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UNHCR: Spotlight on Statelessness July-December 2025

Published: 1/Mar/2026
Source: UNHCR

Extracts on African countries: Action 1. Resolve major situations of statelessness In Kenya, on 5 and 6 December 2025, the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Internal Security, supported by UNHCR and NGO partner Haki Centre, held a public participation exercise […]

Statement by the ACHPR on the second anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa: Call for signature and ratification

Published: 18/Feb/2026
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Banjul, 18 February 2026 – On the occasion of the second anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness […]

Upholding the African Charter: Why South Sudan Must Implement the African Commission’s Decision on Ms. Animu A. Risasi

Published: 18/Feb/2026
Source: Global Movement Against Statelessness (GMAS), the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN), the Eastern Africa Nationality Network (EANN), the Pan African Nationality Network (PANN), and Equality Now

Seven leading organisations fighting to end statelessness and advancing gender equal nationality rights globally and in Africa expressed serious concern today about the case of Ms. Animu A. Risasi, a former South Sudanese Member of Parliament who was arbitrarily stripped […]

Kenya: Lost in the System: Identity and Data Under Attack

Published: 15/Feb/2026
Source: Africa Uncensored

Kenya’s digital identity ecosystem has been promoted as transformative, a manifestation of the kind of digital public infrastructure that should streamline services, secure personal data, and ensure every citizen can access the state through a unified digital identity, guaranteeing inclusion […]

South Africa: Home Affairs rolls out final phase of Citizenship Reinstatement Portal

Published: 10/Feb/2026
Source: South African Department of Home Affairs

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, is proud to announce the launch of the second and final phase of Home Affairs’ ground-breaking online Citizenship Reinstatement Portal, a major new milestone in the Department’s digital transformation programme to deliver […]

Ghana: Granting Of Citizenship for Historic Diasporan Community

Published: 10/Feb/2026
Source: Ministry of the Interior, the Diaspora Affairs Office of the President, Ghana

The Ministry of the Interior and the Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President announce the Vetting of the Granting of Citizenship for the “Historic Diaspora Community”. Applicants for the Historic Diaspora Community will be scheduled in batches […]