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The Politics of Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora: How Political is Dual Citizenship?

Allen Tavazia, Research Analyst, Ashley Onwuzuruike, Research Analyst, Million Samuel Gebre, Senior Researcher, Nana Bruce-Amanquah, Lead Editor and Research Analyst, Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab, Semawit Hagos, Research Analyst, Taylor Widhalm and Jared Pentz, Lab Director February 20, 2025

The Politics of Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora: How Political is Dual Citizenship? Person holding Italian, South African, and Malawian passports. iStock photo by People Images. Allen Tavazia, Research AnalystAshley Onwuzuruike, Research Analyst Million Samuel Gebre, Senior Researcher Nana Bruce-Amanquah, Lead Editor and Research Analyst Pandit Mami, Research Lead & Analyst Semawit Hagos, Research Analyst Taylor Widhalm, Research AnalystJared Pentz, Lab Director THE ISSUE African states appear split on rules, laws, and regulations surrounding dual citizenship. This report explores how these states regulate dual citizenship laws and examines their social, economic, and political impacts on African states and the diaspora. Our findings reveal economic

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Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Botswana

Social Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Colonial Institutional Legacies

Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab October 2, 2024

Social Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Colonial Institutional Legacies Credit: Kikai, Bashi. “Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Botswana.” iStock, 2024. Pandit Mami, Research Lead & Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Labpmami@acstrap.org   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Through political science research, we now know how the colonial legacies in the Global South informed the origin and path dependency of the region’s political and economic institutions. Despite this knowledge, social policy research focusing on government welfare spending outcomes has shed minimal light on how the fragility of these institutions impacts the quality of welfare service delivery. In some ways, the field has encountered the

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The Sudan Crisis: Addressing the Humanitarian Emergency in Darfur

Dr. John Bosco Nizeimana, Senior Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab September 26, 2024

The Sudan Crisis: Addressing the Humanitarian Emergency in Darfur  Source: United Nations, 2004. Sudan. Map No. 3707 Rev. 7. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section. Dr. John Bosco Nizeimana, Senior Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab, Africa Center for Strategy and Policybnizeimana@africacfsp.org   1.1 Introduction Sudan has undergone significant upheaval since the ousting of long-standing dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, transitioning briefly to civilian rule before encountering military intervention led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. This paper analyzes the current humanitarian emergency in Darfur, situating it within the historical framework of the 2003

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The Politics of Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora: How Political is Dual Citizenship?

Allen Tavazia, Research Analyst, Ashley Onwuzuruike, Research Analyst, Million Samuel Gebre, Senior Researcher, Nana Bruce-Amanquah, Lead Editor and Research Analyst, Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab, Semawit Hagos, Research Analyst, Taylor Widhalm and Jared Pentz, Lab Director February 20, 2025

The Politics of Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora: How Political is Dual Citizenship? Person holding Italian, South African, and Malawian passports. iStock photo by People Images. Allen Tavazia, Research AnalystAshley Onwuzuruike, Research Analyst Million Samuel Gebre, Senior Researcher Nana Bruce-Amanquah, Lead Editor and Research Analyst Pandit Mami, Research Lead & Analyst Semawit Hagos, Research Analyst Taylor Widhalm, Research AnalystJared Pentz, Lab Director THE ISSUE African states appear split on rules, laws, and regulations surrounding dual citizenship. This report explores how these states regulate dual citizenship laws and examines their social, economic, and political impacts on African states and the diaspora. Our findings reveal economic

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Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Botswana

Social Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Colonial Institutional Legacies

Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab October 2, 2024

Social Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and Colonial Institutional Legacies Credit: Kikai, Bashi. “Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Botswana.” iStock, 2024. Pandit Mami, Research Lead & Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Labpmami@acstrap.org   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Through political science research, we now know how the colonial legacies in the Global South informed the origin and path dependency of the region’s political and economic institutions. Despite this knowledge, social policy research focusing on government welfare spending outcomes has shed minimal light on how the fragility of these institutions impacts the quality of welfare service delivery. In some ways, the field has encountered the

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The Sudan Crisis: Addressing the Humanitarian Emergency in Darfur

Dr. John Bosco Nizeimana, Senior Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab September 26, 2024

The Sudan Crisis: Addressing the Humanitarian Emergency in Darfur  Source: United Nations, 2004. Sudan. Map No. 3707 Rev. 7. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section. Dr. John Bosco Nizeimana, Senior Research Analyst, Leadership & Governance Policy Lab, Africa Center for Strategy and Policybnizeimana@africacfsp.org   1.1 Introduction Sudan has undergone significant upheaval since the ousting of long-standing dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, transitioning briefly to civilian rule before encountering military intervention led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. This paper analyzes the current humanitarian emergency in Darfur, situating it within the historical framework of the 2003

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