No State, No Rights: The Fight to End Statelessness in Africa - Thandeka Chauke
Statelessness occurs when a person is “not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law” (UN Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1954) While UNHCR estimates that at least 4.4. million people globally are stateless, the actual number in Africa remains unknown due to inadequate data and the overlap between stateless and undocumented populations.