Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Liberia – the country where citizenship depends on your skin colour

March 26, 2018 5:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia – the country where citizenship depends on your skin colour

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh Tony Hage has lived in Liberia for more than 50 years. It is where he went to university. Where he met his wife. Where he set up his successful business. He has stayed when so many others […]


Kenya: For the Makonde, challenges abound a year after receiving citizenship

March 26, 2018 12:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: For the Makonde, challenges abound a year after receiving citizenship

By KAZUNGU SAMUEL & FADHILI FREDRICK Expectant faces greet us when we arrive at Makongeni village off Likoni-Lunga Lunga road. The sleepy hamlet is home to the Makonde people who migrated here from Mozambique in the 1930s to work in […]


Comores: Citoyenneté économique, de la duperie à la grande braderie

March 23, 2018 9:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Comores: Citoyenneté économique, de la duperie à la grande braderie

Par Kamardine Soule De l’argent de la vente des passeports, les comoriens n’auront connu que le vertige des chiffres. Dans ce dossier, qui commence par un texte introductif d’opinion sur l’utilisation des revenus issus du programme de la citoyenneté économique, […]


Comoros passport scheme was unlawful, abused by “mafia” networks – report

March 23, 2018 3:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Comoros passport scheme was unlawful, abused by “mafia” networks – report

NAIROBI/MORONI (Reuters) – A programme to sell Comoros Islands citizenship to fund development resulted in thousands of passports being sold outside official channels via “mafia” networks and up to $100 million of revenues went missing, according to a report by […]


RDC : Katumbi et la nationalité italienne

March 23, 2018 11:14 am Published by Comments Off on RDC : Katumbi et la nationalité italienne

Moïse Katumbi est en mauvaise posture. L’opposant congolais a longtemps été la cible de rumeurs au sujet d’une prétendue nationalité italienne… le magazine Jeune Afrique vient de le confirmer. La province Sai Vitto Normani en Italie a fait parvenir le […]


Comoros passport scheme was unlawful, abused by ‘mafia’ networks – report

March 23, 2018 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Comoros passport scheme was unlawful, abused by ‘mafia’ networks – report

By David Lewis, Ali Amir Ahmed NAIROBI/MORONI (Reuters) – A programme to sell Comoros Islands citizenship to fund development resulted in thousands of passports being sold outside official channels via “mafia” networks and up to $100 million of revenues went […]


Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. United Republic of Tanzania, App. No. 012/2015

March 22, 2018 3:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. United Republic of Tanzania, App. No. 012/2015

Official summary of the facts 1. The Applicant is a citizen of the United Republic of Tanzania and Director General of an NGO named “Tanzania Human for People Rights”. 2. He sent an email to the Court on 24 May […]


RDC : Moïse Katumbi a bel et bien eu la nationalité italienne pendant 17 ans

March 22, 2018 1:58 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC : Moïse Katumbi a bel et bien eu la nationalité italienne pendant 17 ans

Par Olivier Liffran Une municipalité du sud de l’Italie a confirmé à Jeune Afrique que « Moïse Katumbi d’Agnano » avait bien détenu la nationalité italienne entre 2000 et 2017. Cette situation, contraire au droit congolais, pourrait porter préjudice à […]


Africa’s invisible millions survive without ID documents

March 22, 2018 11:37 am Published by Comments Off on Africa’s invisible millions survive without ID documents

By Maina Waruru Few people in the Kiambaa area of Kikuyu constituency on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital can dispute Mushewa Ndolo’s talent as a carpenter. His hard work, and not to mention his handiwork, has endeared him to dozens […]


Applications to restore Citizenship by Zambians in the USA starts

March 22, 2018 8:40 am Published by Comments Off on Applications to restore Citizenship by Zambians in the USA starts

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula S.C. encouraged Zambians in the U.S. to register with the Embassy so that in case of anything, the Mission would be able to account for each and every Zambian The […]


Liberia Issues 31,000 Birth Certificates Printed in Nine Months

March 21, 2018 12:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia Issues 31,000 Birth Certificates Printed in Nine Months

The Bureau of Vital Statistics, a Ministry of Health department responsible to print birth and death certificates, has disclosed that under the watchful eyes of ‘caretaker’ Mary T.  Broh, it issued out at least 31,000 birth certificates in nine months. The […]