Durban – In a bid to protect the welfare of stateless children, a human rights advocacy group has called on the UN to endorse a petition urging the Department of Home Affairs to end the growing phenomenon. But the department […]
This is a guest post by David Gerulski, VP at Integrated Biometrics The recent ID4Africa forum in Kigali, Rwanda was as exciting as it was insightful, with a buzz surrounding new technologies for launching digital ID systems throughout the continent. For mobile […]
Childhood statelessness in South Africa is a generally unaddressed, largely preventable, but growing phenomenon. This short publication presents the experiences of nine children who have been let down by the system, denied their right to acquire a nationality and rendered […]
Meet Elizabeth; a stateless girl living in South Africa. Stateless people do not hold citizenship with any country and are often denied basic human rights such as education and health care. There are an estimated 10 000 stateless people in […]
He has never been Capped at International level for Senegal and that he is married to a lady from Guinea Bissau. Guinea Bissau Immigration Law states that persons are eligible for citizenship through registration and that foreign person whose grandparents […]
Written statement to the Human Rights Council submitted by Equality Now, The Equal Rights Trust, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status on ending sex discrimination in citizenship and nationality laws. On behalf of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality […]
As part of its strategic focus in working with UNICEF to accelerate birth registration in Ghana through mobile technology, Tigo has presented 540 tablets phones with internet connectivity to the Births and Deaths Registry (BDR). This is for the pilot […]
From Mutumwa Mawere: IT has come to my attention, through social media, that remarks were attributed to you regarding my relationship to Zimbabwe. I have not been able to access the source material but there is an article penned by […]
Le Mouvement national congolais/Lumumba, parti politique membre de la Majorité présidentielle, demande aux parlementaires de discuter lors de la prochaine session ordinaire de l’invalidation des mandats des élus qui disposent de la double nationalité. Il invite également la Commission électorale […]
The African island nation of the Comoros has said it is ready to consider taking thousands of stateless people denied citizenship in the Gulf state of Kuwait, newspapers reported on Monday. « If the issue is raised officially, we are ready […]
Pour la présidentielle de 2019, il est hors de question de dérouler le tapis rouge à Abdoul Mbaye qui s’apprête à descendre dans le marigot politique. Selon le quotidien LAS, du côté du régime, plus particulièrement à l’Alliance pour la […]
Alex Cummings drew some interesting comments from callers into the Prime Morning Drive segment at 105.5 FM on May 5 but it is the most talked-about controversy over his U.S. citizenship that is still being debated. Similarly, a Facebook posting […]