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A Rapid Overview of Birth Registration Systems in Namibia: Taking Stock

Published: 1/Nov/2012
Source: UNICEF and Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration

Authors: Matthew Dalling and Gopalan Balagopal (CRC4) Summary: This document provides a rapid overview of the birth registration system in Namibia. It draws together and analyses the mission field reports of 2012, the available civil registration data and the observations […]

Citizenship and Indigeneity: Conflicts in Nigeria

Published: 1/Nov/2012
Source: CDD Nigeria

Collection of articles by Nigerian scholars, edited by Jibrin Ibrahim and Idayat Hassan, reflecting on “indigene-settler” conflicts and citizenship in Nigeria. Download file: here.

Lesotho: Asemie loses battle for citizenship

Published: 20/Oct/2012
Source: Sunday Express (Maseru)

By Nat Molomo MASERU — The Court of Appeal has ruled that a High Court judge erred when she gave an order compelling the government to grant Eyob Asemie citizenship. Asemie, an Ethiopian businessman, has been fighting to be granted […]

Lesotho: O/C Military Police and Others v Asemie

Published: 19/Oct/2012
Source: Appeal Court of Lesotho

(CIV/APN/395B/2012) [2012] LSCA 49 (19 October 2012) Refugee Act 18 of 1983 – naturalization of refugee under section 14 – total residence-period prior to application for naturalization six years – application prior to expiry of six year period ineffective.  Download […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Namibia, 2012

Published: 16/Oct/2012
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/NAM/CO/2-3 Concluding observations on the consolidated second and third periodic reports of Namibia. 36. The Committee welcomes the State party’s progress in ensuring that all children are registered at birth, including through the national mobile registration campaign in 2009 and […]

Egypt grants citizenship to 50,000 Palestinians

Published: 11/Oct/2012
Source: Jerusalem Post

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Some 50,000 Palestinians, most of them from the Gaza Strip, have been granted Egyptian citizenship over the past few months, an Egyptian security official revealed Thursday. The official said that the Egyptian Interior Ministry had been […]

Draft Zim constitution fails citizenship test

Published: 11/Oct/2012
Source: OSISA

By Bronwen Manby Most existing commentary on the citizenship provisions in the draft Constitution of Zimbabwe released on 17 July 2012 by the Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) has focused on the issue of dual citizenship, and on the status of those who […]

Explaining the Addis Agreements: Pensions

Published: 9/Oct/2012
Source: Radio Tamazuj

Sudan and South Sudan agreed 27 September to restore the pension rights of South Sudanese public servants who were dismissed from service as a consequence of new rules associated with nationality. They also agreed to restore the rights of a […]

RDC: Pierre Chalupa condamné à 4 ans de prison pour faux et usage de faux

Published: 8/Oct/2012
Source: Radio Okapi

Condamné d’avoir détenu et usé de faux documents pour se faire prévaloir Congolais, Pierre-Jacques Chalupa risque de passer quatre ans en prison, à moins qu’il interjette appel. Le samedi 6 octobre 2012, le tribunal de paix de Kinshasa/Ngaliema, siégeant en […]

Former DR Congo white parliamentarian found guilty of nationality fraud

Published: 6/Oct/2012
Source: AFP

A former opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament, born to European parents, has been found guilty of fraudulently claiming nationality, one of his lawyers said Saturday. A court in Kinshasa sentenced Pierre-Jacques Chalupa, 64, who was naturalised […]

Botswana: Bazezuru seek clarity on their citizenship

Published: 4/Oct/2012
Source: Botswana Gazette

BY SESUPO RANTSIMAKO MMANDUNYANE: The government’s decision to order the Bazezuru tribe to renounce their Zimbabwean citizenships has breed friction between the tribe and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs. The tribe has requested the Minister, Edwin Batshu to […]