Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Report on Citizenship Law : The Gambia

March 23, 2021 8:26 am Published by Comments Off on Report on Citizenship Law : The Gambia

By Gaye Sowe and Maria Saine This report is organised as follows. The first part sets out the historical background of the legal framework of the Gambia’s citizenship regime. It looks at both the colonial history and the constitutional history […]


‘Legal identity for all’: What’s at stake for democracy in Africa

March 21, 2021 11:45 am Published by Comments Off on ‘Legal identity for all’: What’s at stake for democracy in Africa

By Bronwen Manby In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), painstakingly elaborated by the combined mass of global development actors, established the target that states should, by 2030, ‘provide legal identity for all, including birth registration’. The SDG target […]


Zimbabwe: Shock over high numbers of stateless learners in Matabeleland

March 21, 2021 8:41 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Shock over high numbers of stateless learners in Matabeleland

AS many as 300 out of 700 learners at a primary school in Kezi, Matabeleland South province, were found to have no identity documents during a fact-finding mission by a Parliamentary committee, rendering them stateless. This was revealed by Umzingwane […]


Déchéance de nationalité : « Le pouvoir tente d’opposer les Algériens d’Algérie aux Algériens de la diaspora »

March 19, 2021 10:06 am Published by Comments Off on Déchéance de nationalité : « Le pouvoir tente d’opposer les Algériens d’Algérie aux Algériens de la diaspora »

Par Nadia Henni-Moulaï Une disposition de loi, annoncée le 3 mars par le Garde des sceaux Belkacem Zeghmati propose de déchoir de leur nationalité les Algériens de l’étranger mettant en péril « les intérêts de l’État ». Le constitutionnaliste Massensen […]


Validation Workshop on Statelessness in Namibia

March 19, 2021 8:53 am Published by Comments Off on Validation Workshop on Statelessness in Namibia

Validation workshop on the qualitative study on STATELESSNESS and the risk of STATELESSNESS in NAMIBIA. Watch: https://www.facebook.com/LACNamibia/videos/196548955575073/


Botswana: Woman takes gov’t to court over dual citizenship

March 18, 2021 4:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Botswana: Woman takes gov’t to court over dual citizenship

A Motswana woman married to a Norwegian man has taken the Botswana Government to court demanding that her children be granted dual citizenship, which is currently outlawed in Botswana. Botswana currently does not allow for dual citizenship under any circumstances. […]


Un projet de déchéance de nationalité provoque colère et stupéfaction en Algérie

March 17, 2021 1:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Un projet de déchéance de nationalité provoque colère et stupéfaction en Algérie

Le ministre de la justice souhaiterait déchoir de la nationalité tout citoyen qui, depuis l’étranger, « porte préjudice aux intérêts de l’État ». Par Mustapha Kessous et Madjid Zerrouky Colère et stupéfaction. Parmi les Algériens vivant à l’étranger, l’émoi provoqué […]


Botswana: Woman wants dual citizenship for her adult children

March 16, 2021 4:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Botswana: Woman wants dual citizenship for her adult children

By Khonani Ontebetse Government faces a Unity Dowesque case in which a Motswana woman married to a Norwegian is challenging the legality of forcing her children to choose between the citizenship of either parent before they are adults. Currently children […]


South Africa: “I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”

March 15, 2021 3:49 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: “I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”

People who find themselves stateless in South Africa struggle to rectify their situation By Marecia Damons Zimbabwean-born Primrose Modisane has been living in South Africa for 20 years without an ID or birth certificate. “It’s difficult because I can’t open […]


Zambia: Dual citizenship applications ‘overwhelming’ – Kampyongo

March 15, 2021 3:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: Dual citizenship applications ‘overwhelming’ – Kampyongo

By Brightwell Chabusha Government has expressed happiness with the high number of Zambians applying to have their citizenship restored after renunciation. Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said the response for dual citizenship has been overwhelming. He said this in Johannesburg, […]


Council for Abavandimwe appeal to fellow Ugandans, Government

March 15, 2021 1:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Council for Abavandimwe appeal to fellow Ugandans, Government

March 15th, 2021, Kampala, Uganda: The Council for Abavandimwe, commonly known to most people as Banyarwanda; are delighted to update the country on important matters regarding our citizenship and how we are treated as we conduct business in our country […]


Banyarwanda are part of Uganda’s indigenous tribes! Council for ‘Abavandimwe’ reminds the govt on issues of citizenry

March 15, 2021 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Banyarwanda are part of Uganda’s indigenous tribes! Council for ‘Abavandimwe’ reminds the govt on issues of citizenry

KAMPALA – The Council for Abavandimwe, commonly known to most people as Banyarwanda have on Monday 15, March come out make clarifications and an appeal to some of the Ugandan Authorities; on issues of citizenry, and access of official documents, […]