By Henry Karmo MONROVIA – The National Elections Commission on Thursday announced that none of the eight propositions of the December 8, 2020 Referendum met the constitutional two-thirds requirement. According to the NEC chairman Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah, Section 4A.4 […]
Liberians have rejected plans to shorten presidential terms and to allow dual citizenship, the country’s electoral commission said Thursday, announcing referendum results delayed for months over allegations of fraud. The West African nation went to the polls in mid-December for […]
The Federal Government says it has so far enrolled 51million citizens for the National Identification Number (NIN) as at March 31, 2021. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known at the weekly Presidential Media briefing […]
By Andrew Songa Citation: A Songa ‘Addressing statelessness in Kenya through a confluence of litigation, transitional justice, and community activism: reflecting on the cases of the Nubian, Makonde and Shona communities’ (2021) 5 African Human Rights Yearbook 253-276 ABSTRACT: This […]
By Danielle Smith – Founding Director, Sandblast Arts and Dr. Violeta Ruano The Saharawi people have been stateless for over 40 years since Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco in 1975. Danielle Smith, Founding Director of Sandblast Arts, and Dr. […]
Dans un réceptif hôtelier de la place mercredi 31 mars à Conakry, l’UNICEF et les autorités guinéennes ont procédé à la clôture du projet intitulé ‘’augmenter l’enregistrement des naissances des enfants de moins de cinq ans dans les régions de […]
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1961 CONVENTION 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The 1961 Convention is the only universal instrument that elaborates clear and concrete safeguards to prevent the occurrence of statelessness. […]
By James Gwati Malawi nationals who are resident in the country and have Zimbabwean citizenship have received with joy the news that their country would now allow them to enjoy both Zimbabwean citizenship and that of their home country. CFMNews […]
Un quart de la population mauritanienne est toujours sans état civil. Une situation qui perdure et que déplore le parlementaire et militant des droits de l’homme, président du mouvement abolitionniste (IRA-Mauritanie). Biram Dah Abeid a appelé, ce lundi 29 mars, […]
By Tabeth Masengu Introduction Malawi is one of the few African countries that has decided to retain gender discrimination present in its nationality laws, despite amending its constitution within the last three years. Malawi’s Citizenship Act permits foreign wives to […]
By Ayang Macdonald The deadline for Nigerians to procure and integrate the biometrics-based National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM cards as directed by the Federal Government should be extended by another two months, a Federal High Court in the […]
Governments around the world are increasingly making registration in national ID systems mandatory for populations to access social benefits, healthcare services, and other forms of state support. By virtue of their design, these systems inevitably exclude certain population groups from […]