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AU Interoperability Framework for Digital ID

Published: 1/Feb/2022
Source: African Union

Millions of people in Africa lack legal identification (ID), and many more have IDs that are not fit for purpose in the digital age. As a result, they are facing challenges to access services and opportunities being created through digitalisation. […]

Kenya: Miguna wants State to pay Sh1m he used in aborted trip

Published: 1/Feb/2022
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

He wants the court to also order Air Lufthansa, Air France to compensate him. by ANNETTE WAMBULWA Court Reporter Exiled Kenyan Lawyer Miguna Miguna now wants Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo to be committed to civil jail for refusing to […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update Oct-Dec 2021

Published: 1/Feb/2022
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society In Togo, UNHCR and the National Assembly organized an information session on statelessness for 80 Members of Parliament on 5 November, which was an opportunity to advocate for the acceleration of […]

The Campaign to End Statelessness in Egypt

Published: 1/Feb/2022
Source: Boston University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic

Introduction Egypt is home to over a hundred million people and hosts an unknown number of refugees and migrants, with estimates of several million. Among them are potentially hundreds of thousands of individuals who are stateless or at risk of […]

Uganda’s digital ID achievements, challenges and prospects

Published: 31/Jan/2022
Source: Biometric Update

Biometrics registration drive planned By Ayang Macdonald he Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA), Rosemary Kisembo, says although there is still much ground to be covered, the country has recorded significant successes in the […]

Nigeria: Lawless Buhari Regime Bows To Pressure, Re-activates Sowore’s National ID Card, Permanent Voter Card, International Passport

Published: 31/Jan/2022
Source: Sahara Reporters

The Nigerian government has re-activated the biometric identification of human rights activist and former Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. SaharaReporters had reported that the Muhammadu Buhari’s regime earlier in the month deactivated the activist’s national identity card, permanent voter card, international […]

Children affected by Displacement and the Right to Legal Identity in Mali

Published: 31/Jan/2022
Source: Internal Displacement Research Programme (IDRP) of the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), University of London.

Children displaced within Mali, or returning from refugee camps outside the country, face ongoing challenges to registering their birth and accessing civil documentation By Daniel Ozoukou Since 2012, Mali has been facing complex security and humanitarian crisis with repeated military […]

We’re Kenyans, don’t alienate us — Makonde community

Published: 30/Jan/2022
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

by SHABAN OMAR Kwale Makonde community members have decried alienation in employment opportunities and useful development projects. According to their chairman Thomas Nguli, some local leaders and residents still perceive them as stateless individuals and not counted as important members […]

South Africa: Refugees’ rights ‘restricted’ by newly proposed amendments

Published: 29/Jan/2022
Source: The Citizen (Johannesburg)

While the Citizenship Act makes provision for stateless children born in South Africa to obtain citizenship, the (DHA) failed to create regulations for such an application. By Lunga Simelane Human rights activists say the government’s recent review of the Refugees […]