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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Four-part video by the Kenya Human Rights Commission on the protest march by the Makonde people seeking recognition of Kenyan citizenship. Part 1: The Trek Part 2: Uhuru Park Part 3: State House Part 4: Compilation: citizenship recognised
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 […]
LOI N° 2016-886 DU 08 NOVEMBRE 2016 PORTANT CONSTITUTION DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D’IVOIRE Article 55Le Président de la République est élu pour cinq ans au suffrage universel direct. Il n’est rééligible qu’une fois. Il choisit un vice-Président de […]
The Uganda High Commissioner to UK, Prof. Joyce Kikafunda has called upon Ugandans in the diaspora to lobby the Ugandan government to acquire dual citizenship. See more