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South Sudan Official: Country Will Benefit by Joining EAC

Published: 3/Mar/2016
Source: Voice of America

By John Tanza South Sudan joined the East African Community (EAC) this week when EAC heads of state approved the country’s application at a summit in Tanzania. South Sudan becomes the sixth member of the economic bloc, along with Kenya, […]

Compaore Ivorian citizenship ‘shameful’ – Opposition

Published: 2/Mar/2016
Source: africanews.com

The opposition in Ivory Coast has said giving ousted Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaore Ivorian citizenship paints a ‘grim picture’ of the political scene in the country. “This is not good and it gives a sad picture of the political […]

Sierra Leoneans Fight Back Against Granting Lebanese Nationals Citizenship

Published: 1/Mar/2016
Source: Makoni Times (Sierra Leone)

By Ranger The Lebanese started entering Sierra Leone after the first Serian war in the 1940s and 50s. Some even came earlier than that. The Lebanese have become the most favored people when it comes to trade, business, and opportunities.  […]

UNHCR Submission to UPR 2nd Cycle: Zimbabwe

Published: 1/Mar/2016
Source: UNHCR and OHCHR

Submission by UNHCR for the OHCHR Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review 2nd Cycle, 26th Session: Zimbabwe Including extensive comments on citizenship and statelessness, in particular: Issue 2: Prevention and reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons Although the new […]

Zambia: Has Rwandan Refugees Integration Hit Snag?

Published: 1/Mar/2016
Source: The Times of Zambia

It is often the duty of any government to put in place specific measures or laws to ensure that citizens are accurately recognised. Governments are also supposed to cater for foreign nationals in order to incorporate them in a particular […]

Mauritius Constitution 1968 as amended to 2016

Published: 1/Mar/2016

Chapter III provides for acquisition of citizenship on independence in 1968, for citizenship by birth, registration and marriage, and for parliament to provide further detail by law. The Constitution as updated to 2016 contained no changes to chapter III since […]

Sierra Leone: Changes to the 1991 Constitution Proposed

Published: 29/Feb/2016
Source: Library of Congress (Washington DC)

By Hanibal Goitom (Feb. 29, 2016) On February 16, 2016, Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Review Committee (an 80-member body established in 2013 to review the 1991 Constitution and a 2008 report proposing changes to it) published an abridged draft report of its findings.  (Ibrahim Tarawallie, […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Benin, 2016

Published: 26/Feb/2016
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/BEN/CO/3–5 Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Benin Birth registration 30. The Committee is concerned that many children are still not registered at birth, in particular children living in remote rural communities, children from disadvantaged […]

Sénégal : Abdoulaye Wade est-il français ?

Published: 26/Feb/2016
Source: Jeune Afrique

La polémique enfle autour de la double nationalité supposée de l’ancien président. Car, depuis 1992, la Constitution impose au chef de l’État d’être « exclusivement » sénégalais… L’ancien président Abdoulaye Wade a-t-il commis un « parjure », voire, comme le […]

Recent Developments in Citizenship Law in Africa

Published: 25/Feb/2016
Source: CRAI blog

The 3rd edition of the Open Society Foundation publication Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study was released in January. Its author, Bronwen Manby, considers developments since the last edition was published in 2010. The last five years have been a busy […]