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Two Lebanese brothers born in Ghana to Lebanese parents were granted Ghanaian citizenship under the Ghana Nationality Decree of 1967. However, a later amendment to the decree in 1969 attempted to retroactively take away their citizenship by including parental citizenship as a requirement. The brothers challenged this in court. The Supreme Court held that the amendment could not take away citizenship that had already been granted under the original decree, as the government does not have unlimited power to r

Author

Maame Esi Nkrumah Abamfo

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