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Cabo Verde: Parlamento aprova alterações à Lei da Nacionalidade

April 29, 2010 6:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Cabo Verde: Parlamento aprova alterações à Lei da Nacionalidade

Cidade da Praia – A proposta que altera a Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada quarta feira na generalidade no Parlamento cabo-verdiano, com os votos a favor do PAICV e UCID e contra do MpD, que considerou as alterações “eleitoralistas”. O […]


Naturalisation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania: A new home?

April 29, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Naturalisation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania: A new home?

It is rare for host countries to offer refugees citizenship, especially in a context such as the Great Lakes region where millions have been displaced. Instead, most governments wait for circumstances to change so that refugees can go back to […]


Abyei Area Referendum Act 2009

April 25, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Abyei Area Referendum Act 2009

Voter’s Eligibility 24. A voter shall be a resident of Abyei Area according to Article 6(1) of Abyei Area Protocol namely: (a) Members of Ngoc Dinka Community; (b) Other Sudanese residing in Abyei Area in accordance with the criteria of […]


The Mandingo question in Liberian history and the prospect for peace in Liberia: Part 1

April 21, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Mandingo question in Liberian history and the prospect for peace in Liberia: Part 1

By:  Flomo Y. Kokolo Ethnic tension in Liberia had been nonexistent or at least dormant until Samuel K. Doe assumed the presidency. Doe’s Government was dominated by his kinsmen, the Krahns, and manifestly supported by the Mandingo tribe. Perhaps as […]


DR Congo: Unstable areas endanger returns

April 20, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on DR Congo: Unstable areas endanger returns

Field Report: The recent signing of a tripartite agreement between the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda will lead to the official return of tens of thousands of  Congolese […]


Zambia adopts multipurpose ID cards

April 16, 2010 5:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia adopts multipurpose ID cards

By Michael Malakata Zambia has become the first country in eastern and southern Africa to introduce multipurpose electronic national registration cards that will be used for voting, accessing banking services and as driving licenses. Zambia and Kenya were embracing information […]


Cinquante ans de politiques de la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire

April 1, 2010 5:40 pm Published by Comments Off on Cinquante ans de politiques de la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire

Gary-Tounkara Daouda. Cinquante ans de politiques de la nationalité en Côte d’Ivoire. Dans: Outre-mers, tome 97, n°368-369, 2e semestre 2010. Cinquante ans d’indépendances africaines. pp. 159-175. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/outre.2010.4495 Résumé : Qui est Ivoirien ? Qui est étranger ? Ces […]


Scores of Families Risk Homelessness in Libya

March 31, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Scores of Families Risk Homelessness in Libya

Scores of families of Tabu origin in Kufra municipality, south-east Libya, are reported to have been forcibly evicted and have had their houses demolished by law enforcement officials. Many are now in urgent need of shelter. Further forced evictions and […]


Cabo Verde: Parlamento adia alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade

March 23, 2010 6:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Cabo Verde: Parlamento adia alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade

O parlamento adiou para finais de Abril o debate sobre a alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade, que vai permitir aos milhares cabo-verdianos nascidos no estrangeiro ficarem aptos a participar na escolha dos dirigentes deste arquipélago. O governo pediu o agendamento […]


Tanzania National Security Council Act No.8 of 2010

March 17, 2010 10:25 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania National Security Council Act No.8 of 2010

Provisions relevant to citizenship: Section 9(e) Functions of the Regional Security Committee include :  “Consider applications for citizenship and advise the Minister responsible for citizenship”. Section 11(e) Functions of the District Security Committee include: “Consider applications for citizenship and submit […]


Guiné-Bissau: Cidadãos já podem ter dupla nacionalidade

March 16, 2010 9:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Guiné-Bissau: Cidadãos já podem ter dupla nacionalidade

Lisboa, 16 Mar (Lusa) – O primeiro ministro da Guiné-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior, anunciou hoje que os guineenses com nacionalidade portuguesa já podem requer a nacionalidade guineense. “A Assembleia Nacional Popular, na sua sessão de sexta feira, acabou de aprovar […]