x
Guinea
x
x
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
x
x
x
x
x
(x)
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
crime
state
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
L1965Art46,50 51
L1989Art188-189,
C1999Art39
L1990Art14-16
L1961(2013)Arts48-56
C1996(2001)Art13
C1992 Art 9
L2000Art18
L1988Art95, 103,
104,105,106
L1992Art9
L1973Art21.50-54&
Art22.1-4
L2011Arts249-254
L1984(2014)Art34-36
C1999Art28
L1961(2013)Arts18&20
L1973(2006)Arts16-18
L1978Art23,26,27,28
n/a not available
(x) permission of government required for dual citizenship
xMS permission required during period in which military service obligations apply or if person concerned is a national of an enemy country
29
legal
protection vs
statelessness
x
x
x
res. out
country
x
x
x
x
of
vs
x
x
Fraud
x
x
x
x
x
Relevant
provisions
disloyal
/
incompatible
behaviour
Côte d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
crime vs state
x
x
Naturalised person
ordinary
crime
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Work for / act
like national
of
another
state
Acquires
another
citizenship
Table 6: Criteria for loss of nationality
Country
Dual nat.
Nat. from birth