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Identities and citizenship in Sudan: Governing constitutional principles

Published: 1/Jun/2013
Source: African Human Rights Law Journal

Nasredeen Abdulbari, “Identities and citizenship in Sudan: Governing constitutional principles” African Human Rights Law Journal, (2013) Vol.13  pp.383-414 In several states across the globe, the relationship between the state and its cultural, religious, ethnic, and tribal components is still an […]

Afars, Issas . . . and Djiboutians: Toward a History of Denominations

Published: 1/Jun/2013
Source: Northeast African Studies

Simon Imbert-Vier, Northeast African Studies, Vol.13, No.2, 2013, pp. 123-149. This article analyzes the ethnic denominations around the Gulf of Tadjoura. By using travel narratives from the nineteenth century and colonial archives from the twentieth, it provides a history of these […]

Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013

Published: 22/May/2013

Replaces the 1979 Constitution. Download complete text: here Chapter 3 (Articles 35-43) provides for citizenship. Download: Zimbabwe Constitution 2013 Chapter III Citizenship Download full text from ZimLII: https://zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/2013/1/eng%402017-09-07

Mudede denies Mawere citizenship

Published: 21/May/2013
Source: newzimbabwe.com

Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede last week blocked South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere’s application for a new national identity card, telling him that dual citizenship remains illegal even under the new Constitution. Mawere, who is said to be involved with a […]

Zimbabwe Constitution: ‘Aliens’ celebrate milestone

Published: 11/May/2013
Source: NewsDay (Harare)

WHILE the passing of the new constitution by the House of Assembly this week, was seen by many as a foregone conclusion, it has brought hope to thousands of Zimbabweans who were for long regarded as aliens in their country […]

Tchad: Loi no 13-08 portant organisation de l’Etat civil

Published: 10/May/2013

Art.1: La présente loi a pour objet d’organiser l’état civil en République du Tchad et de fixer les conditions des actes y relatifs. Art.76: La présente loi abroge toutes dispositions antérieures contraires, notamment l’ordonnance 03/INT du 02 juin 1961, réglementant […]

Confusion continues in Zim draft constitution

Published: 2/May/2013
Source: swradioafrica.com

There is still serious confusion over whether the new draft constitution allows for dual citizenship or not, with the parties in government appearing to translate the new rules differently. The new document does not explicitly allow or deny Zimbabweans the […]

The Stateless Tebu of Libya?

Published: 1/May/2013
Source: University of Tilburg Law School

Tilburg Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 010/2013 By Laura van Waas Introduction Little is known about the problem of statelessness in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) today. Neither the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – […]

The disappearance of Sudan? Life in Khartoum for citizens without rights

Published: 1/May/2013
Source: International Refugee Rights Initiative

This paper is about the experience of people living in Khartoum State who identify themselves as being from one of the conflict-affected areas of Sudan. It focuses primarily on those from the newly independent state of South Sudan, the (now) […]

Registry Report on Proof of Identity Documents Available in the DRC

Published: 26/Apr/2013
Source: International Criminal Court

Case: The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda Situation: Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ICC-01/04-02/06-53-Anx1, Annex 1 to the Transmission to Pre-Trial Chamber II of a Registry report on proof of identity documents available in the Democratic Republic of […]

Burundi : 28 nouveaux burundais naturalisés en 2012-2013

Published: 23/Apr/2013
Source: burundi-agnews.org

Le Burundi a naturalisé 12 individus depuis 2012 à nos jours. Avec leur famille, il s’agit de 28 nouveau burundais(es). Le 8 mars dernier et le 18 juillet 2012, S.E. Nkurunziza Pierre, le très populaire président africain du Burundi, par […]