Summary This study was commissioned by the Zambian government with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) following government’s pledge to become party to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness at the Ministerial meeting held […]
Last week, on 17 November 2016, a settlement was reached in a year-long case regarding former Angolan refugees still living in South Africa on expired Angolan Cessation Permits. The negotiated settlement allows for former Angolan refugees falling into this category […]
Johannesburg – At 23, Dineo Shakgane, a Soweto resident, is unable to open a bank account or apply to study further. She can’t buy a SIM card or even enter a reality show competition. She does not have an identity […]
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ignatius Chombo is proposing to amend citizenship clauses in the Constitution as part of legislation reforms. If the constitutional amendment is adopted, this would be the first time the country […]
Statement issued on behalf of Non-Profit organisation, the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town to former Angolan Refugees still living in South Africa on expired Angolan Cessation Permits – a small window is now open for these Angolans to attempt to […]
The right to a name and nationality is one of the most fundamental human right, however, a lot of children in South Africa spend much of their lives without this legal identity and the benefits and protections it affords. Children […]
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 […]
Par Nasredeen Abdulbari La sécession du Soudan du Sud du Soudan en juillet 2011 a été suivie par des amendements de la loi soudanaise sur la nationalité retirant la nationalité à ceux qui ont droit à la nationalité sud soudanaise. […]
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 […]
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 […]