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.
ANITA Siameja is a Kabwe resident and mother of two boys who has come to appreciate the true value of a birth certificate. In 2015 when the process of birth registration was decentralised and introduced in Kabwe, she eventually became…
Birth registration coverage for Zambians currently stands at only 11.2 per cent, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Pamela Kabamba revealed this during a media workshop on civil registration in Chisamba yesterday where…
Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula S.C. encouraged Zambians in the U.S. to register with the Embassy so that in case of anything, the Mission would be able to account for each and every Zambian The…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the decentralisation program for the issuance of Birth and Death certificates in the country stating that decentralisation of this process will help government in planning based on the population Statistics. Speaking…
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…
By Ausborn Banda The Zambian Ministry of Home Affairs this week encouraged all interested Zambians living in the Diaspora and non-Zambians living in Zambia, to apply for dual citizenship, this follows amendments that it’s lawmakers made to the Constitution and…
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…