Blog Posts

Kenya: Maisha Namba: Third-Gen ID Excludes the Historically Marginalised

Published: 5/Dec/2024
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

The government must prioritise reforms to address the ongoing discrimination and marginalization of border populations and stateless communities regarding birth registration and the issuance of IDs. By Fred Nasubo The implementation of the third-generation ID, also known as the Maisha […]

Promoting Digital Inclusion through Legal Identity Governance in Namibia

Published: 28/Oct/2024
Source: UNDP

By Yrika Maritz, Head of Experimentation Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of working with UNDP’s Chief Digital Office by engaging in focused discussions with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security in Namibia regarding […]

Identity vs. Perception: the case of Chidimma Adetshina and South African opinion on migrants

Published: 8/Oct/2024
Source: Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA), Cape Town

The case of Chidimma Adetshina, who came under national scrutiny between August and September, sheds light on the levels of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. The 23-year-old model—born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South African mother—was […]

South Africa: Narratives of Belonging: The Case of Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina

Published: 30/Sep/2024
Source: AfricaLaw (Blog)

Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]

ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire

Published: 27/Sep/2024
Source: SciencesPo (Paris)

Interview with Richard Banégas and Armando Cutolo While it is well acknowledged that identity documents provide rights to citizenship and social inclusion, they can also generate violence and conflicts. In their recently published book entitled ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire. […]

Kenya: Citizenship Rights: The Quest for Identification

Published: 10/Jul/2024
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

For certain communities in Kenya, citizenship is presented as an issue of ineligibility, and as a matter of national security rather than rights. By Fred Nasubo and David Ngira Civil rights organisations and community-based organisations in Kenya have disparaged the […]

Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

Published: 9/Oct/2023
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]

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