Dizzying excitement filled Nosizi Dube’s heart as she opened a letter offering her a place to study economics at the University of Nairobi four years ago. But with neither the birth certificate nor identity card required for university entry in […]
Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, président de la transition au Niger, a pris une décision controversée ce jeudi 10 octobre 2024 en retirant provisoirement la nationalité nigérienne à neuf proches de l’ancien président Mohamed Bazoum. Ce décret, annoncé via un communiqué […]
By Milcah Abasabyona Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022) Abstract This paper explores how a new hierarchy of legal Identification Documents (IDs) in Uganda, topped by the National Identification Document (NID), interchangeably referred to as […]
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, […]
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]