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Will Oman welcome home its stateless people in Burundi?

Published: 4/Dec/2012
Source: Agence France Presse

RUMONGE, Burundi (AFP) It was about a century ago when Sultan Salum’s ancestors left Oman for the east African spice island of Zanzibar, before setting off westward into the interior for Burundi. But while the exact date of his forebears’s […]

Marital equality law sparks controversy

Published: 4/Dec/2012
Source: IRIN

The adoption by Côte d’Ivoire’s parliament of a law on equality between legally married couples has sparked anger, especially among religious people. For them, this law will create more problems in the home than it will solve. Read more.

Libya’s Tebu tribe hopes for lasting peace

Published: 3/Dec/2012
Source: Al Jazeera

The harsh southern region is home to several tribes maintaining a delicate balance of power over lucrative trade routes. By Rebecca Murray Kufra, Libya – The drive across Libya’s Sahara from Murzuq to Kufra is arduous. Without a road, the […]

Attitudes towards citizenship in Nigeria

Published: 1/Dec/2012
Source: Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (iiG) - Network

Summary Nigerians who live in states other than their states of ancestral origin are referred to as non-indigenes, no matter how long they and their parents have lived in the state. This is important, because non-indigenes are often prevented from […]

Nigeria: NJC over rules CJN on Jombo-Ofo

Published: 22/Nov/2012

By Joe Nwankwo, Assistant Editor, Abuja National Judicial Council (NJC), rising from an emergency meeting on Wednesday over ruled a November 5 decision of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mariam Aloma-Mukthar, by ordering immediate swearing-in of Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo […]

Recueil des textes legislatifs et reglementaires applicables aux étrangers au Cameroun

Published: 21/Nov/2012
Source: Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine (Cameroun)

British Nationality Act 1948 Loi n° 1968-LF-3 du 11 juin 1968, Portant code de la nationalité camerounaise Décret n°68/DF/478 du 16 décembre 1968 fixant les modalités d’application du Code de la nationalité (Decree n° 1968 DF-478 of the 16th December […]

Zimbabwe: Margaret Dongo vs Registrar General

Published: 21/Nov/2012
Source: Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association

On the 3rd of June 2010, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe exercising its jurisdiction in terms of section 24(2) of the Constitution handed down its judgment in the case of Margaret Dongo versus The Registrar General and the Attorney General. ZWLA’S […]

Nigeria: The Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo Saga – a Justice’s Battle

Published: 19/Nov/2012
Source: This Day (Nigeria)

Refusal by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukthar, to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo as a justice of the Court of Appeal to represent Abia State on the ground that she is not an indigene of the […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Togo, 2012

Published: 8/Nov/2012
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CEDAW/C/TGO/CO/6-7 Concluding observations on the sixth and seventh periodic reports of Togo, adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session (1–19 October 2012) Nationality 28.While welcoming that the new Code of Persons and Family grants women equal rights with men […]

Nigeria: Swear in Justice Jombo-Ofo, Senate asks CJN

Published: 7/Nov/2012
Source: Point Blank News (Nigeria)

The Senate has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Murthar, to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo as a Justice of the Abia Court of Appeal. It would be recalled that the CJN had refused to swear in […]