SEBHA/OUBARI/MURZUQ, 24 May 2012 (IRIN) – Since Muammar Gaddafi’s fall seven months ago, Libya’s non-Arab minorities, including an estimated 250,000 Tuaregs, have begun more vehemently to insist on their rights. “Gaddafi’s policy was ‘keep your dog hungry so that he […]
by Prof. Charles Kambanda 1. Whether or no the State retains absolute ownership of an individual’s passport There are some things the generality of which the State owns. These include citizenship, passport and wealth. However, when the State grants any […]
By Salma El Wardany Nimuli struggled to rise from a rope bed to greet pastor James Mading Bui at an Episcopal church where she lives in a suburb of Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, waiting to travel back home to the newly […]
Asare v. Attorney General (J1/6/2011) [2012] GHASC 31 Holding that additional restrictions on public office for dual citizens provided in legislation are constitutional: DR. DATE-BAH, J. S. C: ‘This case raises intriguing general questions as to the constitutionality of new […]
By Lloyd Msipa Various opinions are doing the rounds on the internet and other forms of media with regard to the issue of dual citizenship in Zimbabwe under the new draft Constitution should it become law. This is in light […]
IOM yesterday (3/5) received confirmation from the Government of Sudan that it will facilitate an IOM airlift from Khartoum to Juba of 12–15,000 South Sudanese currently stranded in Kosti, 200 kms south of the capital. The South Sudanese, many of […]
By Naohiko Omata This paper investigates the challenges of resolving the protracted Liberian refugee situation in Ghana. despite the restored stability in Liberia and the unfavourable living conditions in exile, as of 2011, there were still about 11,000 Liberian refugees […]
By Michael P. Okom, J. A. Dada Abstract The issue of ECOWAS citizenship is intriguing and undeniably complex. The Protocol on the Definition of ECOWAS Citizenship includes other onerous requirements which the Protocol failed to clarify. This lack of clarity […]
By Ulf Laessing and Yara Bayoumy Sultan Kwaje’s problems started when his country disappeared from under him. He was born in the southern part of Sudan but has lived in the north for more than three decades. When South Sudan […]
Le gouvernement mauritanien a lancé depuis mai 2011 une vaste opération de recensement de la population mauritanienne. Le lancement de ce projet a été organisé, selon la Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme, sans concertation avec les partenaires politiques. Les […]
Unofficial translation: Article 5 THE PEOPLE 1. The people of Puntland State are the citizens of Puntland and any person who has acquired Puntland citizenship in a legal manner. 2. A special law shall define Puntland citizenship, the right to […]
Press release from the South Sudan government declaring “All nationals of the Republic of Sudan are declared foriegners as of 9th April 2012”. Download file: here.