There are many people around the world who are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden. The lack of functional civil registration systems in […]
Fakii Nasoro is here with his wife and 6 children. He’s desperate to register their births, and get birth certificates issued, to make sure they don’t, like him, become stateless. That means having no nationality. View 4 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8O1pGUpc4
NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Unknown attackers torched a car belonging to deputy head of the parliament of Comoros late on Sunday, the latest in a series of threats apparently aimed at derailing an investigation he is leading, the lawmaker […]
By Radha Govil KILIFI, Kenya – Les touristes qui visitent les régions côtières de Kwale et Kilifi au Kenya reviennent souvent chez eux avec des sculptures en ébène finement ciselées. Beaucoup parmi de talentueux artistes qui sculptent et vendent ces souvenirs […]
M. Diop a fait ce rappel, ce samedi, en marge d’un concours de plaidoyer sur le thème de l’apatridie. L’objectif est d’impliquer les universités dans la sensibilisation. Seulement 70 % de la population sénégalaise sont enregistrés dans les registres d’état […]
From statelessness to citizenship – the Makonde community was recognized as the 43rd tribe in Kenya last year. They are no longer stateless. View 3 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQKDOWx1LRc&feature=youtu.be
Members of Parliament’s thematic committee on Peace and Security have queried why the Matabeleland region recorded low numbers during the national identity documentation (ID) issuance blitz by the Registrar-General (RG)’s office. This comes amid concerns that most people in the […]
There are more than 4000 stateless Pemba. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kenya works a local NGO called the Haki Centre to try and address their problems. Watch
Adrian Fisher Esq I have read with interest, a short article written by my learned friend and senior colleague at the Bar, Francis Gabbidon Esq, entitled “Sierra Leoneans with dual citizenship cannot be members of parliament”. He premised his article […]
By Francis Gabbidon – Barrister –at –Law and Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Fourah Bay College. I have been reading in the newspapers of a number of Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora who will be coming home to […]
REGISTRAR-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede yesterday said people referred to as aliens were clearly not citizens, adding that being issued with a birth certificate did not guarantee one citizenship. BY VENERANDA LANGA Mudede had appeared before the Parliamentary Thematic Committee on […]
Les professionnels des médias entendent apporter leur contribution dans la lutte contre l’apatridie à travers un concours. Ce concours a pour objectif de contribuer à la lutte contre l’apatridie, la non déclaration des naissances à l’état civil. Ainsi, dans l’aspect pratique […]