That a staggering 16.8 million Ugandans – close to half of the population, do not have the National Identity Cards (IDs) is quite worrying. This is proof that the process of obtaining the National ID has not been simplified enough. […]
By Christy Chitengu There appears to be a general consensus within the South African government that children born in the country from non-South African parents are not ‘really’ South African. Having been in this predicament myself, I beg to differ […]
March 3, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has stripped 13,000 foreigners of their naturalized Sudanese citizenship in a bid to eradicate the misuse of Sudanese passports delivered under the former regime. According to the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper, the decision was […]
By Max Patrico Members of Parliament want the fee charged for replacement of National Identity Cards scrapped off. The legislators have asked the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to stop levying a fee of Shs50,000 to people who intend […]
Cinq ans après l’adoption de la Déclaration d’Abidjan sur l’élimination de l’apatridie par la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO), le HCR, l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, se félicite des progrès accomplis et appelle à […]
Observations finales concernant le rapport du Rwanda valant cinquième et sixième rapports périodiques CRC/C/RWA/CO/5-6 Enregistrement des naissances 18. À la lumière de la cible 16.9 des objectifs de développement durable, le Comité prend note avec satisfaction de la mise en […]
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi affirms that children born in South Africa to foreign parents are now eligible to apply for South African citizenship. Watch on eNews Channel Africa (eNCA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ulrcn_Lcc
By Ben-Joop Venter Citizenship as a tool of exclusion was a staple of apartheid-era oppression in South Africa. It was with this in mind that the opening words of the Freedom Charter and later the preamble of the Constitution proclaimed, […]
This is the fourth in a series of case studies, using our evaluation framework for the governance of digital identity systems. These case studies, which analyse identity programmes and their uses, illustrate how our evaluation framework may be adapted to […]
Il y a quelques mois, le Gouvernement a lancé la mise en place d’un fichier central de l’état civil. Dans ce cadre, il y a eu les différentes opérations du RAVIP qui ont permis de constituer une « base importante de […]
By Tania Broughton It has taken four years of legal battles, but now if you were born in South Africa to foreign parents you can apply for citizenship. It has been an “agonizing journey” for those who consider South Africa […]
Seven out of ten foreign children in state care in South Africa are undocumented, and many crossed borders into the country without adult supervision. This is according to a 2019 study by the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. Seventy percent […]