Le Conseil des ministres s’est tenu à Ouagadougou, le mercredi 23 novembre 2016, en séance ordinaire, de 09 H 00 mn à 14 H 00 mn,sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Paul Kaba THIEBA, Premier ministre, Chef du Gouvernement. […]
Speech by the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Malusi Gigaba MP at the launch of the digitisation of birth records in Pretoria. Modernising Home Affairs is the first of the five priorities I have set for the Department during my […]
Mos Def’s ideals about a world without borders have been dashed by South African immigration officials. The Department of Home Affairs declared the rapper and actor an “undesirable person” on Nov. 22 after he tried to leave the country using […]
Par Trésor Kibangula Moins d’une semaine après sa nomination, Samy Badibanga se retrouve au cœur d’une controverse. À en croire ses détracteurs, le nouveau Premier ministre de la RD Congo détiendrait la nationalité belge alors que la nationalité congolaise se […]
Summary This study was commissioned by the Zambian government with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) following government’s pledge to become party to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness at the Ministerial meeting held […]
Last week, on 17 November 2016, a settlement was reached in a year-long case regarding former Angolan refugees still living in South Africa on expired Angolan Cessation Permits. The negotiated settlement allows for former Angolan refugees falling into this category […]
Johannesburg – At 23, Dineo Shakgane, a Soweto resident, is unable to open a bank account or apply to study further. She can’t buy a SIM card or even enter a reality show competition. She does not have an identity […]
Statement issued on behalf of Non-Profit organisation, the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town to former Angolan Refugees still living in South Africa on expired Angolan Cessation Permits – a small window is now open for these Angolans to attempt to […]
By Nasredeen Abdulbari* The secession of South Sudan from Sudan in July 2011 was followed by amendments to the Sudanese citizenship law removing citizenship from those with entitlement to South Sudanese citizenship. These changes have, unsurprisingly, led to the emergence […]
SADCPF40-Res 001/16 Resolution adopted at the SADC Parliamentary Forum 40th Plenary Assembly Session 03 to 15 November 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe The resolution: Calls upon National Parliaments and Governments in the SADC Region to: i) Resolve any existing situations of statelessness […]
Held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 3 to 15 November 2016 INTRODUCTION 1.1 In line with Strategic Goal Number Seven (07), the Role of Parliament in National Development, the strategy to analyse and debate policies and legislation for national development, the 40th […]
By Veneranda Langa FIDEL Mabereza froths at the mouth as he recounts how he ended up at Tongogara Refugee camp in Chipinge after fleeing the civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His eyes are blood-shot and clearly […]