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The Politics of Home: Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora

Published: 1/Dec/2011
Source: International Migration Review

Beth Elise Whitaker Volume: 45 issue: 4, 2011, pp.755-783 Abstract In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now […]

Botswana: Khama is not a foreigner – Nasha

Published: 29/Nov/2011
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

By NELSON DIRENG The Speaker of the National Assembly Margaret Nasha came to President Ian Khama’s rescue as opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) demanded to know whether it is true that Khama enjoys dual citizenship – these being Botswana and […]

Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’

Published: 24/Nov/2011
Source: africanarguments.org

By Mary Harper Do you know what the Kenyan police call Somalis?” asked a successful Somali businessman from his office in downtown Nairobi. “They call us ATM machines. That’s because the only way we can navigate the situation here is […]

New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

Published: 24/Nov/2011
Source: Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT)

By Gianluca P. Parolin, EUDO Citizenship expert for Egypt Arab state authorities have quite consistently refused to naturalise Palestinians or their offspring in a move to allegedly protect Palestinian identity from vanishing with full integration in the host countries, often against […]

On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

Published: 23/Nov/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

By Laura Bingham The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will meet for its 18th Session in Algiers next week (November 27 – December 1, 2011), providing an important occasion for states, civil […]

Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

Published: 18/Nov/2011
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

LAWRENCE SERETSE Correspondent Thousands of Batswana who have taken their citizenship for granted until now are reeling in shock after learning that they are foreigners; that is, they are not recognised as Batswana. The problem is that many of them […]

Cote d’Ivoire: Decision No. CI-2011-EL-54/18-11/CC/SG

Published: 17/Nov/2011
Source: Conseil Constitutionel de la Cote d'Ivoire

Contestation de l’éligibilité du sieur Tioté Souhaluo aux élections législatives de décembre 2011. Telecharger: Cote dIvoire Decision CI-2001-EL-54 du 17 novembre 2011 – Confirmation de perte de la nationalité

Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

Published: 11/Nov/2011
Source: New York Times Borderlines

By Frank Jacobs Borderlines If it bleeds, it leads, goes the journalistic dictum. But the reverse is also true, which is why, through all the millions of words published in the last nine months about Libya, you’ve never heard of […]

Statelessness in Southern Africa

Published: 3/Nov/2011
Source: UNHCR

By Bronwen Manby This background paper was commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for a Regional Conference on Statelessness in Southern Africa, which was hosted by UNHCR in Mbombela (Nelspruit), South Africa 1-3 November 2011. The […]

Code de la nationalité marocaine 1958, modifié 2011

Published: 25/Oct/2011

Dahir n° 1-58-250 du 21 safar 1378 (6 septembre 1958) portant code de la nationalité marocaine Version consolidée en date du 26 octobre 2011 — tel que modifié par les textes suivants Dahir n° 1-11-170 du 27 kaada 1432 (25 […]