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Au Niger, neuf responsables du régime renversé “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: VOA Afrique (Washington DC)

Neuf responsables du régime civil nigérien renversé en juillet 2023 sont “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité, soupçonnés notamment “d’intelligence avec une puissance étrangère” et de “complot contre l’autorité de l’Etat”, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement militaire. Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, […]

From Stateless to Citizens: the journey of the Shona community in Kenya

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]

From stateless to citizens: Kenya’s success offers hope in Africa

Published: 10/Oct/2024
Source: Context News (Thomson Reuters)

By Nita Balla NAIROBI – Nosizi Dube beams with pride as she clutches her newly issued Kenyan passport. For many, obtaining a passport might be a mundane task, but for 24-year-old Dube, who was born into the stateless Shona community […]

Identity vs. Perception: the case of Chidimma Adetshina and South African opinion on migrants

Published: 8/Oct/2024
Source: Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA), Cape Town

The case of Chidimma Adetshina, who came under national scrutiny between August and September, sheds light on the levels of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. The 23-year-old model—born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South African mother—was […]

Rapport sur le droit de la citoyenneté : Benin

Published: 7/Oct/2024
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Eric Codjo Montcho Agbassa et Renaud Fiacre Avlessi COUNTRY REPORT RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2024/03 1. Introduction Le Dahomey d’alors, Bénin aujourd’hui, ancienne colonie de la France, n’avait pas une législation propre sur la nationalité ; avant la décolonisation, les ressortissants dahoméens étaient […]

Protection Brief: Access to birth registration in Ethiopia

Published: 3/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR Ethiopia

A birth registration is the official recording of the birth of a child through a state’s administrative process. It is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence. Although birth registration is different from the process of acquiring nationality, […]

Madagascar: Opérations de jugements supplétifs: 65.000 enfants cibles pour 2024

Published: 2/Oct/2024
Source: newsmada.com

Le ministère de l’Intérieur poursuit ses activités dans le cadre des opérations de Juge­ments supplétifs d’acte de naissance pour les enfants mineurs. Cette année, les au­torités prévoient la régularisation de 65.000 enfants répartis dans 22 districts de l’île. L’objectif étant […]

The #IBelong Campaign: A Decade of Action to End Statelessness, 2014-2024

Published: 1/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

Foreword Ending statelessness within 10 years. That was the ambition when we launched the #IBelong campaign in 2014. By raising awareness and mobilizing global support around that ambition, we aimed to address a largely invisible crisis: that of millions of […]

South Africa: Narratives of Belonging: The Case of Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina

Published: 30/Sep/2024
Source: AfricaLaw (Blog)

Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]

ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire

Published: 27/Sep/2024
Source: SciencesPo (Paris)

Interview with Richard Banégas and Armando Cutolo While it is well acknowledged that identity documents provide rights to citizenship and social inclusion, they can also generate violence and conflicts. In their recently published book entitled ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire. […]

Cameroun : des communautés marginalisées faute d’actes de naissance

Published: 23/Sep/2024
Source: africanews

L’espoir d’un changement existe. Au début de l’été, M. Dingha et ses collègues du parlement camerounais ont adopté un projet de loi permettant au pays d’adhérer à deux conventions des Nations unies relatives à la reconnaissance des apatrides. Cela “contribuerait à réduire […]