Members of Zimbabwe's Diaspora community have cautiously welcomed news that dual citizenship will be part of the country's new constitution, raising hopes that their voting rights will also soon be secure.
A chapter in the new draft constitution, which is believed to be almost ready, stipulates that every Zimbabwean citizen by birth should retain his or her citizenship, even if that person acquires foreign citizenship. This comes as a positive development for the millions of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, many of whom now have citizenship rights in other countries after being forced to flee the crisis back home.
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