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Namibia: President Rejects Citizenship Bill
Namibian, 15 August 2016
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has admitted that the proposed amendment to the citizenship law is not needed and that lawmakers and the executive should not be seen as sidestepping courts'… Read more »
Namibia President Rejects Citizenship Bill
The bill is aimed at side-stepping a Supreme Court judgement on the right to acquire Namibian citizenship by birth.
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Namibia: NC Told to Pass Citizenship Bill
Namibian, 2 August 2016
SWAPO has instructed the National Council to pass the controversial Citizenship Bill. Read more »
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Namibia: Lawyers Raise Alarm Over Citizenship Bill
Namibian, 29 July 2016
AN ATTEMPT to amend the Namibian Citizenship Act in order to override a recent Supreme Court judgement on citizenship rights is the most serious challenge since independence to… Read more »
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Namibia: Iivula-Ithana Attempts to Calm Citizenship Storm
New Era, 3 August 2016
Following the June 23 landmark Supreme Court ruling in which government was ordered to issue a full Namibian birth certificate to a child born to foreign parents but on Namibian… Read more »
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Namibia: Jolie-Pitt Child to Lose Citizenship
Namibian, 1 August 2016
THE LAW Society of Namibia on Friday said should the Namibian Citizenship Amendment Bill be passed into law, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie-Pitt's daughter Shiloh's citizenship… Read more »
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Namibia: What Is Ordinary Residence?
Namibian, 12 August 2016
DURING the recent discussions around the Namibian Citizenship Amendment Bill, it became clear that there is some confusion about the concept of ordinary residence. Even though the… Read more »
