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Botswana: At last Bazezuru get help

Published: 9/Sep/2013
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

By Pini Bothoko TONOTA: For years the Bazezuru of Maseka ward in Mandunyane have been living a miserable life without identity cards and passports though they were born and have lived in Botswana all their lives. These BaZezuru have been […]

South Africa: ID blocking: A growing threat to nationality

Published: 9/Sep/2013
Source: Thoughtleader.co.za

By Liesl Muller, Lawyers For Human Rights  South Africa’s 1994 elections paved the way for all citizens to enjoy the human rights flowing from equal citizenship but rumours of the deficient pre-electoral registration of the previously disadvantaged have been wholly […]

Cabo Verde: Governo propõe nova Lei de Nacionalidade

Published: 7/Sep/2013
Source: A Semana (Cabo Verde)

O Conselho de Ministros aprovou esta quinta-feira, 05, uma nova proposta de Lei sobre a Nacionalidade Cabo-verdiana. O diploma, que deverá ainda ser discutido e apreciado pelo Parlamento na Sessão de Outubro, traz soluções novas a velhos problemas das nossas […]

Eritrea: Identification documents, including national identity cards and birth certificates

Published: 6/Sep/2013
Source: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Eritrea: Identification documents, including national identity cards and birth certificates; requirements and procedures for obtaining and renewing identity documents, both within the country and abroad (2009-August 2013) 1. National Identity Cards The UK Border Agency’s Country of Origin Information service […]

Cameroon: Le temps des realisations

Published: 4/Sep/2013
Source: Cabinet Civil de la Présidence de la République du Cameroun

Bilingual monthly information bulletin / Bulletin mensuel bilingue d’informations – N° 14 – août/septembre 2013 Special edition: “Bakassi peninsula under the complete sovereignty of Cameroon”. Downlad file: Le temps des realisations No.14 aout-sept 2013  

Why has Tanzania deported thousands to Rwanda?

Published: 2/Sep/2013
Source: BBC

Several thousand “illegal immigrants” have been expelled from Tanzania to Rwanda in the past month, which some are linking to a recent row between the two governments, as the BBC’s Prudent Nsengiyumva reports. Link to BBC website.

UN treaty body excerpts on nationality MENA countries

Published: 2/Sep/2013
Source: UNHCR

Compilation of extracts from concluding observations relating to nationality of UN human rights committees (ICCPR, CEDAW, CRC) for MENA countries, including Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt) Download file: Treaty body excerpts on nationality (285 kb)

The Post-Secession Nationality Regimes in Sudan and South Sudan

Published: 1/Sep/2013
Source: Journal of Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law, Vol.27, No.3

By Mike Sanderson Following the secession of South Sudan from the Republic of Sudan on 9 July 2011 both countries have passed new citizenship legislation with dramatic effects for the rights of individuals in both countries. I assess these new legislative regimes […]

Police deploy on Tanzania border to stop entry of expelled Rwandans

Published: 24/Aug/2013
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

Police have been deployed heavily on the Uganda-Tanzania border post to prevent Rwandans expelled from Tanzania from entering Uganda. President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania last month ordered for the expulsion of at least 20, 000 Rwandans who have been living […]

Cameroon; Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula Transition Completed

Published: 23/Aug/2013
Source: Library of Congress

On August 15, 2013, the United Nations Security Council issued a statement welcoming the peaceful end two days earlier of the special transitional regime that had been established for the Bakassi Peninsula. (Press Release, Security Council Press Statement on Bakassi […]