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Somalia: Number of MPs with dual citizenship falls from 198 to 105

Published: 19/Jan/2017
Source: Radio Dalsan

British Somali MPs have the highest number of lawmakers in the Somali Parliament  with 29 MPs followed by Somali Americans at 22 and Kenyan Somalis at 10, a report by Wakiil.org has indicated. The number of  Somali MPs with dual […]

South Africa: No school wants to take in stateless child

Published: 17/Jan/2017
Source: News 24 (South Africa)

By Hannes Kruger Johannesburg – The 8-year-old girl who was forced to take off her shirt in front of all her classmates because her mother couldn’t afford the prescribed shirt, hasn’t been able to go back to school yet. No […]

Namibia: Future Uncertain: A story of Statelessness

Published: 17/Jan/2017
Source: The Namibian

By Dianne Hubbard and Kaity Cooper DANIELA is an eight-year-old girl who has spent most of her life fighting for an identity. Daniela was born in 2008 to Cuban parents in Cape Town, South Africa. When she was four, her […]

South Africa: Angolan refugees with expired permits in line for permanent residence

Published: 17/Jan/2017
Source: Ground Up (Cape Town)

Scalabrini Centre processing applications following court victory By Tariro Washinyira Angolan refugees whose 2013 permits have expired may get permanent residence with the help of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. The permits were issued following recommendations by the UN […]

Kenya: Governor Moses Akaranga wants registrar’s offices in villages

Published: 16/Jan/2017
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

By Eric Lungai Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga wants the office of the registrar of persons decentralised from counties to sub-counties. Akaranga said people living far from county headquarters face challenges getting birth certificates and national identity cards. “There are challenges […]

Asians request for recognition as Kenya’s 44th tribe

Published: 13/Jan/2017
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

By STELLA CHERONO Kenyan Asians have asked the government to recognise them as the country’s 44th ethnic community. The group said President Uhuru Kenyatta should do what he did to the Makonde in Kwale after they were recognised as the […]