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Mozambicans in Tanzania ask about dual nationality

Published: 10/Mai/2010
Source: AIM (Mozambique)

Maputo — Mozambicans living in Tanzanian on Friday called on the Mozambican government to clarify the question of dual nationality. Delivering a message to President Armando Guebuza, when he addressed members of the Mozambican community in Dar es Salaam, the […]

Beyond national citizenship

Published: 8/Mai/2010
Source: African Arguments

by Michaela Pelican ‘Belonging’ is a pertinent trope in Africa and beyond. However, in many parts of Africa belonging is not only understood in national terms but also, and most importantly, as belonging to a place or a group; e.g. […]

West Africa: Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees feel abandoned in Guinea

Published: 7/Mai/2010
Source: Pambazuka News

By Manuel Toledo « Kountaya was one of the biggest refugee camps in West Africa, » Sheku said, pointing at the old buildings surrounded by the Guinean jungle. After a long pause, he added, somewhat nostalgic, « while UNHCR and the other agencies […]

Namibian Constitution Second Amendment Act No.7 of 2010

Published: 7/Mai/2010

Amongst other things, the Act was adopted to « amend the Namibian Constitution so as to extend a waiting period required for acquiring Namibian citizenship by marriage from a period of not less than two years to a period of not […]

North Kivu’s nationality and the manipulation of ethnicity: A toxic mix

Published: 5/Mai/2010
Source: African Arguments

The relationship between nationality and ethnicity in Africa’s Great Lakes region is much debated – sometimes verbally, but more often violently. And this relationship is also a key component to any discussion on citizenship. Ethnicity is not intrinsically violent, despite […]

Cabo Verde: Lei Constitucional nº 1/VII/2010

Published: 2/Mai/2010

Revises 1992 constitution. Revisions noted first, then complete revised text. Artigo 5º (Cidadania) 1. São cidadãos cabo-verdianos todos aqueles que, por lei ou por convenção internacional, sejam considerados como tal. 2. O Estado poderá concluir tratados de dupla nacionalidade. 3. […]

Cabo Verde: Parlamento aprova alterações à Lei da Nacionalidade

Published: 29/Avr/2010
Source: ANGOP (Angola)

Cidade da Praia – A proposta que altera a Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada quarta feira na generalidade no Parlamento cabo-verdiano, com os votos a favor do PAICV e UCID e contra do MpD, que considerou as alterações « eleitoralistas ». O […]

Naturalisation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania: A new home?

Published: 29/Avr/2010
Source: Pambazuka News

It is rare for host countries to offer refugees citizenship, especially in a context such as the Great Lakes region where millions have been displaced. Instead, most governments wait for circumstances to change so that refugees can go back to […]

Abyei Area Referendum Act 2009

Published: 25/Avr/2010

Voter’s Eligibility 24. A voter shall be a resident of Abyei Area according to Article 6(1) of Abyei Area Protocol namely: (a) Members of Ngoc Dinka Community; (b) Other Sudanese residing in Abyei Area in accordance with the criteria of […]