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Parliament to investigate Zimbabwe’s stateless crisis

Published: 24/Jun/2024
Source: NewZimbabwe.com

By Anna Chibamu PARLIAMENT has resolved to investigate the presence of undocumented people in Zimbabwe after Amnesty International took the government to task over the statelessness of hundreds of thousands. The human rights defender said many children were forced out […]

South Africa: Woman still fighting Home Affairs for ID 10 years later

Published: 21/Jun/2024
Source: The Citizen (Johannesburg)

Primrose Modisane, denied South African citizenship, fights decade-long battle for identity documentation and recognition. by Masoka Dube A Gauteng-based woman has been living a life of squalor because she does not have an identity document Primrose Modisane, 36, from Vosloorus […]

Controversy trails big money biometric ID card contract in DR Congo

Published: 19/Jun/2024
Source: Biometric Update

By Ayang Macdonald A mega money contract for the production of biometric national ID cards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is facing the risk of being revoked following allegations of irregularities. The contract, worth $697 million, is […]

Cameroon lawmakers examine legislation to address statelessness

Published: 18/Jun/2024
Source: Biometric Update

Proposal could extend legal identity to tens of thousands By Ayang Macdonald The Parliament of Cameroon is examining a bill that will allow the country to accede to two United Nations Conventions relating to the recognition of stateless persons. If […]

Zimbabwe: Govt dismisses ‘statelessness’ report

Published: 18/Jun/2024
Source: Zimbabwe Independent

By Harriet Chikandiwa GOVERNMENT yesterday reacted angrily to a report by Amnesty International in Zimbabwe detailing how the country’s discriminatory and arbitrary nationality laws had left generations of migrant workers and their families marginalised. In April 2021, Amnesty International launched […]

Archbishop of Johannesburg: Every child has a right to know who they are

Published: 13/Jun/2024
Source: Vatican News

The Archbishop of Johannesburg reiterates the Church’s commitment to responding to statelessness in the Southern Africa Region. By Sr Katleho Khang, SNJM In Southern Africa, many poor and marginalised children are exposed to statelessness due to a lack of birth […]

Benin: Government Proposes Bill to Recognize Afro-Descendants as Nationals

Published: 11/Jun/2024
Source: Law Library of Congress (Washington DC)

On May 8, 2024, the Council of Ministers of Benin submitted to parliament a draft law recognizing Beninese nationality for “Afro-descendants”—persons with sub-Saharan African ancestry deported during the slave trade. The Beninese government expressed that many Afro-descendants wish to reconnect […]