En Zambie, la nationalité est régie par la Constitution de 1991, telle que modifiée en 2016. Les amendements de 2016 ont abrogé et remplacé les dispositions sur la nationalité, ce qui autorise pour la première fois la double nationalité, établit une présomption de nationalité en faveur des enfants de parents inconnus, et élargit les droits de demande de la nationalité pour les personnes qui sont nées et qui résident en Zambie. L’égalité de genre avait déjà été mise en œuvre par les amendements adoptés en 1973.
Le Code de la nationalité – le Zambia Citizenship Act — de 1975, modifié en 1994, a été abrogé et remplacé en consequence de l’adoption de la nouvelle constitution, par le nouveau Citizenship Act de juin 2016.
Dans ses dernières observations finales sur la Zambie, le Comité des Nations Unies sur les droits de l’enfant a noté que si l’enregistrement des naissances en Zambie a connu des améliorations ces dernières années, il reste encore beaucoup trop faible.
La question de la nationalité a été soulevée lors des élections nationales. Remettre en question la nationalité des opposants est un outil que certains politiciens zambiens ont utilisé pour tenter de discréditer leurs adversaires, allant dans certains cas jusqu’à donner lieu à des arrestations. Plusieurs cas ont été entendus par la Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, y compris l’affaire concernant la nationalité de l’ancien président Kenneth Kaunda.
MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says Government will prioritise applications of Zambians who want to restore their lost Zambian citizenship but are in the diaspora. Mr Kampyongo said priority will be given to Zambians who renounced their citizenship in…
By NANCY SIAME, Lusaka GOVERNMENT has started implementing the dual citizenship clause for Zambians in the diaspora who lost their citizenship as a result of acquiring nationality of other countries. The citizenship board will now register within six months a…
Statutory Instrument No.50, Supplement to Republic of Zambia Government Gazette 30 June 2017. Establishes procedures for reacquisition of citizenship for those who lost it on acquiring another, based on constitutional and legislative reforms of 2016 permitting dual citizenship. Download :…
KALUNGA MUSONDA, Kabwe THE inadequate health facilities in communities have for the past decades subjected expectant mothers to giving birth either in homes or on their way to the nearest health centres.nAdded to that, because of traditional beliefs, some expectant…
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has advised Zambians living in the diaspora to benefit from the new constitutional provision that allows them to have duo nationalities. President Lungu gave the advice when he met Zambians living in America during the “Meet the…
Zambia provides a distinctive case of national identity management. Even from before independence in 1964 the identity card has played a prominent role and by 2010 the National Registration Card (NRC) covered more than 83% of the population of 16…
By CHUSA SICHONE – THE Ministry of Home Affairs has started receiving applications from people seeking dual citizenship as provided for in the amended Zambian Constitution. Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Chileshe Mulenga said most of the people who had shown…
He has never been Capped at International level for Senegal and that he is married to a lady from Guinea Bissau. Guinea Bissau Immigration Law states that persons are eligible for citizenship through registration and that foreign person whose grandparents…
Repeals and replaces the Zambia Citizenship Act 1975, in light of the new Zambian Constitution of 2016. Download file: Zambia Citizenship Act 2016
Government has revealed that it will not take in applications for dual citizenship until the Immigrations and Citizenship Act are amended. Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Dr Chileshe Mulenga told Journalists that those applying for dual citizenship will have to wait…