By Paheja Sririka The lack of or incomplete personal documentations have been associated with many increasing cases of statelessness but the situation becomes incomprehensible when the person is undocumented in their own country. Although being undocumented is not the same as being […]
By Alpha Abu Copies of an upgraded version of Sierra Leone’s passport have been presented to President Julius Maada Bio and Vice President Dr.Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh. According to State House Communications Unit, Chief Immigration Officer , Andrew Jaiah Kaikai presented […]
Supplement to ID4Africa livecast discussion with Principal Secretary – NRB Mphatso Sambo Download: https://www.id4africa.com/2022/files/ID4Africa_LiveCast_Supplement_NRB.pdf
More than 4.3 million people are stateless—that is, they are not recognized as a national by any country. Stateless people are often denied access to education, health care, employment, property ownership, freedom of movement, and political participation, and they are […]
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) call on African states, including members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to endorse the adoption of the Draft Protocol to the African Charter […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news• Liberia becomes the third country since the start of the #IBelong Campaign to reform legislation to grant women and men equal rights in passing on their nationality to their children.• Nigeria adopts […]
Guiglo– La directrice régionale du ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l’Enfant (MFFE) de Guiglo, Marie Louise Nanga, s’est dit favorable à des sanctions contre les parents qui refusent d’établir des extraits d’acte de naissance ou jugements […]
By Ibrahim Mansaray This year’s Sierra Leone-Diaspora Citizenship program has seen a record number of foreigners certified and set to be granted Sierra Leonean citizenship status. The program, which started in 2019 creates a platform for people whose DNA proves […]
Guiglo, 04 déc 2022 (AIP) – Dix-sept mille élèves du primaire sur un effectif de 25.000 que compte la circonscription éducative de Bloléquin n’ont pas de documents d’identité, a révélé l’inspecteur de l’enseignement préscolaire et primaire (IEPP), Koné Bruno Kigniniman, […]
After decades of statelessness, the Benet community in Uganda are struggling to survive and access basic services like education and health care. By Tukundane Yonna in Mount Elgon, Uganda Moses Mwanga Kapchekwengu sits on an old rocking chair outside his […]
By Farah Tolu-Honary Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, Fall 2022, Vol. 10, No. 1 Abstract Descendants of migrant laborers living in Zimbabwe were rendered stateless due to the Zimbabwean government’s interpretation of its citizenship laws that banned dual citizenship. Individuals with […]
Les représentants du peuple ont adopté la loi n°2022-32 du 29 novembre 2022 portant code de la nationalité béninoise. C’était au cours d’une séance plénière tenue, mardi 29 novembre 2022, au Palais des Gouverneurs à Porto-Novo sous la houlette du […]