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Cabo Verde: Parlamento adia alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade

Published: 23/Mar/2010
Source: A Semana (Cabo Verde)

O parlamento adiou para finais de Abril o debate sobre a alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade, que vai permitir aos milhares cabo-verdianos nascidos no estrangeiro ficarem aptos a participar na escolha dos dirigentes deste arquipélago. O governo pediu o agendamento […]

Tanzania National Security Council Act No.8 of 2010

Published: 17/Mar/2010

Provisions relevant to citizenship: Section 9(e) Functions of the Regional Security Committee include :  “Consider applications for citizenship and advise the Minister responsible for citizenship”. Section 11(e) Functions of the District Security Committee include: “Consider applications for citizenship and submit […]

Guiné-Bissau: Cidadãos já podem ter dupla nacionalidade

Published: 16/Mar/2010
Source: http://www.dn.pt

Lisboa, 16 Mar (Lusa) – O primeiro ministro da Guiné-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior, anunciou hoje que os guineenses com nacionalidade portuguesa já podem requer a nacionalidade guineense. “A Assembleia Nacional Popular, na sua sessão de sexta feira, acabou de aprovar […]

L’Afrique pour les droits des femmes: Cahier d’exigences

Published: 4/Mar/2010
Source: FIDH

A l’occasion de la Journée internationale des femmes et du premier anniversaire de la campagne « L’Afrique pour les droits des femmes : ratifier et respecter ! », une centaine d’associations africaines publient leur « Cahier d’exigences », adressé aux […]

Passport lottery

Published: 4/Mar/2010
Source: BBC

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Zimbabwean filmmaker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers the implications of nationality as he flicks through his passport. You must have seen the queues around crumbling official buildings, or agonised over how to […]

Botswana: Official Explains Citizenship Application Process

Published: 1/Mar/2010
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

Many foreigners think that it is almost impossible to get Botswana citizenship regardless of how long one has stayed in the country. By Joyce Grey Some foreigners say that they have lived in Botswana and brought development and investment to […]

Official explains citizenship application process

Published: 1/Mar/2010
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

Many foreigners think that it is almost impossible to get Botswana citizenship regardless of how long one has stayed in the country. Some foreigners say that they have lived in Botswana and brought development and investment to the country but […]