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 […]
Ce 12 juin, la justice ivoirienne a déclaré l’homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise non coupable de complicité de faux et usage de faux commis sur des documents administratifs. Cette « affaire des passeports » avait fait beaucoup de bruit. Plusieurs proches […]
By Anna Chibamu HUMAN rights lobby group Amnesty International says the absence of official data on undocumented people in Zimbabwe is worrisome and problematic and has urged the state to amend legislation. According to the UNHCR, an estimated 300 000 […]
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 […]
Nous avons à ce jour, traité 13.000 actes de naissance destinés aux victimes du conflit Casamance, sur un total de 55.041 personnes enrôlées’’, a-t-il annoncé. Aly Kanouté s’exprimait en marge d’une table-ronde sur les projets et programmes de l’Agence des […]
L’initiative en question est une approche innovante visant à améliorer l’accès des enfants et des communautés aux services de vaccination et d’enregistrement des naissances. Menée dans six pays, dont le Tchad, elle vise à combler les lacunes persistantes en matière […]
Three-country investigation shows digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost, while making fortunes for tech vendors Some of the world’s poorest countries have been investing heavily in digital ID systems which it is claimed will […]
Executive Summary The position paper provides an in-depth analysis of the National ID System in Uganda, focusing on the National Security Identification System and the emerging New Generation National ID Project (Ndaga Muntu). The NSIS project, initiated to address security […]
En sa séance du Conseil des ministres du 08 mai 2024, le gouvernement béninois a décidé de la transmission à l’Assemblée nationale, pour examen et vote, du projet de loi relative à la reconnaissance de la nationalité béninoise aux Afro-descendants […]
By Nana Konadu Agyeman The Electoral Commission (EC) can now go ahead and lay a bill in Parliament to ensure that the Ghana national identification card, commonly known as Ghana Card will be the sole document of identification of citizenship […]
An African-American who is seeking to be recognised as a Kenyan citizen by ancestry, has claimed that he suffered name-calling when he lived in the US. While testifying before a Mombasa court, Mr Mubarak Abdul Muqsit Akram said since his […]
Dodoma. The government revealed its plans to finalize the granting of special status to citizens of other countries with Tanzanian roots. This announcement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, January Makamba, during the presentation […]