43rd tribe in Kenya last year. They are no longer stateless. View 3 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQKDOWx1LRc&feature=youtu.be

Zimbabwe: Low IDs uptake in Matabeleland

Published: 5/Nov/2017
Source: Daily News (Harare)

Members of Parliament’s thematic committee on Peace and Security have queried why the Matabeleland region recorded low numbers during the national identity documentation (ID) issuance blitz by the Registrar-General (RG)’s office. This comes amid concerns that most people in the […]

Stateless Minorities: The Pemba of Kenya

Published: 5/Nov/2017
Source: UNHCR Kenya

There are more than 4000 stateless Pemba. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kenya works a local NGO called the Haki Centre to try and address their problems. Watch  

Sierra Leoneans with Dual Citizenship Cannot be Members of Parliament

Published: 3/Nov/2017
Source: Francis Gabbidon, Barrister-at-Law

By Francis Gabbidon – Barrister –at –Law and Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Fourah Bay College. I have been reading in the newspapers of a number of Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora who will be coming home to […]

Zimbabwe: Aliens are not citizens: Mudede

Published: 3/Nov/2017
Source: NewsDay (Harare)

REGISTRAR-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede yesterday said people referred to as aliens were clearly not citizens, adding that being issued with a birth certificate did not guarantee one citizenship. BY VENERANDA LANGA Mudede had appeared before the Parliamentary Thematic Committee on […]

Apatridie en Cote d’Ivoire : Les professionnels des médias s’engagent

Published: 3/Nov/2017
Source: Linfodrome

Les professionnels des médias entendent apporter leur contribution dans la lutte contre l’apatridie à travers un concours. Ce concours a pour objectif de contribuer à la  lutte contre l’apatridie, la non déclaration des naissances à l’état civil. Ainsi, dans l’aspect pratique […]

New Ethiopia policy helps refugees legally document life events

Published: 3/Nov/2017
Source: UNHCR

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ariat Ochocka Odulla cradles her 18-day-old baby, Angakuny in her arms. Too young to understand what life has in store for him, he is one of the first refugees in Ethiopia’s long history of hosting refugees […]

Zimbabwe: Struggles for Diaspora kids

Published: 2/Nov/2017
Source: Bulawayo24 (Zimbabwe)

by Dr Masimba Mavaza Children who are born from parents who are immigrants are normally called third culture generation. They live a particularly interesting life growing up abroad in a culture different to that of their parents. This experience is […]

Congo: Déclaration des naissances, les journalistes édifiés sur l’apatridie

Published: 2/Nov/2017
Source: Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale

L’activité qui va durer deux jours a lieu dans le cadre du troisième anniversaire de la campagne décennale pour l’éradication de l’apatridie et a pour objectif de faciliter la compréhension des questions y relatives. Elle vise également à mettre en […]

Morocco’s stateless children

Published: 2/Nov/2017
Source: Euronews / Oliver Roy

By Oliver Roy There are many people around the world that are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden. The lack of functional civil […]