Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Côte d’Ivoire: Fraude sur la nationalité ivoirienne, le nouveau jeu favori

April 16, 2018 9:14 am Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Fraude sur la nationalité ivoirienne, le nouveau jeu favori

La nationalité ivoirienne est de plus en plus convoitée au point d’inciter certaines personnes véreuses à l’acquérir par la fraude. Outre certains éléments des FACI, Guédou Elie Ousmane, le DG de la Matca, vient d’être épinglé. Quand la nationalité ivoirienne […]


“Restore the factory settings”: Efforts to control executive discretion in nationality administration in Africa

April 16, 2018 7:54 am Published by Comments Off on “Restore the factory settings”: Efforts to control executive discretion in nationality administration in Africa

By Bronwen Manby March 2018 saw a series of bold rulings by African courts to protect both prominent politicians and ordinary people against excessive discretion in decisions relating to the right to a nationality. Most notably, the African Court on […]


Kenya: New birth registration system to catch cheats

April 15, 2018 7:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: New birth registration system to catch cheats

By OUMA WANZALA A new automated system of issuing birth certificates is set to expose thousands of fake seekers of the documents who engage in double registration and illegal change of personal details. Director of Civil Registration Services Department Janet […]


Should Egypt deprive convicted terrorists of their citizenship?

April 15, 2018 8:24 am Published by Comments Off on Should Egypt deprive convicted terrorists of their citizenship?

Legal experts warned that the law could do more harm than good to Egypt’s counterterrorism efforts. By: Amr Emam CAIRO – Egypt’s parliament is debating a bill, publicly supported by many MPs, that would strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship. […]


Migrants born in SA to get birth certificates

April 13, 2018 3:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Migrants born in SA to get birth certificates

By Xolisa Phillip Children born in SA to undocumented migrants are entitled to home affairs-issued birth certificates, in what is a major victory for migrants and the Legal Resources Centre. The centre announced on Thursday that, after much “back and […]


Uganda Says Israel Gives Deported Asylum Seekers Fake Visas

April 13, 2018 1:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda Says Israel Gives Deported Asylum Seekers Fake Visas

Officials in the Ugandan president’s office say visas Israel gives to asylum seekers on their way to Entebbe Airport ‘bear no resemblance to any document our government issues’ By Lee Yaron Uganda says its supposedly official documents that Israel gives […]


LRC welcomes confirmation that children born to undocumented parents are entitled to a DHA-19 birth certificate

April 12, 2018 3:37 pm Published by Comments Off on LRC welcomes confirmation that children born to undocumented parents are entitled to a DHA-19 birth certificate

Birth certificate issued to child born to undocumented parent In December 2017, the LRC was approached by a Congolese asylum seeker whose wife was heavily pregnant. He was seeking legal advice about her status in South Africa. Shortly after meeting […]


In Congo, Rwandan Hutus in Limbo as Refugee Status Evaporates

April 12, 2018 1:32 pm Published by Comments Off on In Congo, Rwandan Hutus in Limbo as Refugee Status Evaporates

BETOU, CONGO — “They are telling me to go. Go where? What would I do back there? Everyone’s dead,” says Gilbert Bigirimana, an 18-year-old Rwandan living in the Republic of Congo who has never set foot on Rwandan soil. Bigirimana is […]


Madagascar : prévenir l’Apatridie des enfants, une coalition mondiale se forme

April 12, 2018 10:50 am Published by Comments Off on Madagascar : prévenir l’Apatridie des enfants, une coalition mondiale se forme

« Faire en sorte qu’aucun enfant ne naisse apatride ». C’est l’objectif de la coalition mondiale en vue de prévenir le cas d’apatridie chez les enfants. Un atelier de renforcement des capacités en la matière, destiné aux représentants des médias a eu […]


Egyptian Parliament to Discuss Stripping Egyptian Citizenship for Those Involved in Terrorism

April 11, 2018 9:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Egyptian Parliament to Discuss Stripping Egyptian Citizenship for Those Involved in Terrorism

A number of Egyptian MPs recently said that Parliament would discuss a draft law to revoke the Egyptian nationality for those involved in terrorist acts, or involved in an association, organization, gang or any entity that seeks to “harm the […]


Liberia: Rep. Morris Detests Non-Negro Citizenship

April 11, 2018 3:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Rep. Morris Detests Non-Negro Citizenship

By Leroy M. Sonpon, III Members of the House of Representatives of the 54th Legislature are giving contrary opinions since the submission of laws amending certain provisions of the Liberian Constitution, including the granting of Liberian citizenship to people of non-Negro descent, […]


African migrants in limbo as Israel seeks Uganda deportation deal

April 11, 2018 12:10 pm Published by Comments Off on African migrants in limbo as Israel seeks Uganda deportation deal

By Maayan Lubell TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel is finalizing a deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda under a new scheme after agreements with Rwanda and the U.N.’s refugee agency to find homes for those expelled fell […]