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Botswana: Dow v. Attorney-General (High Court)

Published: 11/Jun/1991
Source: Botwana High Court

1991 BLR 233 (HC) “I do not think that I would be losing sight of my functions or exceeding them sitting as a judge in the High Court, if I say that the time that women were treated as chattels […]

Lesotho Citizenship (Amendment) Order No.12 of 1991

Published: 8/May/1991

Increasing residence period for ordinary naturalisation from five to ten years; inserting section 9A providing additional grounds for naturalisation without any required residence period. Download: Lesotho Citizenship (Amendment) Order 1991

São Tomé e Príncipe: Lei 6/90 da Nacionalidade

Published: 13/Sep/1990

1.São são-tomenses de origem: a) Os nascidos em S.Tomé e Príncipe, filho de pai ou mãe santomense; b) Os nascidos no estrangeiro filhos de pai ou mãe santomense, que se encontre ao serviço do Estado santomense; c) Os filhos de […]

Zimbabwe: Chirwa v. Registrar General

Published: 2/Aug/1990
Source: High Court of Zimbabwe (Harare)

1993 (1) ZLR (H) 1-20 The applicant had successfully obtained an order declaring him to be a citizen of Zimbabwe. The respondent refused to release his passport to the applicant. The applicant sought an order requiring his passport to be […]

Tanzania: Yusuph vs Minister for Home Affairs

Published: 23/Jul/1990
Source: High Court of Tanzania

Jama Yusuph vs Minister for Home Affairs [1990] TZHC 9 (23 July 1990) Coram Kyando, J. Kyando, J.: The applicant in this matter Mohamedi Jama Yusuph, is a Somali by origin. He has filed this application seeking from this court […]

Nigerian Citizenship Law: A Current Perspective

Published: 3/Apr/1990
Source: Journal of African Law

K.C. Okoli, (1990). “Nigerian Citizenship Law: A Current Perspective”, Journal of African Law, Vol.34, pp.27-41. Abstract: Since 1979, there have been significant changes in the law relating to citizenship in Nigeria. These changes came with the enactment in that year […]