Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Ketebo tribe petition E. Equatoria for ethnic recognition

September 26, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ketebo tribe petition E. Equatoria for ethnic recognition

The Ketebo ethnic group of Ikwoto county in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state are petitioning the state’s parliament against “attempts to exclude” them from the list of ethnic communities living in the state and in the young nation. Read more.


Obtenir la nationalité marocaine

September 22, 2013 4:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Obtenir la nationalité marocaine

Par Bernard R. L’information est sortie avec quasiment un mois de retard : le chanteur de raï algérien, marié à une marocaine, à obtenu, le 20 août 2013, la nationalité marocaine. L’occasion pour nous de revenir un peu sur les […]


Tanzania: Kabwe faults crackdown on illegal migrants

September 18, 2013 2:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Kabwe faults crackdown on illegal migrants

By Anthony Kayanda Kigoma. An MP from the region has accused the government of targeting and harassing people from the region on pretext of nationality. As a result scores of them have been sent back to the country from Burundi […]


Tanzania must learn to be a good neighbour: the perspective from Uganda

September 15, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania must learn to be a good neighbour: the perspective from Uganda

Opinion By Dimas Nkunda Just when we thought that our neighbour, Tanzania, was about to rethink its current policy of expelling other nationals from its soil, another problem came up. The latest news coming out of Tanzania is that some 25,000 […]


Zimbabwe: Whitehead wins citizenship case

September 15, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Whitehead wins citizenship case

The Supreme Court on Friday restored the citizenship status of an election expert, who had been stripped of his birthright and forced out of Zimbabwe seven years ago after being declared an “undesirable inhabitant”. BY SILAS NKALA Topper Whitehead appealed […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Loi n° 2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulieres en matiere d’acquisition de la nationalite par declaration

September 13, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Loi n° 2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulieres en matiere d’acquisition de la nationalite par declaration

Télécharger: Loi n° 2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulieres en matiere d’acquisition de la nationalite par declaration (PDF) Unofficial translation: Cote dIvoire Loi 2013-653 acquisition by declaration


Cote d’Ivoire: Loi No.61-415 portant Code de la nationalité ivoirienne telle que modifiée et completée 2013

September 13, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Loi No.61-415 portant Code de la nationalité ivoirienne telle que modifiée et completée 2013

Loi n° 61-415 du 14 Décembre 1961 portant Code de la nationalité ivoirienne, telle que modifiée  par la loi No.64-381 du 7 octobre 1964, la Loi No.72-852 du 21 Décembre 1972, la Loi No.2004-662 du 17 décembre 2004, les Décisions […]


Zimbabwe: Whitehead v Registrar General of Citizenship & Others (Supreme Court)

September 12, 2013 2:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Whitehead v Registrar General of Citizenship & Others (Supreme Court)

Whitehead v Registrar General of Citizenship & Others (SC 308/12) [2015] ZWSC 21 (12 September 2013) (Garwe JA, Ziyambi & Guvava JJA concurring) (Decision given 13 September 2013; judgment made available 16 April 2015) Summary: The appellant was born in […]


Sierra Leone: “We Expect You To Be Good Citizens” — President Koroma Admonishes

September 11, 2013 1:29 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone: “We Expect You To Be Good Citizens” — President Koroma Admonishes

20 new Sierra Leoneans who acquired citizenship status through Naturalization as provided for in the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone have subscribed to the oath of allegiance at the Presidential Lodge, Hill Station on Tuesday 10th September, instant. In a […]