Donald Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US In one of his first acts as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending “birthright citizenship” – meaning the automatic American citizenship that is granted to anyone born in the country. It’s […]
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FRANCIS OSEI-BONSU V. ATTORNEY GENERAL (2024) Supreme Court · WRIT NO.J1/18/2023 · 24 Apr 2024 · Ghana CORAM SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ (PRESIDING) PWAMANG JSC OWUSU (MS.) JSC KULENDI JSC ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC KOOMSON JSC GAEWU JSC KULENDI JSC: 1. The Plaintiff, a legal practitioner and a citizen of Ghana, on the 10th of July,
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The Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed strong disapproval of the nomination of a dual citizen for the position of Supreme Court judge. According to Dr. Forson, dual citizens are ineligible to hold key government positions, particularly as judges on the Supreme Court. President Akufo-Addo has nominated Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, a dual
A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years must wait a decade before the Home Office will let him stay permanently. Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, had for many years assumed he was officially seen as British. He only discovered otherwise in 2019 and, despite paying taxes
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The Supreme Court by a majority decision has declared as unconstitutional sections of the Citizenship Act which prohibit a person with dual citizenship from becoming a Chief Justice, Commissioner, Value Added Tax Service, Director-General, Prisons Service, Chief Fire Officer, Chief Director of a Ministry or a rank of Colonel in the army, or other security
Judges to decide whether revoking citizenship of teenager who joined Islamic State was unlawful Shamima Begum, who left the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join Islamic State is to find out whether her appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship has been successful. Three court of appeal judges, including the chief justice, Sue
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