Extract from Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Bulletin for November 2016 Interview with Laura Parker Can you give us a short description of the type of work you do? I plan and coordinate statelessness activities for UNHCR in Côte d’Ivoire, […]
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), la supposée double nationalité belgo-congolaise du Premier ministre, Samy Badibanga, est au centre d’une polémique. Pour le ministre des Relations avec le Parlement, la double nationalité pose un problème juridique et moral mais pour […]
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ignatius Chombo is proposing to amend citizenship clauses in the Constitution as part of legislation reforms. If the constitutional amendment is adopted, this would be the first time the country […]
The right to a name and nationality is one of the most fundamental human right, however, a lot of children in South Africa spend much of their lives without this legal identity and the benefits and protections it affords. Children […]
By Tom Gardner LAKE NAKIVALE, Uganda – Nyirahubinka Maria, a Congolese refugee and mother of two, lives in “New Congo”, the oldest and largest of 86 small villages scattered over the plains and low rising hills that surround Lake Nakivale […]
Earlier this year the Comoros Islands, a small archipelago off the coast of Mozambique, expressed interest in entering talks with the Kuwaiti government. The subject? A deal that would grant Comorian citizenship to the stateless Bidoon population of Kuwait and the […]
Sanoh appelle les autres Etats de la Cedeao à matérialiser leurs engagements Au cours d’une conférence de presse qu’il a animée mardi, le Directeur de la libre circulation de la Cedeao, N’Faly Sanoh, a souligné l’urgence que les autres Etats […]
De nombreux internautes ont violemment critique le president de Paddec, qui fut candidat aux présidentielles camerounaises de 2011, lorsqu’il a annonce qu’il votait le mardi 08 novembre 2016 pour le candidat républicain, Donald Trump. Lire la suite.
By Diana Gichengo The Makonde community in Kenya arrived in the country in the 1940s mainly as laborers in sugar and sisal plantations at the coast from Mozambique, majority of them settled in Tanzania while the rest were left in […]
By Achieng Akena These lives we lead, these struggles we fight – they are not without a cost that is very personal to each of us. A cost to our health, our relationships… and sometimes we pay the ultimate price, […]
The SADC CRAI Network is a branch of the Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative (CRAI). CRAI is a coalition of civil society organisations in Africa campaigning to end statelessness and the arbitrary denial of nationality in Africa. More information as […]
Extract from Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Bulletin on Statelessness, October 2016 At the 73rd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (September 2016), a strong set of recommendations on protecting children’s right to a nationality […]