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45 years without an ID: a mother’s endless battle for Zim citizenship

Published: 14/Jun/2022
Source: New Zimbabwe (Harare)

Like stray animals, they wander through life without a sense of belonging. This is the story of undocumented Zimbabweans, whose existence is not recognised even after decades living in the southern African country. Outside Boka tobacco sorting house in Hopley, […]

Rejected by the homeland: Stateless Libyan Tuareg and the role of migration

Published: 9/Jun/2022
Source: European Network on Statelessness

Yentl de Lange, Arabist and Researcher focusing on migration and North Africa This blog outlines the situation of stateless Tuareg in Libya. It is based on a preliminary study conducted through interviews with sixteen Libyan Tuareg in April 2020 which […]

Tanzania: State Considers Giving Civic Education to Students Over National IDs

Published: 7/Jun/2022
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

By Katare Mbashiru and Bernard Lugongo THE Home Affairs Ministry has pledged to collaborate with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to provide civic education to secondary school students who reach the age of 18 years ahead of being […]

Southern Africa Statelessness Newsletter Q1 2022

Published: 6/Jun/2022
Source: Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) & UNHCR

Quarterly statelessness newsletter for Southern Africa. The newsletter features updates from organisations and institutions working towards the eradication of statelessness in the region and highlights key developments, recent trends and emerging concerns. Download in English, French & Portuguese.  

Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs

Published: 30/May/2022
Source: The Standard / Bulawayo 24

Twenty-five-year-old Charity Ncube (25), a villager from Lupane in Matabeleland North, doubts if she will ever obtain a birth certificate. “My father disappeared and our homestead was burnt,” said Ncube from the Pupu area. “My mother later in life tried […]

Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship

Published: 30/May/2022
Source: The Chronicle (Bulawayo)

Sikhulekelani Moyo, Chronicle Reporter MALAWI has introduced dual citizenship and this means that those who are born outside its borders to Malawian parents can now be granted citizenship. A number of Malawians moved to Zimbabwe especially during the years of […]

UNHCR Operational Update: Rwanda / February 2022

Published: 27/May/2022
Source: UNHCR

Highlights: B. The National Statelessness Taskforce started the implementation of a training and awareness-raising exercise on statelessness for over 3000 government officials at District, Sector and Cell levels. Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/unhcr-operational-update-rwanda-february-2022

Gabon/Makokou : L’opération de recensement des actes de naissance de nouveau

Published: 25/May/2022
Source: 7Jourinfo

Selon le directeur provincial des affaires sociales, Joël Rodrigue Abessolo Abogho « l’année dernière, le gouvernement  par le biais du ministère des affaires sociales en partenariat avec l’Unicef avait décidé qu’au niveau de la province de l’Ogooué- Ivindo, il fallait voir […]

Liberia: Welcoming the Dual citizenship bill

Published: 23/May/2022
Source: The New Dawn (Monrovia)

Editorial: At long last, both the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate have separately agreed to enact the Dual Citizenship bill into law that would allow Diaspora Liberians, who hold citizenships of foreign countries, to maintain their Liberian citizenship. […]

Covid-19 worsens plight of stateless migrant children in South Africa

Published: 22/May/2022
Source: Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)

By Marko Phiri As the number of children born in South Africa to undocumented migrant parents continues to grow, researchers have raised concerns about the unchecked cycle of statelessness and undocumented foreigners in the country. Thousands of children born to […]