Voice of America: No South Sudan Passports for Fulani, Officials Say

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No South Sudan Passports for Fulani, Officials Say Feb 22nd 2013, 17:24 Officials in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan are refusing to issue national ID cards to members of the Fulani tribe, insisting that they are not eligible -- because they're not South Sudanese. Manot Mareng, the director for Migration, IDs and Passports in the state capital, Aweil, said that only people who have lived without interruption in what is now South Sudan since 1956 are eligible for ID documents. In the case of the Fulanis, that has not always been the case, he ... Media files: 1CC2E6E1-30A4-430B-905C-73D891985652_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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