Le refus du droit à la citoyenneté a souvent été au cœur des conflits qu’a connus l’Afrique postcoloniale. Sur la base des résultats d’études menées dans plusieurs pays africains, Bronwen Manby montre comment les lois sur la nationalité sont utilisées […]
By Alex Malanga Dar es Salaam. Immigration officers from Kinondoni District on Monday interrogated Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) national coordinator, Mr Onesmo Ole Ngurumwa, for one hour on his nationality. The immigration officers, according to Mr Ole Ngurumwa, […]
Documentary by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (14 minutes): View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PG8chfAX_U
Collen Murahwa Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has clarified the confusion regarding the voting rights of the socalled “aliens”, saying they were eligible to register as voters.ZEC chief elections officer Ms Constance Chigwamba said in a statement that […]
By DAVID MWERE President Uhuru Kenyatta has gazetted the recognition of the Kenyans of Indian decent as the 44th tribe in Kenya and invited them to participate in the political, economic, cultural and social development of the nation. The presidential […]
Gazette Notice No. 7245, Kenya Gazette, Vol. CXIX—No. 102 WHEREAS, the Presidency and other Government Offices have received numerous Petitions from Kenyans of Asian Heritage requesting the formal recognition of the Community as a Kenyan Tribe; WHEREAS, the Preamble to […]
President John Magufuli yesterday ordered the suspension of naturalisation of Burundian refugees, and said those still in Tanzania should voluntarily return home. Dr Magufuli issued the directive in Ngara District, which borders Burundi, after holding talks with his Burundian counterpart, […]
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said persons who, before the promulgation of the 2013 Constitution were issued with identity documents describing them as ‘‘aliens’’, must forthwith proceed to the offices of the Registrar General to have their […]
Zimbabweans are so exhausted with the year long struggle to get money, their own money out of the banks, that almost everything else seems of little consequence. How can you worry about elections when you have to spend half of […]
It has come to the attention of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) that there may be some confusion regarding the rights of certain Zimbabwean citizens born in Zimbabwe and where one or both of their parents were not citizens of […]
DAR ES SALAAM, July 20 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday ordered relevant authorities in the east African nation to stop granting citizenship to Burundian refugees. President Magufuli made the directive shortly after he had held talks with […]
It is every child’s right to have their existence recorded and accounted for, to get an identity and to have that identity registered. Giving a child a name is essentially introducing them to the world and it is necessary to […]