Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Experts warn Kenya’s Maisha Namba digital ID discriminative, threatens privacy

March 12, 2025 3:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Experts warn Kenya’s Maisha Namba digital ID discriminative, threatens privacy

By Kamau Muthoni Two experts have poured cold water on the Kenya Kwanza digital identification card project. Prof Laura Bingham, an international law expert, and Dr Thomas Fisher, a senior researcher at Privacy International in the UK, yesterday raised questions […]


South Africa: M.M.E and Others v Director General, Department of Home Affairs and Another

March 12, 2025 10:24 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: M.M.E and Others v Director General, Department of Home Affairs and Another

(21970/2021) [2025] ZAGPPHC 202 (12 March 2025) FLYNOTES: CONSTITUTION – Citizenship – Child born in country – Born after change in law – Application to recognize child as a South African citizen refused – Has no citizenship or nationality – […]


UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update October – December 2024

March 10, 2025 8:35 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update October – December 2024

Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness Extracts relevant to Africa Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness In December, in Mali, with UNHCR’s support, a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, focused […]


Zambia: All citizenship applicants must undergo non-discriminatory scrutiny process – ZCLU

March 7, 2025 5:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: All citizenship applicants must undergo non-discriminatory scrutiny process – ZCLU

THE Zambian Civil Liberties Union (ZCLU) has argued that all applicants for Zambian citizenship, including refugees, should undergo a non-discriminatory scrutiny process. ZCLU Executive Director Isaac Mwanza has clarified that his petition does not seek automatic citizenship for refugees through […]


Background note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2025

March 7, 2025 2:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Background note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2025

Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in nationality laws related to the conferral of nationality on children. Nationality laws that do not grant women equal rights with men to confer nationality on their children […]


South Africa: Parliamentary question on the citizenship of Elon Musk, Deon Barnard, Peter Andreas Thiel and David Oliver Sacks

March 5, 2025 3:51 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Parliamentary question on the citizenship of Elon Musk, Deon Barnard, Peter Andreas Thiel and David Oliver Sacks

Question NO44 to the Minister of Home Affairs Mogale, Mr T to ask the Minister of Home Affairs (1) Whether Elon Musk, Deon Barnard, Peter Andreas Thiel and David Oliver Sacks are South African citizens; if not, what is the […]


Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Le président du conseil régional s’engage à lutter contre l’apatridie dans la région du Bounkani

March 3, 2025 2:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Le président du conseil régional s’engage à lutter contre l’apatridie dans la région du Bounkani

Bouna, 03 mars 2025 (AIP)–Le président du conseil régional du Bounkani, Hien Philippe, a réaffirmé son engagement à apporter une solution durable au problème de l’apatridie dans la région, où des générations entières de familles vivent sans existence légale en […]


Cameroon: Decree No.2025/059 of 28 February 2025 to lay down the features of and conditions for making and issuing identification documents

February 28, 2025 7:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroon: Decree No.2025/059 of 28 February 2025 to lay down the features of and conditions for making and issuing identification documents

Download: English: https://www.prc.cm/en/multimedia/documents/10320-decree-2025-059-of-28-02-2025 Francais: https://prc.cm/fr/actualites/actes/decrets/7660-decret-n-2025-059-du-28-fevrier-2025-fixant-les-caracteristiques-et-les-modalites-d-etablissement-et-de-delivrance-des-titres-identitaires


Empowering the Ghanaian Diaspora: The Case for Constitutional Reform to Allow Dual Citizens in Politics

February 27, 2025 5:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Empowering the Ghanaian Diaspora: The Case for Constitutional Reform to Allow Dual Citizens in Politics

By Kwame Aduhene-Kwarteng, PhD Many Ghanaians at home and abroad believe it is time to revisit the 1992 Constitution. This sentiment is powerful among diaspora members with political aspirations eager to see restrictions lifted on dual citizens serving in political […]


Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship

February 26, 2025 4:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship

Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands The High Court in Garissa, Kenya ruled on January 21 in favor of thousands of ethnic Somali Kenyan nationals whose rights were violated by the refusal to deregister them from the refugee […]


Attorney-General defends Citizenship Act, urges court to dismiss petition by Zambia Civil Liberties Union

February 25, 2025 2:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Attorney-General defends Citizenship Act, urges court to dismiss petition by Zambia Civil Liberties Union

By AUGUSTINE SICHULA The Attorney-General, Mulilo Kabesha, has submitted to the Constitutional Court that Zambia’s Citizenship Act was constitutional and does not infringe on any rights. Kabesha urged the court to dismiss a petition by the Zambian Civil Liberties Union […]


A new home for the African diaspora in Ghana stirs tensions

February 25, 2025 9:25 am Published by Comments Off on A new home for the African diaspora in Ghana stirs tensions

By Emmanuel Akinwofu ASEBU, Ghana — Nestled in the sleepy town of Asebu, a few miles inland from the Atlantic along Ghana’s Cape Coast, lies a serene 5,000 acre rural settlement. A mud road at the entrance weaves through a […]