Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Madagascar: D’autres réformes du code de la nationalité dans ses plaidoyers

January 3, 2025 1:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Madagascar: D’autres réformes du code de la nationalité dans ses plaidoyers

À Madagascar, seulement 74% des enfants sont officiellement enregistrés à la naissance, selon l’enquête Ensmond 2021. Cette faible proportion a incité des acteurs comme l’association Focus development association (FDA) à agir en faveur de l’enregistrement des naissances, entre autres volets […]


Announcing New Arrangements for Naturalization of Qualifying Foreign National Investors & Sierra Leonean Ancestral Citizens

January 2, 2025 5:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Announcing New Arrangements for Naturalization of Qualifying Foreign National Investors & Sierra Leonean Ancestral Citizens

The Sierra Leone Immigration Department announces today groundbreaking measures aimed at facilitating the naturalization of qualifying high-net-worth foreign national investors and individuals of Sierra Leonean heritage. These measures represent a strategic intent to significantly enhance the nation’s economic and social […]


Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship | A Whole New String To My Bow | GO-FOR-GOLD

January 1, 2025 3:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship | A Whole New String To My Bow | GO-FOR-GOLD

Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship GO-FOR-GOLD A New Way to Quickly & Very Cost-Effectively Secure Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship INTERVIEW: How to Design a Residency by Investment Program from Scratch: The Case of Sierra Leone Jason Black […]


Namibia: Marriage Act, No. 14 of 2024

December 30, 2024 5:40 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Marriage Act, No. 14 of 2024

To regulate the solemnisation of marriages; to provide for the validation and recognition of certain marriages; and to provide for incidental matters. Section 32 provides: Good faith marriages(1) A marriage between a Namibian citizen and a foreign national who is […]


Namibia: Civil Registration and Identification Act, No. 13 of 2024

December 30, 2024 5:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Civil Registration and Identification Act, No. 13 of 2024

To provide for compilation and maintenance of a Civil Register; to provide for the appointment of Registrar-General and Registrars; to  determine the age of certain persons recorded in the Civil Register in accordance with this Act; to provide for name […]


Regularisation of Status of Certain Residents of Namibia, their Descendants and Foreign Spouses Act, No. 15 of 2024

December 30, 2024 5:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Regularisation of Status of Certain Residents of Namibia, their Descendants and Foreign Spouses Act, No. 15 of 2024

To provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by naturalisation for holders of South West Africa identification documents; to provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by birth or descent of the […]


Uganda: Banyarwanda face statelessness over names and physical appearance – Gashumba

December 21, 2024 6:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Banyarwanda face statelessness over names and physical appearance – Gashumba

By Muhamadi Matavu Council for Abavandimwe, a body representing the interests of the Banyarwanda community in Uganda, has recently intensified its advocacy for justice and equal rights. Led by Frank Gashumba, the council has decried the alleged discrimination faced by […]


Kenya’s stateless Tanzanian widows: Their children are Kenyan, husbands were Kenyan, but they are nobody

December 20, 2024 3:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya’s stateless Tanzanian widows: Their children are Kenyan, husbands were Kenyan, but they are nobody

By Moraa Obiria Tanzanian widows who married Kenyan men decades ago find themselves trapped in a cruel legal limbo, unable to obtain ID cards that would grant them basic rights despite having Kenyan children. Without documentation, they can’t claim their […]


Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade

December 14, 2024 6:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade

By Mark Banchereau DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said she had a […]


Guinée Conakry: Accès à l’identité, l’État guinéen offre des actes de naissance gratuits

December 14, 2024 5:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Guinée Conakry: Accès à l’identité, l’État guinéen offre des actes de naissance gratuits

Dans le cadre de la transition vers un retour à l’ordre constitutionnel, le gouvernement guinéen lance une vaste opération de délivrance gratuite des actes de naissance sur tout le territoire national. Cette initiative, pilotée par le ministère de l’Administration du […]


Kenya: Govt to fast-track dual citizenship applications for Kenyans who renounced before 2010 Constitution

December 13, 2024 3:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Govt to fast-track dual citizenship applications for Kenyans who renounced before 2010 Constitution

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 13 – The government will fast-track applications for dual citizenship for Kenyans who were forced to renounce their citizenship before the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution. Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the new policy is designed […]