By Bernard Mugendi The Shona community lived in the shadows and were previously not willing to engage with activists due to the fear generated by numerous arrests and harassment they’d been systematically subjected to, especially during the Moi era. Resultantly, […]
By Keren Weitzberg ‘I do not have any documentation that shows that I am a Kenyan,’ Adan lamented. ‘My children have a birth certificate that says: “single parent”. It’s like I had died. And yet I am alive.’ Adan is […]
Adama ne connaît pas son âge. Depuis sa venue au monde, elle n’a jamais eu d’acte de naissance. Officiellement, cette fillette n’existe donc pas. « Je connais mon nom parce qu’on m’appelle Adama Seini », souffle-t-elle. A l’école Camp militaire de Mora, dans la […]
Depuis six ans les ingénieurs burkinabé Adama Sawadogo et français Francis Bourrières proposent un dispositif innovant qui permet l’enregistrement des naissances à distance : iCivil. Lorsqu’un enfant naît, la sage-femme lui remet un bracelet doté d’un code à bulles unique […]
Law activist and academician, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare aka Kwaku Azar has once again penned a position challenging the explanation given by some individuals on the position of the law on dual citizenship. The outspoken lawyer in his article explained […]
Young Liberian academic Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey has launched a book in Monrovia on Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia. Launching the book in the auditorium of the University of Liberia […]
By Kim Harrisberg JOHANNESBURG (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Plans to photograph and fingerprint every baby born in South Africa for a digital register could lead to data leaks and identity theft without robust safeguards, rights experts said on Thursday. The […]
Par Merzouk Abdelaziz Le Ministre de la Justice Belkacem Zeghmati est revenu ce vendredi 7 janvier sur les conditions d’acquisition de la nationalité algérienne. Intervenant lors d’une plénière au conseil de la nation, consacrée aux questions des sénateurs, le ministre […]
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By Abdul Rashid Thomas President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. Handing […]
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya The new law governing Rwandan nationality offers preferential treatment to people with special skills, talents and those with substantial investment that are needed in the country. Judith Uwizeye, Minister in the Office of the President, told The […]
By Amahle Pillay The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has published its new draft identity management policy for public comment. The policy aims to introduce a new ID system in the country which will act as a single source of […]