By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Some 50,000 Palestinians, most of them from the Gaza Strip, have been granted Egyptian citizenship over the past few months, an Egyptian security official revealed Thursday. The official said that the Egyptian Interior Ministry had been […]
By Bronwen Manby Most existing commentary on the citizenship provisions in the draft Constitution of Zimbabwe released on 17 July 2012 by the Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) has focused on the issue of dual citizenship, and on the status of those who […]
Sudan and South Sudan agreed 27 September to restore the pension rights of South Sudanese public servants who were dismissed from service as a consequence of new rules associated with nationality. They also agreed to restore the rights of a […]
Condamné d’avoir détenu et usé de faux documents pour se faire prévaloir Congolais, Pierre-Jacques Chalupa risque de passer quatre ans en prison, à moins qu’il interjette appel. Le samedi 6 octobre 2012, le tribunal de paix de Kinshasa/Ngaliema, siégeant en […]
A former opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament, born to European parents, has been found guilty of fraudulently claiming nationality, one of his lawyers said Saturday. A court in Kinshasa sentenced Pierre-Jacques Chalupa, 64, who was naturalised […]
BY SESUPO RANTSIMAKO MMANDUNYANE: The government’s decision to order the Bazezuru tribe to renounce their Zimbabwean citizenships has breed friction between the tribe and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs. The tribe has requested the Minister, Edwin Batshu to […]
By Assefa Fiseha Journal of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 22, 2012 – Issue 4, Pages 435-473 Abstract After years of centralised rule that emphasised unity, since 1991 Ethiopia has adopted a federal system that aims at accommodating diversity. This […]
This analysis was researched and written by the United States Institute of Peace. It is intended to analyze the gender aspects of the September 2012 Sudan-South Sudan agreements and make actionable recommendations for gender-sensitive implementation. Link to report on USIP […]
By Dele Ogbodo With barely two weeks to the expiration of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ruling which ceded Bakassi Peninsular and other territories to Cameroun on October 10, 2002, the Senate, Wednesday unanimously rejected the ruling. Senate President, […]
11 minute video by Ugandan Senior Immigration Officer Marshall Alenyo on the rules for dual citizenship in Uganda.
by Joan Timoney It is very busy in New York these days as heads of state, ministers, senior government officials and civil society leaders gather for the 67th Session of the U.N. General Assembly. In conjunction with the General Assembly’s […]
By Femi Falana SAN THE contemporary boundary problems that exist between Nigeria and Cameroon particularly over the ownership and control of Bakassi Peninsula can be traced primarily to colonialism, the scramble for African territories and the creation of artificial boundaries […]