Author: websolve
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Eritrea: State succession and the effort to eliminate statelessness
In April 1992, the Provisional Government of Eritrea enacted the Referendum Proclamation and the Eritrean Nationality Proclamation, created a Referendum Commission and fixed the date of ... -
Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’
Mary Harper is Africa Editor, BBC World Service News “Do you know what the Kenyan police call Somalis?” asked a successful Somali businessman from his office in ... -
South Africa: A war on media freedoms?
Why must we worry about the Media Appeals Tribunal and the Protection of Information Bill? – Julie Reid Julie Reid is an academic and media analyst at ... -
Tanzania: A quietly divided nation
Erick Kabendera – a journalist based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – discusses the dynamics of Tanzania’s recent national and Presidential elections, highlighting divisions that national political leaders have ... -
UNAMID Data for Fatalities: September
UNAMID Joint Mission Analysis Centre’s “Monthly Incident Statistics” report for September shows 98 victims consisting of one international, 63 civilians and 34 combatants. Forty one were ... -
Helping Sudan: A Constructive Challenge
I apologize for crowding the blog with my postings, but I believe that all interested persons should do what they can to try to make positive ... -
On the Frontiers of Islam?
Review of: Eliza Griswold, The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Beginning in 2003 ... -
Nigeria – Open for business?
When politicians, or even technocrats, come to office the world over -- thrilled to get their hands on the levers of power after years in opposition ... -
Who belongs? The politics of citizenship in Africa – Debate Overview
Millions of people in Africa are stateless. Some because their births were never recorded, others because they belong to the ‘wrong’ ethnic group. Civil conflicts in ... -
The Nubian Predicament: A Story about Colonial Legacy, Discrimination, and Statelessness.
The year was 1923, and Sebi Rajab had worked for the King's African Rifles—the British colonial army—since the end of the war. It wasn't exactly what ...