Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
December 12, 2019 12:22 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
La prévention de l’apatridie chez les migrants et leurs enfants en Afrique du Nord : le rôle des pays d’accueil et des pays d’origine dans l’enregistrement des naissances et la délivrance des documents d’identité : Le cas de l’Égypte et […]
December 11, 2019 4:54 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Proportion of registered births increased almost five per cent over past decade, yet tens of thousands of children under-five have never been officially recorded Banjul, 11 December 2019 – The number of children whose births are officially registered has increased […]
December 11, 2019 2:54 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Mohamed Samir Egypt’s cabinet on Tuesday set five requirements to grant nationality to foreigners by investment in the country’s economy, per Law No. 90 of 2019, a law recently approved by the Parliament. The requirements include either purchasing state-owned […]
December 11, 2019 11:22 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
ISI’s World Conference on Statelessness took place in the Hague from 26-28 June 2019 and provided a unique space for conversations that transcend geographic divides and connect people working in different fields and disciplines. At a time when citizenship is […]
December 10, 2019 9:45 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
L’initiative vient du sénateur, non moins Questeur I du Sénat, Mourad Abdirassoul. Ce dernier a réussi à faire adopter par la commission juridique, de la Fonction Publique et des Lois sociales de la Chambre Haute, sa proposition de loi n°3/2019 […]
December 9, 2019 7:54 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Elder Siahyonkron J. K. Nyanseor, Sr Jonesboro, Georgia – Historically, Liberia is a country of dual citizens, with the exception of the original tribes, who became citizens in January 4, 1904 based on President Arthur Barclay’s Native Plan. According […]
December 9, 2019 7:52 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Strategic Thinkers Network Africa (Stranek-Africa) fears that Ghana’s quest to create a national identification database risks being an exercise in futility. In the group’s view, the exercise which is being carried out by the National Identification Authority (NIA) will […]
December 9, 2019 11:39 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
More than 1,760 birth certificates are lying uncollected at the Huduma centre in Narok town. The Officer in charge of Huduma Centre in Narok county, Ms. Zam Aden is now calling on the residents of Narok to come and pick […]
December 8, 2019 8:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Rodney Sieh Washington – Holding back tears, Rev. J. Edwin Lloyd reminisced about the genesis of Diaspora Liberians quest for dual citizenship. An effort initiated by the late J. Hudu Manston, a former Senator from Maryland County, the ailing […]
December 8, 2019 6:43 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Parliament has adopted a motion requesting the Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs to amend the Citizenship Act to make it a default position that one retains the Botswana citizen unless they specifically renounce it. Tabling the motion, Maun […]
December 7, 2019 10:31 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Paul Koureki, conseiller technique du ministre de la Justice et des droits de l’Homme en charge des questions de nationalité et d’apatridie, assure que la Côte d’Ivoire fait des efforts pour juguler le triste phénomène de l’apatridie. Au cours d’un […]
December 7, 2019 10:25 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Bouna, 07déc (AIP)-La représentation régionale du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) du Bounkani, a mis vendredi, en mission les élèves en vue de sensibiliser pendant les congés de Noël, leurs parents sur la nécessité de déclarer […]