Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
September 23, 2025 8:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Fresh concerns have emerged about the strength of Ghana’s citizenship and documentation processes, following reports that some foreign nationals – Niharika Handa and her son, Vasu Handa – obtained Ghanaian citizenship despite alleged unresolved inconsistencies in personal records. Investigators earlier […]
September 18, 2025 7:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le président tchadien Mahamat Idriss Déby a déchu mercredi par décret deux activistes tchadiens établis en France, dénonçant leur virulence envers le pouvoir et les accusant d’intelligence avec des puissances étrangères. «Messieurs Chafardine Galmaye Saleh et N’Guebla Makaïla sont déchus […]
September 17, 2025 5:12 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The government is moving forward with the Statelessness Determination and Protection Bill, a legislative effort aimed at addressing statelessness and ensuring that all eligible citizens have a legal identity. Once passed, the Bill will address the issue of statelessness and […]
September 10, 2025 6:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Rodgers Manishimwe, Director, Research Council for Abavadimwe The Banyarwanda—the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa—are a significant ethnic community in Uganda whose history dates far beyond the colonial boundaries. Despite being declared indigenous by Uganda’s 1995 Constitution; they continue to face […]
September 8, 2025 12:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ayang Macdonald The Kakamega Country in Kenya has witnessed a jump in national ID registrations following the scrapping of application fees for first-timers. The move has also positively influenced ID registration in other counties as the government has carried […]
September 2, 2025 8:19 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0 Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1. Resolve major situations of statelessness In May, Kenya’s parliamentary committee submitted the draft Amendment Bill to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act to the […]
September 2, 2025 6:11 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Thierno Gueye Adopté à l’unanimité le 1ᵉʳ septembre 2025 par l’Assemblée législative de Transition (ALT), le nouveau Code des personnes et de la famille (CPF) marque une réforme majeure du droit familial burkinabè. Avec ses 1 113 articles répartis […]
September 1, 2025 6:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
L’Assemblée législative de Transition (ALT) a adopté, ce lundi 1er septembre 2025, à l’unanimité des 71 députés, le projet de loi portant Code des personnes et de la famille (CPF). Ce texte majeur, défendu par le ministre de la Justice […]
September 1, 2025 11:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Sky Kruger Research Assistant, Refugee Rights Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Shazia Sader Refugee Rights Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): African Human Mobility Review Keywords: Statelessness, Global […]
September 1, 2025 11:26 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Former Central African Republic prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele announced on Monday that he has given up his French citizenship in order to run against long-time President Faustin Touadera in the December elections. Dologuele is set to once again challenge Touadera […]
August 30, 2025 8:25 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Controversies have begun to trail the move by the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution to grant citizenship to foreign investors who meet a certain investment threshold. The proposed legislation, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House of […]
August 29, 2025 8:21 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Statelessness remains a concern for the UNHCR Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Côte d’Ivoire, covering Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Togo, with hundreds of thousands of people (including over 900,000 in Côte d’Ivoire) estimated to be stateless or at risk. […]
