Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Le taux d’enregistrement des naissances au Bénin est l’un des plus élevé en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre (UNICEF)

December 12, 2019 1:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Le taux d’enregistrement des naissances au Bénin est l’un des plus élevé en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre (UNICEF)

Le taux d’enregistrement des naissances est passé de 60 pour cent en 2006 à 86 pour cent en 2017, faisant du Bénin l’un des pays avec le taux les plus élevés en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, a annoncé […]


South Africa: Centre for Child Law and Others v Minister of Basic Education and Others

December 12, 2019 12:57 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Centre for Child Law and Others v Minister of Basic Education and Others

(2840/2017) [2019] ZAECGHC 126 Introduction [1]       Central to this application is the right to basic education enshrined, without any qualification, in section 29 of the Constitution.  The application concerns children who have been precluded from unconditionally continuing to attend public […]


Mali: Identification des enfants dans les zones d‘insécurité

December 12, 2019 12:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Mali: Identification des enfants dans les zones d‘insécurité

Selon ce nouveau rapport de l’Unicef, les enfants les plus touchés par ce problème seraient ceux qui vivent dans les zones les plus affectées par la crise sécuritaire. Il précise aussi que 22% des enfants enregistrés, leur acte de naissance […]


La prévention de l’apatridie chez les migrants et leurs enfants en Afrique du Nord: Rapport Maroc

December 12, 2019 12:22 pm Published by Comments Off on La prévention de l’apatridie chez les migrants et leurs enfants en Afrique du Nord: Rapport Maroc

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 […]


Gambia: Despite Significant Increase in Birth Registration, About Half of Gambian Children Remain ‘Invisible’ – UNICEF

December 11, 2019 4:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Gambia: Despite Significant Increase in Birth Registration, About Half of Gambian Children Remain ‘Invisible’ – UNICEF

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 […]


Egypt sets five requirements for citizenship by investment

December 11, 2019 2:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt sets five requirements for citizenship by investment

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 […]


ISI World Conference on Statelessness

December 11, 2019 11:22 am Published by Comments Off on ISI World Conference on Statelessness

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 […]


Madagascar: Code de la Nationalité : Une proposition de loi au Sénat

December 10, 2019 9:45 am Published by Comments Off on Madagascar: Code de la Nationalité : Une proposition de loi au Sénat

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 […]


Liberia: We Refuse to Accept Second Class Citizenship In the Country of Our Birth

December 9, 2019 7:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: We Refuse to Accept Second Class Citizenship In the Country of Our Birth

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 […]


Ghana: National identification registration will be an exercise in futility if… – Stranek-Africa

December 9, 2019 7:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: National identification registration will be an exercise in futility if… – Stranek-Africa

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 […]


Kenya: 1762 Birth Certificate Lying At Huduma Centre In Narok

December 9, 2019 11:39 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: 1762 Birth Certificate Lying At Huduma Centre In Narok

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 […]


Proposition One: All Liberian Diaspora Conference Debates Dual Citizenship Dilemma

December 8, 2019 8:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Proposition One: All Liberian Diaspora Conference Debates Dual Citizenship Dilemma

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 […]