Imagine being denied citizenship and treated like a foreigner in the only country you have ever known, the country where you were born and spent your whole life, the place where everyone you know (friends, family, even perhaps your grandparents) […]
Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré has been named as a UNHCR Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central Africa. “It is an honour to take on this role at such a vital time for refugees,” said Traoré, after receiving the official […]
Sudanese citizens of diverse backgrounds have criticized the decision taken by President Omar al-Bashir’s cabinet to treat South Sudanese nationals in its territory as foreigners and prosecute any South Sudanese without proper papers within a week. The decision if implemented […]
South Sudanese government has said people of Abyei who reside and work in the world’s youngest nation are not citizens of South Sudan but foreigners whose citizenship is in the neighbouring Sudan. This was revealed in an official communication where […]
Les sénégalais d’origine libanaise qui vivent à Thiès depuis quatre générations ne veulent plus entendre parler « d’intégration » en ce qui les concerne. Selon le patriarche Joseph Atal, les enfants qui sont issus de la première vague parlent les […]
Sudan on Thursday said South Sudanese resident in the country will be treated as foreigners, revoking a standing policy declared by president Omar al-Bashir that citizens from the nascent nation will be treated as Sudanese in all walks of life […]
By James Milner and Amelia Kuch In December 2007, the Government of Tanzania announced its willingness to offer naturalization as part of a comprehensive solution for Burundian refugees who had been in Tanzania since 1972. This policy announcement was a […]
ALOYSIA Basson cannot precisely recall how young she was when she moved to Namibia with her parents from South Africa, but since she was baptised at Gabis in 1947, she always believed herself to be Namibian. It was only when […]
Following a litany of sham marriages entered into with foreigners with an ulterior motive to settle in Zimbabwe, the government’s hand became a key determinant in whether such a union goes ahead or not. The government now vets potential foreign […]
The President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Honorable Justice Maria Do Ceu Silva Monteiro has advocated a ‘global movement to end the scourge of statelessness,’ in which some 10 million people in the world are not considered to […]
The government has made a dramatic U-turn on the new national electronic identity cards by finally admitting that they are flawed and announced plans to recall over 2 million cards handed out to citizens because they lack visible handwritten signatures. […]
The opposition in Ivory Coast has said giving ousted Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaore Ivorian citizenship paints a ‘grim picture’ of the political scene in the country. “This is not good and it gives a sad picture of the political […]