September 25, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
September 25, 2010 (JUBA) – Recent remarks made by Kamal Obeid, Sudan Information Minister on the status of southern Sudanese living in the north, should the latter opt for independence in next year’s referendum, totally undermines the ongoing post-referendum discussions […]
September 20, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Adam Hussein Adam, Africa program officer for the Open Society Justice Initiative’s citizenship and statelessness project. “Are my documents in order?” I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now […]
September 13, 2010 6:22 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
CERD/C/MAR/CO/17-18 B.Positive aspects 3.The Committee welcomes the adoption of a number of laws aimed at preventing and combating racial discrimination, in particular: […] (c)Act No. 62-06 of 2007, amending the Nationality Code of 1958 to bring about equality between men […]
September 10, 2010 10:49 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Adam Hussein Adam “Are my documents in order?” I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now I was before the Criminal Investigations Department for an in-person “vetting.” “Identification cards could […]
September 10, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Sebastian Kohn The year was 1923, and Sebi Rajab had worked for the King’s African Rifles–the British colonial army–since the end of the war. It wasn’t exactly what he had hoped to do with his life, but the British […]
September 8, 2010 12:27 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Gibril Koroma The Lebanese community in Sierra Leone usually try very hard to stay out of the news headlines but an old citizenship law has recently forced one of them to speak out. Indeed the archaic and colonial citizenship […]
September 7, 2010 4:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Morpho (groupe Safran) a signé un contrat avec le Ministère de l’intérieur et de la décentralisation de Mauritanie pour la mise en oeuvre du programme de production et sécurisation des documents nationaux d’identification. Ce projet constitue l’une des composantes fondamentales […]
September 2, 2010 8:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
But New Law Still Falls Short; Government Should Ensure Full Equality (Beirut) – Libya’s new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women’s […]
September 2, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
SA is to stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter the country without documents. South Africa will at the end of the year stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who […]
September 2, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract from background paper on the Copts by AbdelSalaam Hassan (no date): “Before 1989, it was relatively easy for Copts to obtain Sudanese nationality by birth or by naturalisation, under the 1957 Nationality Act. Now they report difficulties with the […]
August 28, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Chapter III (Arts 12-18) provides for citizenship. Other relevant provisions include Art 78 (restrictions on dual citizenship for state officers), and Schedule 6 (transitional provisions) Art 30. Download: Kenya Constitution 2010
August 26, 2010 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Leaving behind the mass of humanity that is Goma, the dirt road climbs steadily as it switchbacks through the emerald hills. Clear streams run in the valleys, and on the slopes both cows and vegetables grow fat from the lush […]
