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 […]
The applicant was born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, on 15 April 1944. His mother Enid Marjorie Whitehead was also born in this country on 11 April 1917. She lived and died in Zimbabwe on 17 September 2000. The applicant’s […]
Ramnik Shah, “Kenya’s citizenship laws revisited”, Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol.26, No.3, 2012, pp.269-277. Abstract: In ‘Britain and Kenya’s citizenship law: a conflict of laws’ ((1992) Vol 6, No 4 IANL ) I questioned the legality of […]