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Kenya: National Registration Process Leaves Minorities on the Edge of Statelessness

Published: 23/May/2008
Source: Refugees International

The ethnic divides that Kenya’s election crisis brought to light over- shadow another longstanding form of marginalization: obstacles to citizenship faced by minority groups such as the Nubians, Kenyan Somalis, and coastal Arabs in the national identification (ID) card reg- […]

ACHPR Comm 292/04 : Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa / Angola

Published: 22/May/2008
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Communication 292/04 IHRDA (on behalf of Esmaila Connateh & 13 others) / Republic of Angola [24th AAR] 1.The complaint is filed by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) on […]

Mozambique: “Vamos lá falar!” – Editorial do Zambeze

Published: 8/May/2008
Source: Zambeze (Maputo)

Qual é afinal a jurisprudência sobre a nacionalidade moçambicana? A semana que decorreu entre a nossa última edição e esta, foi rica em episódios. Nada melhor para quem gosta mesmo de jornalismo. E nada melhor do que isso acontecer em […]

Mozambique: Spurious Claims About Prime Minister’s Nationality

Published: 8/May/2008
Source: AIM (Mozambique)

By Paul Fauvet Maputo — Wednesday and Thursday saw the Mozambican government submitted to questioning in the country’s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic – but some of the opposition deputies, rather than asking relevant questions about the government’s compliance […]

Mozambique: Nacionalidade da PM: CP da Frelimo dissipa dúvidas

Published: 3/May/2008
Source: Zambeze (Maputo) / macua.blogs.com

Um comunicado da Comissão Política do Partido Frelimo chegado ontem à nossa Redacção refere que a Primeira-Ministra, Luísa Diogo é moçambicana e nunca perdeu a nacionalidade contrariamente às informações veiculadas por uma certa Imprensa. A Comissão Política reunida ontem na […]

Lesotho: Director of Immigration and others v. Lekhoaba

Published: 11/Apr/2008
Source: Lesotho Court of Appeal

C of A (CIV) No. 22/07 Summary: (a) Dual citizenship – Failure to renounce South African citizenship – Section 41 of the Constitution of Lesotho -Sections 22 and 23 of the Citizenship Order 1971 -Whether the first respondent ceased to […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Morocco, 2008

Published: 8/Apr/2008
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CEDAW/C/MAR/CO/4 Extract: 40. While noting with satisfaction the improvement in the personal status of women in the State party, including the fact that that every child born to a Moroccan mother, whether in Morocco or abroad, is entitled to acquire […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Burundi, 2008

Published: 8/Apr/2008
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women

CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 The Committee considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic report of Burundi (CEDAW/C/BDI/4) at its 813th and 814th meetings, on 16 January 2008 (see CEDAW/C/SR.813 and CEDAW/C/SR.814). The Committee’s list of issues and questions is contained in CEDAW/C/BDI/Q/4 […]