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Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

Published: 9/Oct/2023
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]

En Côte d’Ivoire, arnaque à la nationalité en bande organisée

Published: 5/Oct/2023
Source: Jeune Afrique

Par Vincent Duhem L’arrestation, le 17 juillet, d’Abbas Badreddine, un homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise très en vue suspecté d’acquisition frauduleuse de la nationalité et de trafic de passeports, a défrayé la chronique. L’épilogue d’une longue enquête qui a mis au […]

Fraude à la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire : un réseau tentaculaire

Published: 5/Oct/2023
Source: Jeune Afrique

• La fraude à la nationalité pourrait concerner près de 120 000 passeports. Au moins 25 000 sont retrouvés. Ils concernent 10 000 Nigérians, 8 000 Syriens, des Libanais et des personnes d’autres nationalités, dont des Marocains. • Pour réussir […]

South Africa: Blocked ID: Woman blames home affairs for heart surgery

Published: 2/Oct/2023
Source: Sunday World (Johannesburg)

By Masoka Dube A Limpopo woman who previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry blames her poor heart condition, which resulted in her undergoing surgery on the Department of Home Affairs. This was as a result of a “flawed” identity document […]

DR Congo’s nationality draft law seen as targeting Moïse Katumbi

Published: 1/Oct/2023
Source: The East African

By KITSEPILE NYATHI A draft law meant to tighten rules on election candidacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being seen as a tool to ring-fence President Felix Tshisekedi’s second term ahead of scheduled elections in December. The proposed […]

Statelessness in Southern Africa Newsletter Q3 2023 – South Africa

Published: 26/Sep/2023
Source: Southern Africa Nationality Network (SANN) and UNHCR

Extract On 26 September, the United Nations Committee of the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) conducted a pre-sessional review of South Africa. This review provided an opportunity for the CRC to engage directly with children and children’s rights advocates, […]

Namibia to regularise statelessness: Kawana

Published: 24/Sep/2023
Source: Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA)

WINDHOEK, 24 SEP (NAMPA) – Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Minister Albert Kawana has said that his ministry is drafting a bill aimed at preventing statelessness and regularising the status of specified categories of stateless and undocumented persons. Speaking […]

South Africa: Children’s Institute in Court tomorrow as amicus curiae in case against Department of Home Affairs, to highlight the severe harms to children when parents’ IDs are wrongly blocked

Published: 19/Sep/2023
Source: Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) & Centre for Child Law (University of Pretoria)

Press statement: The Children’s Institute (CI) at the University of Cape Town, represented by the Centre for Child Law (CCL), will on Wednesday 20 September and Thursday 21 September provide evidence as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) to […]

Somalia begins issuing new biometric digital ID developed with NADRA’s help

Published: 18/Sep/2023
Source: Biometric Update

By Masha Barak Somalia has launched its own biometric identity card system with the head of the government expressing hope it will help its citizens overcome a “myriad socioeconomic challenges” as the country struggles with terrorist groups. During the launch […]