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SA ends special deal for Zim migrants

Published: 2/Sep/2010
Source: Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

SA is to stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter the country without documents. South Africa will at the end of the year stop a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who […]

Copts in Sudan

Published: 2/Sep/2010
Source: Sudan Update

Extract from background paper on the Copts by AbdelSalaam Hassan (no date): “Before 1989, it was relatively easy for Copts to obtain Sudanese nationality by birth or by naturalisation, under the 1957 Nationality Act. Now they report difficulties with the […]

Kenya Constitution 2010

Published: 28/Aug/2010

Chapter III (Arts 12-18) provides for citizenship. Other relevant provisions include Art 78 (restrictions on dual citizenship for state officers), and Schedule 6 (transitional provisions) Art 30. Download: Kenya Constitution 2010

Fertile land the prize that could reignite ethnic conflict in DR Congo

Published: 26/Aug/2010
Source: The Guardian (UK)

Leaving behind the mass of humanity that is Goma, the dirt road climbs steadily as it switchbacks through the emerald hills. Clear streams run in the valleys, and on the slopes both cows and vegetables grow fat from the lush […]

Kenya: One hundred years of solitude and sufferance

Published: 25/Aug/2010
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

By Antony Gitonga You probably haven’t heard about them, although they have been in our midst for over 100 years. They are the Isahakia, named after the Isaq clan in Somaliland, from whence they came. Presently, there are over 10,000 […]

Nigeria: FG confers citizenship on 82 nationals

Published: 18/Aug/2010
Source: News Agency of Nigeria

Abuja, Aug. 18, 2010 (NAN) The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the grant of citizenship on 82 nationals. The Minister of State for Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, made this known after the FEC meeting at the […]

Declaration of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

Published: 14/Aug/2010
Source: United Nations / African Union / African Development Bank

First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 – 14 August 2010 Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Africa 8. Note that the challenge before us now is to continue mobilizing and rallying political […]

Submission on the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill, B 17 – 2010

Published: 6/Aug/2010
Source: Citizenship Rights Africa Initiative (Civil society coalition on the right to a nationality)

The Citizenship Rights Africa Initiative (CRAI), a civil society coalition working on nationality rights in Africa, welcomes the opportunity to comment on the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill, B–17, 2010, which will amend the Citizenship Act, 1995 (as already amended […]

South African Citizenship and the 2010 Citizenship Amendment Bill

Published: 28/Jul/2010
Source: Polity.org.za

Immigration lawyer Chris Watters considers proposals for amendments to South African Citizenship Act. The 2010 South African Citizenship Amendment Bill has been tabled in Parliament and members of the public have been invited to comment on the proposals put forward […]

Sierra Leone: Mr President, please protect my citizenship rights

Published: 2/Jul/2010
Source: Sierra Express

By Rodney Edmond Michael In the last several months, those of us that are Sierra Leoneans of Caucasian (white) Skin have been shocked, embarrassed and discouraged by an Immigration Policy demanding we seek clearance as Sierra Leoneans before traveling with […]