Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Morocco Launches National Campaign to Register All Children

May 1, 2019 4:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Morocco Launches National Campaign to Register All Children

Morocco launches phase 2 of a national campaign to register children for civil status. By Margot Eliason Rabat – The Moroccan Ministry for Human Rights launched on Monday the second phase of a national campaign to register children for civil […]


Report on Citizenship Law : Mozambique

May 1, 2019 9:48 am Published by Comments Off on Report on Citizenship Law : Mozambique

By Patrícia Jerónimo This report discusses citizenship in Mozambique. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans regarding citizenship policy. Download from GlobalCit: http://cadmus.eui.eu//handle/1814/62966


Zimbabwe: Broadcast from the grave: details of a Gukurahundi couple’s killing emerge

May 1, 2019 8:51 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Broadcast from the grave: details of a Gukurahundi couple’s killing emerge

SIPEPA, Tsholotsho – Justin Tshuma was working in Bulawayo when reports of mass killings in the Matabeleland countryside by the Fifth Brigade started reaching him with worrying regularity. The 32-year-old grew increasingly concerned for the safety of his wife, Thembi […]


#IBELONG progress in ECOWAS: Highlights as of 30.04.2019

April 30, 2019 8:21 am Published by Comments Off on #IBELONG progress in ECOWAS: Highlights as of 30.04.2019

Parties to the 1954 & 1961 Conventions Statelessness Government Focal Points nominated National Action Plans Birth registration Naturalisation/confirmation of nationality Studies Download: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/68688


Nigeria: Extortion, scarce centres bedevil birth registration in Kwara, Kano (PART I)

April 26, 2019 4:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Extortion, scarce centres bedevil birth registration in Kwara, Kano (PART I)

Birth registration of children in Nigeria has been low, despite the initiative introduced in 2012 by National Population Commission with the support of UNICEF (Nigeria) to address the problem of low birth registration in the country.  The ICIR commissioned three reporters […]


Kenya: Nubians fear being locked out of NIIMS registration for lack of IDs

April 26, 2019 3:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Nubians fear being locked out of NIIMS registration for lack of IDs

By COLLINS OMULO The Nubian community has expressed fears that its members risk being locked out of the ongoing National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) registration, popularly known as Huduma Namba, since most of them don’t have national identity cards.  […]


Tanzania: President tells Nida to speed up issuance of national IDs

April 26, 2019 2:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: President tells Nida to speed up issuance of national IDs

By John Namkwahe Dar es Salaam. President John Magufuli has instructed the National Identifications Authority (Nida) to speed up the issuance of national IDs to Tanzanians. The President’s order comes after the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) through telecommunication companies […]


Togo: Un nouveau code de la nationalité bientôt en vigueur

April 24, 2019 8:48 am Published by Comments Off on Togo: Un nouveau code de la nationalité bientôt en vigueur

(Togo Officiel) – Le Togo disposera bientôt d’un nouveau code de nationalité. Un atelier de validation de l’avant-projet de loi portant modification du code de la nationalité togolaise s’est ouvert ce mardi 23 avril 2019 à Lomé. La rencontre, qui va […]


Nnamdi Kanu releases proofs alleging Buhari not Nigerian

April 23, 2019 9:13 am Published by Comments Off on Nnamdi Kanu releases proofs alleging Buhari not Nigerian

By John Owen Nwachukwu The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has come up with a fresh claim about the true nationality of President Muhmmadu Buhari. Kanu, in his broadcast from the United Kingdom at the […]


Nigeria: Atiku’s Citizenship and Buhari’s Illiterate Lawyers

April 22, 2019 9:16 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Atiku’s Citizenship and Buhari’s Illiterate Lawyers

Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D The law of attraction says like attracts like, which explains why Muhammadu Buhari is a magnet for mediocrities. Almost all his appointees are, like him, underwhelming, intellectually incurious rubes. It’s no wonder that even the lawyers […]