Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Nascer em Cabo Verde e não ser cabo-verdiano

August 2, 2019 10:20 am Published by Comments Off on Nascer em Cabo Verde e não ser cabo-verdiano

Imigrantes em Cabo Verde contestam a lei da nacionalidade, que não prevê que os seus filhos sejam cabo-verdianos só porque nasceram no país. Os pais precisam de cumprir uma série de requisitos para regularizar as crianças. Muitas chegam quase à […]


Zimbabwe: Registrar decries late birth registrations

August 2, 2019 8:15 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Registrar decries late birth registrations

By Cletus Mushanawani, Mashonaland Central Bureau Chief IT is an offence not to register a child within 42 days of birth and more needs to be done by way of publicity to ensure people know the importance of the requirement, […]


Lesufi to sue Dan Roodt over South African citizenship claims

August 2, 2019 8:08 am Published by Comments Off on Lesufi to sue Dan Roodt over South African citizenship claims

By Ntwaagae Seleka Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has threatened to take legal action against author Dan Roodt over a tweet claiming Lesufi is not a South African citizen. “… I have read all his [Hendrik Verwoerd] speeches. Yet, Lesufi […]


Sudan Constitutional Declaration 2019

August 1, 2019 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan Constitutional Declaration 2019

Extract: 44. Citizenship and nationality (1) Citizenship is the basis of equal rights and obligations for all Sudanese. (2) Anyone born to a Sudanese mother or father has an inalienable right to possess Sudanese nationality and citizenship. (3) The law […]


Somalia: President Renounces U.S. Citizenship

August 1, 2019 8:41 am Published by Comments Off on Somalia: President Renounces U.S. Citizenship

The President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo has renounced his citizenship of the United States, according to the humanitarian journalist Moulid Hujale. This comes as 38% of the federal MPs of Somalia have dual citizenship. The issue of Somali […]


Tanzania: Kabendera Release Will Depend On His Cooperation, Says Immigration

August 1, 2019 8:24 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Kabendera Release Will Depend On His Cooperation, Says Immigration

By Faustine Kapama THE Immigration Department is suspecting freelance journalist, Erick Kabendera (picture) is a non-citizen, and his nationality status will be known after completion of investigations into the matter. Passport and Citizenship Division Commissioner, Gerald Kihinga told a news […]


Somalia’s president renounces American citizenship

August 1, 2019 8:21 am Published by Comments Off on Somalia’s president renounces American citizenship

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has renounced his American citizenship, his office announced Thursday, without elaborating on why the dual citizen chose to give up his adopted passport. Mohamed, known widely by his nickname Farmajo, began the process to relinquish […]


Egypt: Parliament Approves Draft Law Allowing Foreign Investors to Acquire Egyptian Citizenship

July 31, 2019 4:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt: Parliament Approves Draft Law Allowing Foreign Investors to Acquire Egyptian Citizenship

(July 31, 2019) On June 10, 2019, the National Defense and Security Committee of the Egyptian Parliament approved a draft law amending the Citizenship Law—Law No. 26 of 1975. The new amendment aims at attracting foreign investors to reside in Egypt. The […]


Bénin: Interdiction de pièces administratives contre des gens en conflit avec la loi : La justice fait embargo sur 323 personnes

July 31, 2019 3:40 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Interdiction de pièces administratives contre des gens en conflit avec la loi : La justice fait embargo sur 323 personnes

Ils sont au total 323 personnes à être visées par un arrêté interministériel en date du 22 juillet 2019. Il est désormais interdit d’établir et de délivrer à ces personnes, des pièces et actes administratifs de l’autorité. En effet, selon […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Gagnoa, l’UNHCR et les femmes juristes s’engagent contre l’apatridie

July 31, 2019 2:58 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Gagnoa, l’UNHCR et les femmes juristes s’engagent contre l’apatridie

Lors d’une conférence de presse-bilan de leurs activités, les deux structures qui luttent contre l’apatridie, ont expliqué leur présence à la journée portes ouvertes du TPI par la volonté d’aider les justiciables et personnes vulnérables à risque d’apatridie, à obtenir […]


Bénin: consultez ici la liste des personnes recherchées par la justice

July 31, 2019 2:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: consultez ici la liste des personnes recherchées par la justice

Suite à l’arrêté interministériel portant interdiction de la délivrance des actes administratifs aux personnes recherchées par la justice, le Ministre de la Justice et de la Législation a publié le vendredi 26 juillet 2019 la liste des personnes concernées par […]


Bénin: Interdiction de délivrance d’actes à des citoyens béninois : Djogbénou et Quenum rattrapés par leurs propos

July 31, 2019 2:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Interdiction de délivrance d’actes à des citoyens béninois : Djogbénou et Quenum rattrapés par leurs propos

Dans un arrêté interministériel en date du 22 juillet 2019, il est interdit la délivrance des actes de l’autorité à des personnes  recherchées par la justice. Le curieux arrêté n’a pas fini de faire des vagues, quand une vidéo de […]