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Tanzania: Dual Citizenship May Be Allowed By 2014, MPs Told

Published: 21/Jul/2011
Source: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

By Frank Kimboy, Dodoma. Tanzania could grant dual citizenship to its nationals as early as 2014, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe said yesterday. The minister told Parliament that the ministry and other relevant institutions of the government […]

Sudan: Citizenship Changed for Residents from the South

Published: 20/Jul/2011
Source: Library of Congress (Washington DC)

By Constance Johnson (July 20, 2011) On July 13, 2011, the Parliament of Sudan passed a law that ends Sudanese citizenship for residents of the newly independent state of South Sudan. Although the legislation had yet to have its third […]

Sudan says no dual-citizenship for southerners

Published: 17/Jul/2011
Source: sudantribune.com

July 17, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s governing National Congress Party (NCP) has reaffirmed refusal to granting dual-citizenship to Southern Sudanese, in contrast with pledges by South Sudan to grant citizenship to northern Sudanese. Read further: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article39557

Sudan: Citizenship dispensary

Published: 16/Jul/2011
Source: Still Sudan blog

Over the past ten days or so the government in Khartoum has taken a series of steps to translate its consequently racist nationalism into law. The National Assembly approved in principle a set of amendments to the Nationality Law that […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Egypt, 2011

Published: 15/Jul/2011
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/EGY/CO/3-4 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Egypt Birth registration 42. The Committee welcomes that the Child Law (2008) gives both parents the right to register the birth of a child […]

South Sudan Nationality Act, 2011

Published: 7/Jul/2011

Adopted immediately after the secession of South Sudan from Sudan. Article 8 provides that: (1) A person born before or after this Act has entered into force shall be considered a South Sudanese National by birth if such person meets […]

South Sudan Transitional Constitution 2011

Published: 7/Jul/2011

Article 43 states “Every person born to a South Sudanese mother or father shall have an inalienable right to enjoy South Sudanese citizenship and nationality.” Download file: South Sudan Transitional Constitution 2011

Deportation threat for undocumented Zimbabweans

Published: 6/Jul/2011
Source: IRIN

With just weeks to go before a 27-month moratorium on deporting Zimbabweans living illegally in South Africa expires, the authorities are scrambling to complete a documentation process that will still leave hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans lacking the necessary permits […]

Zimbabwe: Piroro v. Registrar General of Citizenship and Others

Published: 6/Jul/2011
Source: High Court of Zimbabwe

(HC 7248/10) [2011] ZWHHC 128 MAVANGIRA J: This matter was heard on 24 March 2011. On 31 March 2011 this court issued an order in the following terms: “IT IS DECLARED THAT: 1. The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe […]