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RDC : entre « congolité » et « nationalité », la loi de la division

Published: 12/Jul/2021
Source: Jeune Afrique

Une proposition de loi réservant l’accès à la magistrature suprême aux seuls candidats nés de père et de mère congolais agite la sphère politique en RDC. Au point de faire tanguer la majorité. La proposition de loi initiée par Noël […]

Rwandan refugees ask to be recognised as 44th Kenyan tribe

Published: 10/Jul/2021
Source: The Daily Nation (Nairobi)

By Tom Matoke Rwandans whose parents came to Kenya to work as slaves for the British colonial government now want to be recognised as Kenya’s 44th tribe. Their grandparents came to Kenya starting in the 1930s under the force of […]

South Africa: This Is Home – Ali

Published: 9/Jul/2021
Source: Jesuit Institute South Africa

This Is Home is a campaign that documents the lives of inspiring young people in South Africa who are stateless or at risk of becoming stateless. The campaign provides explainers on statelessness and practical solutions for The Department of Home […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update Apr-Jun 2021

Published: 9/Jul/2021
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 25 May, the League of Arab States (LAS), in partnership with UNHCR, convened the virtual “Arab Regional Conference: Towards an Action Plan on Belonging and Legal Identity”. The conference resulted […]

Western Sahara: From colonial subjects to stateless refugees

Published: 8/Jul/2021
Source: European Network on Statelessness

Aminetou Errer Bouzeid, LEFRIG Project Coordinator and Social Worker The exact number of people who were forcibly displaced in the 1970s to the Tindouf refugee camps set up by the Algerian state is unknown, but estimated at hundreds of thousands […]

Opinion: Barrow must grant citizenship to immigrants in Gambia!!!

Published: 7/Jul/2021
Source: The Point (Banjul)

[Culled from Fatou Jaw Manneh Facebook] Africans’ daal. Let me just start with the Gambia. Remember when US President Joe Biden announced he was going to give 11 million immigrants legal status and a path to citizenship? Gambians especially were […]