Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

South Africa: Bureaucracy could delay deportations

December 16, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Bureaucracy could delay deportations

South African bureaucracy – and the vast numbers of Zimbabweans applying for a special permit to remain in the country – could delay the deportation of citizens from the neighbouring state for months. Home Affairs Minister Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma reportedly told […]


Djibouti: Décret N° 2010-0237/PR/MID modifiant le décret n°2009-0292/PR/MID relatif au changement de la Carte Nationale d’Identité

December 8, 2010 9:45 am Published by Comments Off on Djibouti: Décret N° 2010-0237/PR/MID modifiant le décret n°2009-0292/PR/MID relatif au changement de la Carte Nationale d’Identité

LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, CHEF DU GOUVERNEMENT VU La Constitution du 15 septembre 1992 ; VU La Loi n°79/AN/04/5ème L du 24 octobre 2004 portant Code de la Nationalité Djiboutienne ; VU Le Décret n°81-125/PR du 17 novembre 1981 […]


South Africa Citizenship Amendment Act No. 17 of 2010

December 7, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa Citizenship Amendment Act No. 17 of 2010

Amends provisions of South African Citizenship Act 1995 in relation to acquistion of citizenship by birth, descent or naturalisation. Download file: here


Progress report from the SPLM working group on citizenship

December 7, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Progress report from the SPLM working group on citizenship

Report from the Joint Post-Referendum Arrangement Negotiations Committee, SPLM Working Group on Citizenship. Download file: Progress report from the SPLM working group on citizenship (PDF, 936 kb)


Sudan: President Al-Bashir – Security And Protection of Southerners is Religious Responsibility

December 2, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Sudan: President Al-Bashir – Security And Protection of Southerners is Religious Responsibility

Khartoum — President of the Republic and Chairman of the National Congress, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, pointed out that the voices that speak about the southern citizen in the north do not reflect the views of the National Congress and […]


Viewed from the Past, the Future of South African Citizenship

December 1, 2010 3:13 pm Published by Comments Off on Viewed from the Past, the Future of South African Citizenship

By Jonathan Klaaren African Studies, Volume 69, 2010 – Issue 3: Making Sense of Borders, pp.385-401 Abstract The formation of South African citizenship between 1897 and 1937 may be explained through the process of bureaucratic regulation of the mobility of […]


Loi n° 2010-55 du 1er décembre 2010, modifiant certaines dispositions du code de la nationalité tunisienne

December 1, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Loi n° 2010-55 du 1er décembre 2010, modifiant certaines dispositions du code de la nationalité tunisienne

Law removes remaining gender discrimination in Tunisian nationality law. La loi supprime les dernieres dispositions discriminatoires dans le code de la nationalité tunisienne. Download / télécharger: Tunisie Loi No.2010-55


Niger: Constitution de la 7eme République

November 25, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Niger: Constitution de la 7eme République

Requires candidates for the presidency to have nationality of origin. Dispose que les candidats a la presidence doivent etre de nationalité d’origine. Publié dans le Journal officiel de la République du Niger, 29 novembre 2010, p. 246 à 261. Link […]


South Africa: Tussle over planned resumption of deportations

November 11, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Tussle over planned resumption of deportations

As the deadline to deport undocumented Zimbabwean migrants on or after 1 January 2011 looms, human rights activists warn South Africa could face a potential human rights disaster, though a senior South African official says the government is not aiming […]


Second meeting of the Sudan Consultative Forum / Communiqué

November 11, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Second meeting of the Sudan Consultative Forum / Communiqué

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 11, 2010 — Second meeting of the Sudan Consultative Forum / Communiqué The Sudan Consultative Forum (SCF) established by the consultative meeting that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8 May 2010, held its second […]


A Southerner in North Sudan

November 7, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on A Southerner in North Sudan

By Karen Ringuette November 7, 2010 — Two months before a referendum on self determination in south Sudan threatens to split the country in two, a million or more southerners living in north Sudan are wondering what their fate will […]