By Sam Waswa Ugandans who have origins in neighboring Rwanda are pushing for renaming of their ethnicity from “Banyarwanda” to “Abavandimwe” or “Brethren”. The proposal is meant to address growing concerns about these people who have legal claim on Ugandan […]
PRESS STATEMENT Ms. Primrose Modisane is a South African citizen by birth, however, for the past 16 years she has struggled to get assistance from the Department of Home Affairs with the documentation that she is entitled to. On 9 […]
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter NEARLY 50 percent of pupils at a school in Matobo District in Matabeleland South province have no birth certificates, a problem affecting most children in Matabeleland region. Parliament has since challenged Government departments to eliminate stateless […]
Sudan is changing its rules for Syrians wishing to reside in the country after years of being able to travel to Sudan without a visa, and the right to work, education and medical care. Since the outbreak of the civil […]
The government in Algeria is looking at a controversial law which could, if passed, be used to strip citizenship from opposition figures in exile. The move has been proposed by Minister of Justice Belkacem Zeghmati because, he believes, political opponents […]
Parliament, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 – The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has resolved to defer a decision on amendments to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill (B22-2020) proposed by the National Council of Provinces to Friday, 12 March 2021, to enable […]
Update of annual report on gender equality. Overview of Nationality Laws Middle East and North Africa […] The nationality laws of Jordan and Libya do not allow women married to foreign nationals to pass their nationality to their children. However, […]
By Sabelo Gumedze This report will firstly present a historical backdrop on citizenship law postindependence. This is largely provided for in the Swaziland Independence Constitution. This history also includes the blatant violation of citizenship law by the government of Swaziland […]
Asking whether or not the census should continue to count ethnic groups is one way into the difficult conversation about how to reckon with the legacies of colonial weaponisation of ethnicity. By Samantha Balaton-Chrimes It was a hot and dusty […]
ALGER – Le Premier ministre, Abdelaziz Djerad, a présidé, mercredi à Alger, une réunion du gouvernement, ayant porté sur l’examen d’un avant-projet de loi ainsi que quatre projets de décrets exécutifs, indique un communiqué des services du Premier ministre, dont […]
En plus des terroristes, la déchéance de nationalité pourrait s’appliquer aux personnes « qui portent de graves préjudices aux intérêts de l’Etat ou qui portent atteinte à l’unité nationale ». Un projet de loi qui pourrait inquiéter la diaspora algérienne, […]
Par Perle Audrey DIAHA-YAO Introduction La Côte d’Ivoire est un pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest qui a acquis son indépendance le 7 août 1960. Cette accession à la souveraineté a comporté comme conséquence immédiate, l’apparition d’une nationalité ivoirienne, en remplacement […]