Watch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGaNZRdwdJj (Formal declaration in English from 19 minutes)
Rights groups in Kenya are campaigning for refugees married to Kenyans to obtain citizenship. The Kenyan Constitution allows foreign nationals married to Kenyans to register for citizenship after seven years of marriage. But they must have residency status to apply, […]
More than 10 years after South Sudan split from Sudan, as many as 1.2 million ethnic South Sudanese could be living in Sudan without citizenship for either country, the U.N. refugee agency says. In this report from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, […]
20 minute news report on the status of the Pemba community in Kenya (English & Swahili): Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSlkEbTYjuI&ab_channel=KTNNews
The documentary highlights the importance of the first legal identification everyone should get and yet the very real obstacles that prevent people in some Kenyan communities from accessing this key documentation. It brings to the fore specific birth registration obstacles […]
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7V43hRwXuA
SABC Cutting Edge – 20 minute feature on children excluded from school for lack of birth registration (including those with South African parents). Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjD7g_D41L0
UNHCR and the Government of #GuineaBissau have successfully concluded the process of issuing identity cards for refugees living in the country +5000 refugees have been naturalized UNHCR & the US Government commend Guinea-Bissau for its hospitality. U.S. Department of State: […]
Safaarada Soomaaliya ee Nairobi oo lagu Eedeeyay in ay dhibaato ku heyso Muwaadiniin Soomaaliyeed oo ku Nool Waddanka Kenya. Watch video: https://www.facebook.com/qm252/videos/safaarada-soomaaliya-ee-nairobi-oo-lagu-eedeeyay-in-ay-dhibaato-ku-heyso-muwaadi/987610102097079/ English summary supplied by Minority Rights Group: The Somali embassy in Kenya has been harassing Somali nationals, including […]
Scores of people in Southern Africa are said to be stateless.. This effectively means that they would not be able to vote, get a drivers licence or even open a bank account and are considered not to ‘exist’ in their […]
Podcast host: W. Gyude Moore The scope and sophistication of ID systems have advanced remarkably in the last 20 years, with over 60 developing countries establishing national ID programs. And digital technologies, such as biometrics, have dramatically expanded the capabilities […]
Debate on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. View debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FksWzHoQhLY&t=8121s