Les enfants et les réfugiés de longue date font partie de la population à risque d’apatridie dans la Corne de l’Afrique Un nouveau rapport du HCR, l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, révèle que les enfants vulnérables en Somalie, […]
By Amelia Smith & Laila Ahmet In December 2020 Ghada Najibe woke up to a phone call – « the Egyptian government has announced they are stripping you of your nationality », Ghada’s friend told her down the line. That morning Egypt’s […]
La délivrance des actes de naissance biométrique a démarré en Guinée. A N’Nzérékoré, ces travaux se déroulent à l’état civil de la mairie. Pour le moment pas d’affluence. C’est pourquoi le superviseur en charge des activistes, Boniface Dramou, invite les […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The existing law only allows citizenship by registration to be conferred on foreigners married to Nigerian men. by Bakare Majeed The committee of the House of Representatives established to further alter the 1999 Constitution has adopted the bill seeking to […]