By deciding to open citizenship applications to all people of African descent around the world, Benin became the latest in a growing list of African countries to formerly recognize historical links with the African diaspora. Benin’s 2 September 2024 law […]
By Dulcie Leimbach South Sudan, Africa’s youngest country, is heading into the lean growing season, when hunger can peak. It is also embroiled in a nasty power brawl between its president and the vice president as fighting in the northeast […]
By Lucy Mumbi A new Bill before Parliament aims to remove longstanding legal barriers that have denied stateless persons the right to Kenyan citizenship, marking a major step toward ending decades of exclusion and marginalisation. The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration […]
L’Algérie a accordé sa nationalité à plusieurs dizaines de ressortissants étrangers au cours du premier semestre 2025. Cette décision s’inscrit dans le cadre de la politique de naturalisation prévue par la législation algérienne. Selon le Journal Officiel numéro 26 daté […]
By Sem Billy David I, Namibian Entrepreneur & Proponent Namibia’s journey toward national development and prosperity is inextricably linked with its wealth and pained past. One dark chapter—often hidden from view but deeply significant—is the forced displacement and brain drain […]
BAMAKO – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the recent adoption of Mali’s groundbreaking legislation to protect the rights of stateless people and resolve their plight. The law builds on Mali’s accession to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions in […]