Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Kenya: Matiang’i wants judges probed in Miguna row

April 3, 2018 11:09 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Matiang’i wants judges probed in Miguna row

By Edwin Mutai The Ministry of Interior has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to investigate judges and lawyers who handled the saga surrounding the deportation of Miguna Miguna. Interior secretary Fred Matiang’i […]


Au Cameroun, des déplacés de la guerre contre Boko Haram craignent de devenir apatrides

April 3, 2018 10:43 am Published by Comments Off on Au Cameroun, des déplacés de la guerre contre Boko Haram craignent de devenir apatrides

Modou a toujours espéré que ses six enfants « fassent de grandes études et deviennent des gens importants ». Mais il y a trois ans, le rêve de cette agricultrice camerounaise de 28 ans s’est brisé. « Des membres de Boko Haram sont venus une nuit à Chérif-Moussary, mon […]


Kenya: Matiang’i: Miguna is a Kenyan and I will help him

April 3, 2018 9:44 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Matiang’i: Miguna is a Kenyan and I will help him

BY Joseph Omollo Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i has soften his stand on the citizenship of lawyer Miguna Miguna. Speaking on Tuesday, Matinag’i said that Miguna is a Kenyan citizen by birth and he was ready to help facilitate […]


African Court Decides First Case on Right to a Nationality

April 3, 2018 8:06 am Published by Comments Off on African Court Decides First Case on Right to a Nationality

Last week, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) published its first ruling related to the right to nationality in the case of Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. Republic of Tanzania, stating that Tanzania violated Anudo Ochieng Anudo’s right […]


Tanzania: Deported Man Claims Tanzanian Citizenship

April 2, 2018 10:17 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Deported Man Claims Tanzanian Citizenship

By Deus Ngowi Arusha — THE African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has ordered Government of Tanzania to amend its legislation to provide individuals with judicial remedies in the event of any dispute over their citizenship. The Court […]


UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update April 2018

April 1, 2018 4:51 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update April 2018

Extracts: On 28 February, the League of Arab States (LAS) convened a Ministerial meeting in Tunis on “Belonging and Legal Identity” under the patronage of the President of Tunisia. The meeting resulted in the adoption of the Declaration on Belonging […]


28.5m Nigerians Agonise Over Suspension Of Nat’l ID Card Issuance

April 1, 2018 4:17 pm Published by Comments Off on 28.5m Nigerians Agonise Over Suspension Of Nat’l ID Card Issuance

By Christiana Nwaogu, Patience Ihejirika About 28.5 million Nigerians who registered for the national identity card are yet to get the cards from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Most of them have expressed worry that, while the development is […]


Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill 2018

April 1, 2018 12:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill 2018

[DRAFT BILL dated April 2018, as posted to Ministry of Justice website 12 June 2018] MEMORANDUM: This Bill will repeal the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01] which will be replaced by the Zimbabwean Citizenship Act which is in compliance […]


‘Stateless’ man unwanted by Kenya and Tanzania wins court case

March 31, 2018 8:41 am Published by Comments Off on ‘Stateless’ man unwanted by Kenya and Tanzania wins court case

By Philip Muyanga The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that Tanzania violated the rights of its citizen who has been living in a ‘no-man’s land’ on the Kenyan border since 2014. Read further: https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/stateless-man-wins-court-case/


Miguna cries from Dubai says govt should release his Kenyan passport

March 30, 2018 3:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Miguna cries from Dubai says govt should release his Kenyan passport

By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Kenyan opposition politician Miguna Miguna has issued an appeal from Dubai where the government forcibly deported him to. In a message posted on his Facebook page, the lawyer said he was stranded in Dubai and […]


Kenya court fines minister, police chief in new showdown

March 30, 2018 3:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya court fines minister, police chief in new showdown

A Kenyan court fined the interior minister and police chief on Thursday after they defied orders to produce an opposition politician in court, who was instead deported for the second time in two months. A prominent but unelected politician with […]


Expelled Tanzanian national lives stateless in no man’s land at the border

March 30, 2018 10:25 am Published by Comments Off on Expelled Tanzanian national lives stateless in no man’s land at the border

By John Muthoni A Tanzanian man has spent the last four years on the no man’s land located between Tanzania and Kenya as he fights against deportation. Anudo Anudo had his passport taken by the the Tanzanian government who then […]