Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Comores: le président Assoumani n’exclut pas une action en contre Semlex

January 5, 2018 7:13 pm Published by Comments Off on Comores: le président Assoumani n’exclut pas une action en contre Semlex

A l’occasion de la présentation des vœux présidentiels à la presse, le chef d’Etat comorien Azali Assoumani est revenu sur l’affaire Semlex : la société belge qui fabrique les pièces d’identité biométriques de nombreux pays d’Afrique dont les Comores, est […]


Moroccan Jews call on King to block attempts to withdraw citizenship

January 5, 2018 5:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Moroccan Jews call on King to block attempts to withdraw citizenship

In the wake of international objections to Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has announced its intention to submit a bill stipulating the withdrawal […]


Who Loses When a Country Puts Citizenship Up for Sale?

January 5, 2018 9:45 am Published by Comments Off on Who Loses When a Country Puts Citizenship Up for Sale?

By ATOSSA ARAXIA ABRAHAMIAN Comoro Islands is a tiny East African country with stunning white beaches, a large active volcano and a population just shy of 800,000. Some 150,000 Comorans live in metropolitan France, which governed the Comoros until 1975. […]


Analyse du PPD-Girijambo au sujet du prochain référendum pour la révision de la Constitution de la République du Burundi.

January 4, 2018 2:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Analyse du PPD-Girijambo au sujet du prochain référendum pour la révision de la Constitution de la République du Burundi.

Burundaises, Burundais,  Amis du Burundi, Le projet de Pierre Nkurunziza de changer la constitution de la République du Burundi et par là d’enterrer  définitivement l’Accord d’Arusha pour la Paix et la Réconciliation au Burundi, atteint sa phase finale. Ce projet […]


From Victims to Change Makers | Mustafa Mahmoud | TEDxEuston

January 3, 2018 5:02 pm Published by Comments Off on From Victims to Change Makers | Mustafa Mahmoud | TEDxEuston

Mustafa educated the TEDxEuston audience about the inequality faced by the Nubian community in Kenya. He takes us through his quest of how he was able to go beyond being a victim to a change maker. He explains how important […]


Gender-based violence among stateless and national populations in Cote d’Ivoire

January 3, 2018 10:17 am Published by Comments Off on Gender-based violence among stateless and national populations in Cote d’Ivoire

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Global estimates suggest that approximately 10 million people worldwide are living without any legal citizenship. Stateless persons face overwhelming obstacles that limit their access to basic entitlements and protections, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination and abuse. Research on […]


Kenya: Promoting access to legal identity and documentation

January 2, 2018 4:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Promoting access to legal identity and documentation

By Fatuma Abdullahi My child was born in in 2013. We were asked to come back after six months for his birth certificate. It’s taken years.” Yuwil and his wife are from Sudan, they moved to Kakuma in 2006 fleeing […]


Nigéria: Apatridie, la face cachée de la guerre contre Boko Haram

January 2, 2018 1:46 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigéria: Apatridie, la face cachée de la guerre contre Boko Haram

« Je viens de Amchidé, au Cameroun (à trois kilomètres de la frontière nigériane) mais comme je n’ai pas de papiers d’identité, mon pays ne me reconnaît pas. Je suis exclue. On nous a envoyé dans ce camp avec mes enfants, […]


Towards the understanding of citizenship problems shaking contemporary Tanzania and strategies to evade similar dilemmas in the future

January 1, 2018 8:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Towards the understanding of citizenship problems shaking contemporary Tanzania and strategies to evade similar dilemmas in the future

By Switbert R. Kamazima International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Management, Vol. 3 Issue 1, Jan 2018. Abstract There are several circumstances in which nations, states or governments use boundaries, borders and citizenship as political weapons. For example, separating […]


SATUCC Conducts Two National Workshops on Preventing Statelessness and Protecting Rights of Stateless Persons in South Africa

December 31, 2017 9:02 am Published by Comments Off on SATUCC Conducts Two National Workshops on Preventing Statelessness and Protecting Rights of Stateless Persons in South Africa

SATUCC in collaboration with Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLF), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Representation for Southern Africa (UNHCR ROSA), conducted two national workshops on Preventing Statelessness and Protecting Stateless Persons in South Africa. These workshops were […]


Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco

December 27, 2017 10:34 am Published by Comments Off on Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco

RABAT: Unable to reach Europe in search of a better life, Aliou Ndiaye settled in Morocco instead, giving up on his original goal like thousands of other sub-Saharan African migrants. […] Despite Morocco’s new migration policies and the kingdom’s efforts […]