Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Zimbabwe, Constitution Amendment No 19 Bill – MDC draft

November 24, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe, Constitution Amendment No 19 Bill – MDC draft

Proposals from the opposition MDC for the constitutional amendments to form a governmnet of national unity (not the version finally adopted). Download file: here


Gambia Refugee Act 2008

November 17, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Gambia Refugee Act 2008

The Gambia Refugee Act adopts the definition of a refugee from the 1951 Refugee Convention and the OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee. The Act also includes protection of stateless refugees within its definition, including any person “not […]


Going Home or Staying Home: Ending Displacement for Burundian Refugees in Tanzania

November 13, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Going Home or Staying Home: Ending Displacement for Burundian Refugees in Tanzania

This paper focuses on issues of belonging and exclusion for refugees who fled Burundi in the early 1970s and sought  refuge in Tanzania. More than three decades later, and with a peace agreement ending active hostilities in Burundi, “durable solutions” […]


Mbororo claims to regional citizenship

November 1, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mbororo claims to regional citizenship

Michaela Pelican “Mbororo Claims to Regional Citizenship and Minority Status in North-West Cameroon”, Africa, 2008, Vol. 78, No.4, pp 540-560 Abstract: Discourses on autochthony, citizenship and exclusion have become popular in Cameroon as well as in other parts of Africa, […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Communique Ressortissants CEDEAO

October 31, 2008 12:29 pm Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Communique Ressortissants CEDEAO

Le Premier Ministre, Monsieur Guillaume Kigbafori SORO et le Président de la Commission EIectorale Indépendante, Monsieur Robert Mambé BEUGRE, portent à la connaissance des populations qu’il revient de manière récurrente que des citoyens ressortissants de pays membres de la CEDEAO […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Communique — citoyens ressortissants de pays membres de la CEDEAO

October 31, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Communique — citoyens ressortissants de pays membres de la CEDEAO

[…] le Premier Ministre et le Président de la Commission Electorale Indépendante tiennent à informer les ressortissants du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Cap Vert, de la Gambie,du Ghana, de la Guinée, de la Guinée-Bissau, du Liberia, du Mali, du […]


Status of Nigerians living in the Bakassi Peninsula

October 29, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Status of Nigerians living in the Bakassi Peninsula

The status of Nigerians living in the Bakassi Peninsula; whether they are considered to be Nigerian citizens or citizens of Cameroon; whether individuals of Nigerian descent are free to move back to Nigeria (2006 – September 2008) The Bakassi Peninsula […]


Maroc: Décret no.2-07-975 du 28 octobre 2008 relatif à la composition et les modalités de fontionnement de la commission chargée de statuer sur les demandes de naturalisation

October 28, 2008 12:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Maroc: Décret no.2-07-975 du 28 octobre 2008 relatif à la composition et les modalités de fontionnement de la commission chargée de statuer sur les demandes de naturalisation

Télécharger décret: Maroc Decret 2-07-975 commission naturalisation 28 oct 2008


Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger

October 27, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/08/08) Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/08 of 27 October 2008 Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. The Republic of Niger “In 1996, while she was only twelve (12) years old, the applicant, Mrs. Hadijatou Mani Koraou, of […]


Namibia: Minister of Home Affairs v Dickson and Another

October 24, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Minister of Home Affairs v Dickson and Another

Minister of Home Affairs v Dickson and Another (SA34/2007) [2008] NASC 13; 2008 (2) NR 665 (SC) (24 October 2008) Appeal Court judgment overturning High Court ruling to find that an application for Namibian citizenship on the basis of marriage […]


Zimbabwe: T v Registrar General of Births and Deaths

October 20, 2008 9:17 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: T v Registrar General of Births and Deaths

T v Registrar General of Births and Deaths (135/07) ((135/07)) [2008] ZWSC 26 (20 October 2008) Judgment No. SC 25/08 Civil Appeal No. 135/07 Mrs. T v REGISTRAR GENERAL OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE MALABA JA, ZIYAMBI […]