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Double nationalité : quels sont les pays africains qui l’autorisent ?

Published: 29/Dec/2015
Source: Jeune Afrique

Depuis les années 1960, la nature de leur relation avec leur diaspora ainsi qu’avec leur ancien pays colonisateur préoccupe les États du continent. Les Africains sont de plus en plus mobiles, à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du continent, ce qui […]

Citizenship and Liberian politics

Published: 27/Dec/2015
Source: The Perspective

Editorial The recent article published in the Liberian Observer on the citizenship of former Coca Cola executive Alex Cummings and the public reactions brought to the fore an issue that Liberia has been grappling with since its foundation. First, the […]

Constitution of Rwanda 2003, revised 2015

Published: 24/Dec/2015

As published in: Official Gazette n° Special of 24/12/2015 This revised Constitution passed by referendum of 18/12/2015 comes into force upon promulgation by the President of the Republic and its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda. […]

Kenya: MP Shehe meets EACC over citizenship

Published: 24/Dec/2015
Source: The Star

Ganze MP Peter Shehe yesterday recorded a statement with the EACC affirming his Kenyan citizenship. The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission was acting on anonymous leads that Shehe is not a Kenyan but a Swiss national. The petitioner wants Shehe’s […]

West African nations to allow free movement of citizens with ID cards

Published: 24/Dec/2015
Source: africanglobe.net

The West African Regional bloc ECOWAS has reached a landmark decision for its 15-member states that will allow ease of movement across borders for its citizens with the use of biometric identity cards. The announcement comes after the 48th Ordinary […]

Zambians living in SA hail dual citizenship

Published: 23/Dec/2015
Source: Lusaka Times

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba says Zambians living in that country have praised President Edgar Lungu over the adoption of a dual citizenship clause in the amended constitution. Mr Mwamba said most Zambians living in South Africa […]

Nigeria Should Have Declined ICJ Jurisdiction on Bakassi

Published: 22/Dec/2015
Source: This Day (Abuja)

Mrs. Nella Andem-Rabana SAN Apart from being the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Cross River State from 1999 – 2003, Mrs. Nella Andem-Rabana SAN had the rare privilege of being on the team of counsel that represented Nigeria in […]

Uganda: Plan to woo diaspora investors hits rock

Published: 18/Dec/2015
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

Government’s strategy to interest Ugandans working and living abroad to invest in their country through diaspora bond has hit a snag. The system, which already succeeded in Ethiopia, once in place, was meant to help Uganda cut on donor funds. […]

More South Africans joining secondary citizenship investment programmes

Published: 18/Dec/2015
Source: Business Day Live

More South Africans are joining secondary citizenship investment programmes as they seek alternatives to living or studying in SA. Numerous South Africans have paid hundreds of thousands of rand to attain citizenship of Malta or other countries in order to […]