Ugbudian, Lucky Igohosa and Ani, Uchenna and Alaku, Emmanuel C. and Okonkwo, C. Eze and Nwamuo, Bright E. and Ukaegbu, Uduka Nmaju (2022) Interrogating Identity and Nationality in Post-Independent South Sudan. JOURNAL OF SOMALI STUDIES: Research on Somalia and the Greater Horn of African Countries, 9 (1). pp. 125-141.
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The paper examines the question of identity and nationality following the independence of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011. The fallout was the stripping of 500,000 South Sudanese residents in Khartoum of their Sudanese citizenship after a nine-month grace and over eight million residents in communities in South Sudan remained in legal limbo until insurance of citizenship slips. Data for the paper were generated from newspapers, journals, and books analysed qualitatively using the historical approach, The results showed that the 2011 Sudan Nationality Act that abrogated the 1994 Act, which had provisions for dual nationality for both countries, and the 2005 agreement made it the fundamental right if either parent shared either nationality. At the same time, South Sudan adopted it Citizenship Act of 2011 and these laws enacted by both countries introduced ethno-identity into Sudanese nationality. In the same vein, the constitution of South Sudan gave certain preconditions for the acquisition of its citizenship, with emphasis on birth and naturalization. The logistical and manpower needed to carry out the processing of the citizenship documentation were slow and in short supply and complicated by discriminatory acts against some ethnic groups, making most people to adopt measures to avoid statelessness. The paper further revealed that the March 13, 2012 agreement on documentation of citizens included freedom of residence, economic activity, property rights and movements for citizens of the other party living in their territory instituted a platform for addressing the gaps in the nationality and identity question of the people of South Sudan.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2025 14:46 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2025 14:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4486 |
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