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Uganda: Gen. Aronda warns on national IDs

Published: 29/Jan/2014
Source: New Vision (Kampala)

Ugandans have been warned to take the national identity card registration exercise seriously. By Francis Emorut and John Agaba Ugandans have been warned to take the national identity card registration exercise seriously because without it no one will be allowed […]

Lesotho: 72 000 register for birth certificate

Published: 23/Jan/2014
Source: Lesotho Times

By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 72 000 people have reg­istered for birth certificates while 41 000 ap­plied for identity cards since the launch of the National Identity and Civil Registration (NICR) project in July last year. Home Affairs Minister […]

Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2014 (revised 2019)

Published: 18/Jan/2014

2019 amendments did not affect provisions on citizenship. Extracts: Article 6. Citizenship Citizenship is a right to anyone born to an Egyptian father or an Egyptian mother. Being legally recognized and obtaining official papers proving his personal data is a […]

Mom in court for child’s citizenship

Published: 16/Jan/2014
Source: iol.co.za

A Cuban mother has turned to the Pretoria High Court in desperation as her 5-year-old daughter, who was born in South Africa, is at present a stateless person without any rights, as both the South African and Cuban governments refuse […]

Seychelles: Citizenship Act No.18 of 1994, as amended 2013

Published: 6/Jan/2014

LAWS OF SEYCHELLES: CHAPTER 30, CONSOLIDATED TO 6 JANUARY 2014 Act 18 of 1994, as amended by Act 11 of 2013 Supplementing the constitutional provisions on citizenship. Download: Seychelles Citizenship Act 1994 amended 2013

Equatorial Guinea expels illegal Cameroonians

Published: 6/Jan/2014
Source: VOA News

Hundreds of Cameroonians have been forcefully expelled from neighboring Equatorial Guinea for being in the country illegally.  They are complaining that their property was seized and valid transit documents are not being recognized. Part of this issue appears to be […]

Indigeneity, Belonging, & Religious Freedom in Nigeria: Citizens’ Views from the Street

Published: 1/Jan/2014
Source: University of Oxford and Development Research and Project Centre, Kano

Nigeria Research Network Policy Brief MAIN FINDINGS Constitutional and political controversies about citizenship rights and indigeneity in Nigeria’s 36 states and 774 Local Government Areas have generated more heat than light, and there has been little substantive progress on the […]

Struggles of Citizenship in the Maghreb

Published: 1/Jan/2014
Source: Routledge Handbook of Global Citizenship Studies

Delphine Perrin, “Struggles of Citizenship in the Maghreb” in The Routledge Handbook of Global Citizenship Studies, E. Isin, P. Nyers (eds.), Routledge, 2014, pp.230-239. Download: https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01395220/document

In Search of Confluence: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Sudan

Published: 1/Jan/2014
Source: Equal Rights Trust

Extract from chapter 2: Patterns of Discrimination and Inequality Ethnic Discrimination in Relation to Citizenship One of the most significant patterns of direct ethnic discrimination in Sudan’s recent history is the removal of Sudanese citizenship, by virtue of amendments to […]