Collection of articles by Nigerian scholars, edited by Jibrin Ibrahim and Idayat Hassan, reflecting on “indigene-settler” conflicts and citizenship in Nigeria. Download file: here.
By Nat Molomo MASERU — The Court of Appeal has ruled that a High Court judge erred when she gave an order compelling the government to grant Eyob Asemie citizenship. Asemie, an Ethiopian businessman, has been fighting to be granted […]
(CIV/APN/395B/2012) [2012] LSCA 49 (19 October 2012) Refugee Act 18 of 1983 – naturalization of refugee under section 14 – total residence-period prior to application for naturalization six years – application prior to expiry of six year period ineffective. Download […]
La Conferencia de alcaldes afroamericanos y africanos comenzó hoy en Guinea Ecuatorial con el compromiso del Jefe de Estado, Teodoro Obiang, de otorgar la nacionalidad ecuatoguineana a los afroamericanos que deseen vivir en el país. En la apertura de la […]
CRC/C/NAM/CO/2-3 Concluding observations on the consolidated second and third periodic reports of Namibia. 36. The Committee welcomes the State party’s progress in ensuring that all children are registered at birth, including through the national mobile registration campaign in 2009 and […]
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Some 50,000 Palestinians, most of them from the Gaza Strip, have been granted Egyptian citizenship over the past few months, an Egyptian security official revealed Thursday. The official said that the Egyptian Interior Ministry had been […]
By Bronwen Manby Most existing commentary on the citizenship provisions in the draft Constitution of Zimbabwe released on 17 July 2012 by the Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) has focused on the issue of dual citizenship, and on the status of those who […]
Sudan and South Sudan agreed 27 September to restore the pension rights of South Sudanese public servants who were dismissed from service as a consequence of new rules associated with nationality. They also agreed to restore the rights of a […]
Condamné d’avoir détenu et usé de faux documents pour se faire prévaloir Congolais, Pierre-Jacques Chalupa risque de passer quatre ans en prison, à moins qu’il interjette appel. Le samedi 6 octobre 2012, le tribunal de paix de Kinshasa/Ngaliema, siégeant en […]
A former opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament, born to European parents, has been found guilty of fraudulently claiming nationality, one of his lawyers said Saturday. A court in Kinshasa sentenced Pierre-Jacques Chalupa, 64, who was naturalised […]
BY SESUPO RANTSIMAKO MMANDUNYANE: The government’s decision to order the Bazezuru tribe to renounce their Zimbabwean citizenships has breed friction between the tribe and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs. The tribe has requested the Minister, Edwin Batshu to […]
By Assefa Fiseha Journal of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 22, 2012 – Issue 4, Pages 435-473 Abstract After years of centralised rule that emphasised unity, since 1991 Ethiopia has adopted a federal system that aims at accommodating diversity. This […]