August 6, 2009 5:37 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Joseph Konadu INTRODUCTION The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1961 interprets a passport as including “every form of travel document issued on behalf of the Republic”. According to the Immigration Act, 2000 (ACT 573) a “passport means a valid travel document […]
July 22, 2009 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Muthoni Wanyeki Last Sunday, the Nation Media Group published an editorial responding to donor and civil society’s concerns about the inclusion of questions as to ethnicity in the upcoming Kenyan national census. Civil society has, in the past, urged […]
July 15, 2009 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
An Act to amend the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, to provide for dual citizenship; to provide for the board to have a vote of its own; to amend the provisions of the Act relating to the loss of […]
July 7, 2009 7:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Arthur Mordaunt LOBAMBA – Swazis who possess dual citizenship could find themselves under arrest if found out. Home Affairs Minister Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze has announced that it was illegal for Swazis to hold dual citizenship and declared that anyone […]
June 30, 2009 5:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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June 18, 2009 8:47 am
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CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Fifty-first session CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations: Niger Birth registration 35. The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption in 2007 of a new law on birth registration and a […]
June 18, 2009 12:00 am
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CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Committee on the Rights of the Child Fifty-first session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Niger Birth registration 35.The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption in 2007 of a new […]
June 17, 2009 12:00 am
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By Fabakary B. Ceesay Mr. Pap Saine, the Editor, Publisher and Co-proprietor of the Point Newspaper, who was standing trial on the allegation that he is not a Gambian and has acquired Gambian citizenship through falsehood, was Monday 15th June, […]
June 16, 2009 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The act recognises the right of every child in Botswana to nationality from birth (Article 12(1)). According to the act, the child’s birth certificate, issued under Botswana’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, shall be the proof of the nationality of the child. The […]
June 13, 2009 5:37 pm
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Citing a 1956 prophecy by its Zimbabwean founder, members of the Gospel of God Church hold that Kenya is the Promised Land. By JOSEPH NGUNJIRI As popular Christian folklore, mythology and scriptures go, the place variously referred to as Canaan, […]
June 11, 2009 12:00 am
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The law places authority for civil registration in Togo under the joint administration of the ministry of local government and the ministry of justice and provides for registration of births, marriages and deaths. The law prohibits the mention of ethnicity […]
June 10, 2009 8:19 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
(June 10, 2009) It was reported on May 17, 2009, that the Ugandan Parliament has passed into law a bill allowing dual citizenship and sent it to the President’s desk for signature (Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of […]
