Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Egypt: Adjudicating Patriarchy in the Nationality Law

May 24, 2021 12:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt: Adjudicating Patriarchy in the Nationality Law

LLM dissertation by Muhammed Samy Ahmed Abstract The Egyptian legal structure has long discriminated against women. Taking nationality law as an example, it is obvious that all consecutive nationality laws have ignored women’s right concerning passing on and acquiring nationality. […]


South Sudan: MP Animu’s appointment revoked over ‘nationality issues’

May 22, 2021 3:38 pm Published by Comments Off on South Sudan: MP Animu’s appointment revoked over ‘nationality issues’

By Jale Richard President Salva Kiir has revoked the appointment of Afekuru Animu Risasi as a member of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. Kiir then appointed Hon. Joseph Lual Achuil from the SPLM party as a replacement. No reasons were […]


Enfance : enregistrement de 65.756 actes naissances à Conakry

May 20, 2021 1:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Enfance : enregistrement de 65.756 actes naissances à Conakry

La cérémonie de clôture du projet “Augmenter l’enregistrement des naissances des enfants de moins de cinq ans dans les Régions de Labé et de Conakry’’ a été présidée par le Général Bouréma Condé, Ministre de l’Administration du Territoire. Durant trois […]


Undocumented South African finally issued identity documents

May 19, 2021 9:26 am Published by Comments Off on Undocumented South African finally issued identity documents

Imagine not being able to vote, get a driver’s licence or even open a bank account. Suppose you were considered not to ‘exist’ in your own country, and being a person suspended in Statelessness. It’s estimated that over 100 million […]


Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple’s children

May 19, 2021 7:38 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple’s children

Namibia on Tuesday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to a surrogate in South Africa, one of the fathers told Reuters. Namibian Phillip […]


Uganda: Govt to change national ID cards

May 17, 2021 6:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Govt to change national ID cards

By Franklin Draku The government has planned to phase out the current national identity cards by 2024 and replace them with electronic ones. The announcement was made during the handover of office to the new executive director of National Identification […]


Nigerian man’s illegal marriage to young SA woman revoked

May 14, 2021 6:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigerian man’s illegal marriage to young SA woman revoked

By Zelda Venter Pretoria – A Nigerian citizen will have to return to his country of birth after South African authorities revoked his citizenship nearly a decade after it was granted. This was based on allegations that he had illegally […]


AfricanAncestry.com Becomes A Path To Sierra Leone Citizenship For Black People Whose Roots Trace To The West African Country

May 13, 2021 4:53 pm Published by Comments Off on AfricanAncestry.com Becomes A Path To Sierra Leone Citizenship For Black People Whose Roots Trace To The West African Country

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — AfricanAncestry.com, the Black-owned pioneers of genetic ancestry tracing for people of African descent, today announced an unprecedented partnership with the Sierra Leone government through the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and its facilitating […]


Kenya: Denied Identity

May 13, 2021 9:13 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Denied Identity

National identity documents like an ID card are what enable people to enroll in school, access government healthcare, and vote. Under the Kenyan Constitution, every citizen has the right to these documents, yet over five million people face discrimination when […]


Naturalization in African states: its past and potential future

May 11, 2021 3:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Naturalization in African states: its past and potential future

Bronwen Manby, ‘Naturalization in African states: its past and potential future’, Citizenship Studies, 25:4, 514-542, DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2021.1926098 The existing literature on the grant of citizenship by naturalization largely focuses on the experience of Europe and the immigrant-founded states of the […]


Uganda: Parliament Rejects Proposal to Grant Refugees’ Children Citizenship

May 10, 2021 2:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Parliament Rejects Proposal to Grant Refugees’ Children Citizenship

Parliament has rejected a proposal by its Human Rights Committee seeking to grant refugees children born in Uganda citizenship. This followed a recommendation voiced by Agnes Taaka Wejuli, the Committee’s chairperson while tabling a committee report on Monday May 10, […]