Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Activists call to end suffering of stateless after South Sudan independence

November 13, 2017 6:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Activists call to end suffering of stateless after South Sudan independence

November 12, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese activists have launched a campaign to end the suffering of thousands of people that are denied the Sudanese nationality after the independence of South Sudan particularly those whose mothers are Sudanese. After South Sudan […]


Cameroun : des déplacés menacés de devenir apatrides

November 13, 2017 1:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun : des déplacés menacés de devenir apatrides

Dans l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun, les populations déplacées dans le camp de Zamai qui ont fui les exactions de la secte terroriste de Boko Haram risquent de perdre leur nationalité, faute d’avoir emporté avec eux leurs papiers d’identité. Ce sont des […]


Nigeria: Mandatory use of the National Identification Number Regulations, 2017

November 13, 2017 1:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Mandatory use of the National Identification Number Regulations, 2017

S. I. No. 15 of 2017 1.—(1) In accordance with the provisions of section 27(1)(l) of the Act, the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) shall be mandatory for the following additional transactions— (a) registration for and provision and […]


Burundi : OMAN ne veut pas reconnaître les Ibadites SWAHILI

November 12, 2017 4:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Burundi : OMAN ne veut pas reconnaître les Ibadites SWAHILI

Le Sultanat d’Oman ne veut pas reconnaître les descendants burundais des Ibadites OMANAIS – LES SWAHILI – arrivés à la fin du 7ème siècle, pour l’expansion de l’ISLAM en AFRIQUE. A Bujumbura, jeudi 9 novembre 2017, M. Nduwimana Jean-Bosco, porte […]


Sudan: Activists call to end suffering of stateless after South Sudan independence

November 12, 2017 3:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan: Activists call to end suffering of stateless after South Sudan independence

November 12, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese activists have launched a campaign to end the suffering of thousands of people that are denied the Sudanese nationality after the independence of South Sudan particularly those whose mothers are Sudanese. After South Sudan […]


South Africa: Statement by Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni at the media briefing on the uptake of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)

November 10, 2017 4:59 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Statement by Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni at the media briefing on the uptake of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)

Esteemed Members of the Media, Good day, and welcome to the media briefing on the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, in short, ZEP. Indeed we are thrilled by the rapid pace of applications for the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, which began […]


Only Malawians will receive IDs – NRB

November 10, 2017 11:18 am Published by Comments Off on Only Malawians will receive IDs – NRB

By Bright Malenga The National Registration Bureau (NRB) which is under Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security has stressed that it is putting all  measures to make sure that only eligible Malawians should have a national identity card. NRB […]


Madagascar’s Karana people still awaiting nationality

November 9, 2017 3:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Madagascar’s Karana people still awaiting nationality

By Markku Aikomus MAHAJANGA, Madagascar – Since he was 15, Ibrahim Ickbal, a 50-year-old father of two, has worked in the same jewellery shop in the city of Mahajanga, on Madagascar’s northern coast. Although he barely earns enough to rent […]


More than 1,000 ‘Arabs’ in Burundi may become stateless

November 9, 2017 11:38 am Published by Comments Off on More than 1,000 ‘Arabs’ in Burundi may become stateless

Oman refuses to recognize them while the Arab-origin people do not want Burundian nationality, according to official BUJUMBURA, Burundi Over 1,000 Arab-origin people living in Burundi may soon become stateless, head of the National Office for Refugee Protection and the […]


Citoyennetés économiques aux Comores: l’ex-président Sambi entendu

November 7, 2017 12:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Citoyennetés économiques aux Comores: l’ex-président Sambi entendu

L’ancien président des Comores, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, a été auditionné mardi à l’Assemblée nationale par la commission parlementaire qui enquête sur les citoyennetés économiques. Le commerce de la citoyenneté comorienne avait commencé en 2009 sous son régime avec un intitulé […]


Morocco’s stateless children

November 7, 2017 10:50 am Published by Comments Off on Morocco’s stateless children

There are many people around the world who are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden. The lack of functional civil registration systems in […]


Kenya: Mobile Birth registration drive for the Stateless Pemba community

November 6, 2017 3:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Mobile Birth registration drive for the Stateless Pemba community

Fakii Nasoro is here with his wife and 6 children. He’s desperate to register their births, and get birth certificates issued, to make sure they don’t, like him, become stateless. That means having no nationality. View 4 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8O1pGUpc4