Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Liberia: ULAA Wants Dual Citizenship Bill Passed

May 3, 2018 9:42 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: ULAA Wants Dual Citizenship Bill Passed

Monrovia – The Union of Liberia Associations in the Americas (ULAA) is seeking the passage of the dual citizens’ bill to allow Liberians who have taken citizenship in other countries to come home and contribute to the development of Liberia. […]


Nigeria: NINs issuance defeats purpose of e-identity cards – Experts

May 2, 2018 1:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: NINs issuance defeats purpose of e-identity cards – Experts

by Jumoke Akiyode Lawanson The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has given up on issuing identity cards to enrolled citizens, saying it will now focus on giving National Identification Numbers (NINs) without the card in a three-year plan outlined by […]


Zimbabwe: Biometric Voter Registration Observation Report

May 1, 2018 11:17 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Biometric Voter Registration Observation Report

Extract: 5.3 Zimbabweans of Foreign Descent: The So-called “aliens” “Aliens” as an exclusionary and almost derogatory category of Zimbabweans is applied by the Registrar General’s office to Zimbabwean citizens who were born of migrant parents. This is despite the fact […]


International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States conclude first regional workshop on the eradication of Statelessness

April 30, 2018 4:18 am Published by Comments Off on International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States conclude first regional workshop on the eradication of Statelessness

The Statelessness Focal Points of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States with the support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency have held their first regional strategic workshop on eradicating statelessness in the region. The workshop […]


Comores : deux anciens présidents poursuivis en justice dans une affaire de vente de passeports

April 27, 2018 8:19 am Published by Comments Off on Comores : deux anciens présidents poursuivis en justice dans une affaire de vente de passeports

Les anciens présidents comoriens Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi et Ikililou Dhoinine sont visés par une procédure judiciaire suite à une affaire de vente de passeports entre 2008 et 2016. Plus de 48 000 passeports ont été accordés à des populations apatrides […]


Member States Experts Meeting on the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Specific Aspects on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

April 25, 2018 5:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Member States Experts Meeting on the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Specific Aspects on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

7 – 11 May 2018 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Introduction Nationality provides people with a sense of identity and creates a legal bond between a person and the State by enabling them exercise a certain range of rights. Thus, the lack […]


Liberia: White Citizenship: To Be Or Not To Be

April 25, 2018 4:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: White Citizenship: To Be Or Not To Be

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published 36 years ago, in the April 21, 1982 edition of the Daily Observer. Thanks to Theophilus J. W. Browne for resurrecting this article as a tribute to the author, whose arguments provide […]


Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: Racial discrimination in the context of citizenship, nationality and immigration status

April 24, 2018 5:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: Racial discrimination in the context of citizenship, nationality and immigration status

A/HRC/38/52 Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, prepared pursuant to […]


Parliament set to investigate how Guptas became South African citizens

April 24, 2018 4:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Parliament set to investigate how Guptas became South African citizens

By Nico Gous Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs is to investigate how some members of the Gupta family became South African citizens. This comes after the committee agreed on the terms of reference to investigate what process the Department […]


Idée reçue #11 L’apatridie : l’Afrique n’est pas épargnée

April 23, 2018 1:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Idée reçue #11 L’apatridie : l’Afrique n’est pas épargnée

Par Delphine Perrin, juriste Sans nationalité, une personne est privée du « droit d’avoir des droits ». Elle ne peut voyager, travailler légalement, accéder à l’éducation, ouvrir un compte en banque et rencontre de multiples difficultés quotidiennes. Or, les apatrides […]


Mutharika assures Malawians in UK to sort out dual citizenship

April 23, 2018 10:57 am Published by Comments Off on Mutharika assures Malawians in UK to sort out dual citizenship

President Prof. Peter Mutharika on Sunday assured Malawians living in United Kingdom (UK) that his government would soon sort out the issue of visa and dual citizenship for Malawians living in diaspora. He was responding to challenges which the Malawians […]