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Is litigation in African states establishing a right to dual citizenship?

Published: 30/Jun/2023
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Bronwen Manby (European University Institute) On 13 June 2023, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal found to be unconstitutional the requirement established by the Citizenship Act for adults who voluntarily acquire another citizenship to gain permission to hold dual citizenship from the minister of […]

Nigeria: Issued NINs hit 101 million, 56.7% allocated to males

Published: 30/Jun/2023
Source: The Guardian (Abuja)

By Adeyemi Adepetun The number of National Identification Numbers (NINs) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached 101 million. According to the latest data from the NIMC, the issued NINs are now 101,013,279. The data show that […]

Uganda: 32 men petition immigration to cancel children passports after DNA testing

Published: 27/Jun/2023
Source: Daily Monitor (Kampala)

At least 32 men have written to the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), demanding the cancellation of children’s passports after DNA results showed they are not the biological fathers. Mr Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs […]

Ethiopian passport being distributed illegally to non-citizens

Published: 25/Jun/2023
Source: Borkena.com

ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Ethiopian passports are being issued to non-Ethiopian citizens illegally, according to sources. Fana Broadcasting Corporation has approached officials of the concerned institutions for an interview regarding the issue. They were asked why their institutions have […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update January – March 2023

Published: 23/Jun/2023
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness The Government of Kenya formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community and therefore citizens of Kenya through a Gazette Notice on 30 January. It instructs authorities to […]

Tanzanian official rules out granting citizenship to Burundian refugees

Published: 22/Jun/2023
Source: Xinhua

DAR ES SALAAM, June 21 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting citizenship to Burundian refugees staying in refugee camps in western Tanzania. Sudi Mwakibasi, the director of the Refugee Services Department in the Ministry […]

How to get documented: A step-by-step guide to getting birth certificates, citizenship documents and immigration visas for children in South Africa.

Published: 20/Jun/2023
Source: Centre for Child Law / South African Human Rights Commission

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) and the Centre for Child Law (the Centre) bring you this simple, but comprehensive guide on documenting children in South Africa. Both the Commission and the Centre receive hundreds of requests for […]

Ensuing Statelessness as (Post) Colonial Effect: Dynamics of Formal Identification Denial among the Fulani in Ghana

Published: 20/Jun/2023
Source: Critical Statelessness Studies blog (University of Melbourne Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness)

In this blog, Isaac Owusu Nsiah critically discusses the dynamics of the Ghanaian state’s recognition of the Fulani community as migrants and thus non-Ghanaians. He considers how such categorizations are institutionalised in citizen-identifying institutions, translating into widespread exclusions and discriminatory […]

Namibia: Over 50 000 without national documents in Kavango

Published: 20/Jun/2023
Source: The Namibian

By Petrus Muronga Stateless and undocumented people living in the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have called on the government to speed up registering them, accusing the Rundu regional office of delaying the process. The two Kavango regions have […]