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Kenya: 2,950 stateless Makonde registered, IDs out in December

Published: 25/Oct/2016
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By ELKANA JACOB and ALLOYS MUSYOKA The government has registered about 2,950 members of the Makonde community who will be issued with IDs by December. The number registered on Tuesday includes 1,524 adults and 1,426 children. Daniel Fundi, 110, thanked […]

Sénégal: Etat civil : 60% des enfants non enregistrés à Mbellacadiao et à Ndiob

Published: 24/Oct/2016
Source: Le Soleil (Senegal)

Beaucoup de parents n’ont pas encore le réflexe de déclarer leurs enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance dans les communes de Mbellacadiao et de Ndiob. Selon le secrétaire général de l’Organisation Education et Développement de l’Enfant (Eden), Ibrahima Khalil […]

Kenya: Predicament of citizenship and the stateless

Published: 22/Oct/2016
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By Yash Pal Ghai The number of stateless persons in Kenya is sometimes estimated at about 100,000 people. This is undoubtedly a gross underestimate. Whole communities are declared stateless—one authority estimated that the Nubians alone amount to over 100,000. The […]

Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging

Published: 20/Oct/2016
Source: CRAI blog

By Lucy Hovil Drawing on seven years of research by IRRI, my book, Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging has just been published (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2016). Although the focus is on East and Central Africa, the book has […]

Namibia: Iivula-Ithana withdraws Citizenship Bill

Published: 20/Oct/2016
Source: The Namibian

by Shinovene Immanuel HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has withdrawn the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act after it was rejected by the National Council and the Presidency. Iivula-Ithana said the withdrawal of the Citizenship Bill was because she is […]

Mutharika to launch Malawi national IDs project on Wednesday

Published: 17/Oct/2016
Source: Nyasa Times (Malawi)

President Peter Mutharika  will on Wednesday launch national identity cards (IDs) project  to address the challenges Malawians have long faced due to the absence of the documents. Malawi is the only country in southern Africa without such IDs for its […]

Kenya: Way forward on the ‘statelessness’ puzzle

Published: 17/Oct/2016
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

By George M Mucee In the wake of the Makonde people of Kwale County marching to State House Nairobi to agitate for their recognition as citizens of Kenya and the subsequent directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta that their citizenship be […]

Kenya: Makonde’s long trek from Kwale to Nairobi for citizenship

Published: 16/Oct/2016
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

The Makonde people endured great difficulties in their trek from Kwale to Nairobi where they hoped to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta over delays in granting them Kenyan citizenship. While the trekkers included the youth, a large number of them were […]

Liberians Deserve To Be Dual Citizens

Published: 15/Oct/2016
Source: Front Page Africa

Just wondering why Liberians are not allowed Dual Citizenship especially those who currently live abroad in America. If my memory served me, our founding fathers were all American.Today, once you travel out of Liberia, and told any foreign friend, you […]