The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Africa has raised alarm over what it describes as a deepening crisis of statelessness in South Sudan, warning that the denial of citizenship and legal identity is stripping individuals of fundamental rights at a pivotal political moment. At the centre of the concern is South Sudanese human rights defender and former lawmaker, Animu Risasi Amitai, whose citizenship was revoked in 2018 without due process. Despite a ruling in her favour by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, her nationality has yet to be restored. For more on this, Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to one of the country's stateless people, Animu Risasi Amitai