LN 64/2012 as amended by LN 145/2014) Establishes procedures for citizenship, including application forms and fee schedule. Download: Kenya-Citizenship-Regulations-2012
More than 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced in ethnically motivated massacres in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since mid-May, according to government officials. Bigembe Turikonkinko, the sector chief of Katoyi in North Kivu’s Masisi territory, has […]
Marriages of convenience have become a common phenomenon in Botswana and if the nation is not careful, there could be serious consequences, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu has cautioned. By Bame Piet Speaking to the Monitor on […]
S. Kwaku Asare The Supreme Court recently made several important pronouncements on dual citizenship that has statutory, regulatory, and travel implications. The pronouncements render inaccurate and obsolete information posted on the website of many of our embassies. I discuss the […]
by Gianluca Parolin (EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert, American University of Cairo) Citizenship seems to have become the last frontier of political litigation in Egypt. It had been so even before the constitutional amendments approved in a national referendum in March 2011, […]
Ebenezer Durojaye and Edmund Amarkwei Foley (2012) 2 AHRLJ 564-578 SUMMARY The article analyses the Nubian Children communication, the very first case to be finalised by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It […]
By Bronwen Manby In January 2011, after years of civil war, the people of South Sudan voted overwhelmingly for separation from the Republic of Sudan. The Republic of South Sudan obtained its independence six months later, on 9 July 2011. […]
By Julius N. Uma May 31, 2012 (JUBA) – As talks between Sudan and South Sudan got underway on Tuesday US-based Refugees International has recommended that both parties make the status of each other’s citizens a priority. Refugees International (RI), […]
As the newest nation in the world, the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS) is undertaking the monumental task of building a nation state. Creating a functioning government would bean epic challenge for any country, but it is even greater for […]
South Sudan has asked its public institutions, non-governmental organisations and businesses operating in the country to sack Sudanese nationals. The decision followed a May 26 circular issued by the Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development to put […]
SEBHA/OUBARI/MURZUQ, 24 May 2012 (IRIN) – Since Muammar Gaddafi’s fall seven months ago, Libya’s non-Arab minorities, including an estimated 250,000 Tuaregs, have begun more vehemently to insist on their rights. “Gaddafi’s policy was ‘keep your dog hungry so that he […]
by Prof. Charles Kambanda 1. Whether or no the State retains absolute ownership of an individual’s passport There are some things the generality of which the State owns. These include citizenship, passport and wealth. However, when the State grants any […]