Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Constitution de la République du Burundi, revisée 2018

June 8, 2018 4:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Constitution de la République du Burundi, revisée 2018

Version de la constitution de 2005 avec les modifications de 2018. Art 12 reste non-modifie: La qualité de Burundais s’acquiert, se conserve et se perd selon les conditions déterminées par une loi. Les enfants nés des hommes ou des femmes […]


Lesotho Passports and Travel Documents Act No 5 of 2018

June 8, 2018 10:08 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho Passports and Travel Documents Act No 5 of 2018

Repeals and replaces the Passports and Travel Documents Act 1998, introducing a system of electronic passports with biometric data. Download: Lesotho Passports and Travel Documents Act 2018


South Africa: Tears of joy after court rules against Home Affairs

June 7, 2018 10:42 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Tears of joy after court rules against Home Affairs

By Ernest Mabuza There were tears of joy as the High Court in Cape Town set aside a decision by the Department of Home Affairs to refuse a stateless family’s application for citizenship. The Mulowayi family of Kensington‚ Johannesburg‚ finally […]


Statelessness in the Great Lakes region

June 5, 2018 12:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Statelessness in the Great Lakes region

Millions of people around the world are stateless. Many are in the Great Lakes region. Find out what ICGLR and UNHCR are doing to help them.


South Africa: Former Angolan refugees face uncertain future

June 4, 2018 6:59 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Former Angolan refugees face uncertain future

They were expecting permanent residence, but they have been offered four years in South Africa instead By Tariro Washinyira The Scalabrini Centre is concerned by a Home Affairs decision to issue a non-renewable Angolan Special Permit (ASP) that expires in […]


Ghana: Call made for amendment of National ID Law

June 3, 2018 3:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: Call made for amendment of National ID Law

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams has disclosed that his party wants Act 950 amended. Act 950, otherwise known as the National Identification Amendment Law 2017, is what empowers the issuance of new identity cards to […]


Ghana: NIA Contract — Ken Attafuah hits back at Kennedy Agyapong

June 3, 2018 3:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: NIA Contract — Ken Attafuah hits back at Kennedy Agyapong

By Abu Mubarik  He denied ever receiving gift of land from the CEO of Identity Management Systems Ltd (IMS), Mr. Moses Baiden, to award his company the national identification card registration contract. The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority […]


L’inscription à l’état civil des enfants étrangers au Maroc: Guide informatif

June 1, 2018 3:26 pm Published by Comments Off on L’inscription à l’état civil des enfants étrangers au Maroc: Guide informatif

CARITAS travaille depuis plusieurs années auprès des familles migrantes pour faciliter l’inscription à l’état civil des enfants nés sur le territoire marocain. C’est à partir de cette expérience que s’est alimenté ce guide destiné aux personnes migrantes et à toute […]


Et si les Marocaines mariées à des étrangers pouvaient leur transmettre la nationalité?

May 31, 2018 10:10 am Published by Comments Off on Et si les Marocaines mariées à des étrangers pouvaient leur transmettre la nationalité?

Un projet de loi pourrait rendre cela possible. Par Leïla Hallaoui PROPOSITION DE LOI – Si la loi permet actuellement aux hommes marocains de transmettre leur nationalité à leurs épouses étrangères, pourquoi est-ce qu’elle en prive les femmes marocaines? Une […]


South Africa: Gupta Citizenship – MPs Unhappy About Sluggish Start to Inquiry

May 30, 2018 11:03 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Gupta Citizenship – MPs Unhappy About Sluggish Start to Inquiry

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs is unhappy with the slow progress it has made in getting key information, mostly from the Department of Home Affairs, relating to the Gupta family’s early naturalisation. Committee members met on Wednesday for an […]


South Africa: A mixture of relief and fear as Angolan former refugees are issued new permits

May 30, 2018 8:29 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: A mixture of relief and fear as Angolan former refugees are issued new permits

Press release: Angolan former refugees, who have been living in South Africa for decades, are being issued Angolan Special Permits (ASP) by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) following years of precarious legality in the country. Whilst we welcome and […]