July 17, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s governing National Congress Party (NCP) has reaffirmed refusal to granting dual-citizenship to Southern Sudanese, in contrast with pledges by South Sudan to grant citizenship to northern Sudanese. Read further: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article39557
Over the past ten days or so the government in Khartoum has taken a series of steps to translate its consequently racist nationalism into law. The National Assembly approved in principle a set of amendments to the Nationality Law that […]
CRC/C/EGY/CO/3-4 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Egypt Birth registration 42. The Committee welcomes that the Child Law (2008) gives both parents the right to register the birth of a child […]
Repeals and replaces the law of 1990. Article 3 provides that children acquire nationality at birth if either or both parents are Equatoguinean. Article 5 provides the right to opt for nationality to the spouses of Equatoguinean citizens and those […]
By Mahmood Mamdani ‘East Africa has two post-colonial traditions of citizenship’, writes Mahmood Mamdani: territorial and ethnic. If the region is to have a political federation, it will need to be based on a common citizenship, he argues: ‘Which one […]
Adopted immediately after the secession of South Sudan from Sudan. Article 8 provides that: (1) A person born before or after this Act has entered into force shall be considered a South Sudanese National by birth if such person meets […]
Article 43 states “Every person born to a South Sudanese mother or father shall have an inalienable right to enjoy South Sudanese citizenship and nationality.” Download file: South Sudan Transitional Constitution 2011
With just weeks to go before a 27-month moratorium on deporting Zimbabweans living illegally in South Africa expires, the authorities are scrambling to complete a documentation process that will still leave hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans lacking the necessary permits […]
(HC 7248/10) [2011] ZWHHC 128 MAVANGIRA J: This matter was heard on 24 March 2011. On 31 March 2011 this court issued an order in the following terms: “IT IS DECLARED THAT: 1. The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe […]
Charlotte Lee Miller, “Who are the “permanent inhabitants” of the state?: citizenship policies and border controls in Tanzania, 1920-1980.” PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. From 1920 to 1980, British colonial authorities and post-colonial Tanzanian leaders struggled […]
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province, rumours and speculation have been rife regarding the anticipated return of Congolese (Tutsi) refugees from Rwanda, in particular since the signing of a tripartite agreement between the governments of the […]
Refugees and asylum seekers from Somalia and other troubled African countries seeking a new life in South Africa are bracing themselves for tighter regulations as part of planned government amendments. Several dozen Somali men and women mill around the offices […]