Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
November 12, 2017 4:11 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 12, 2017 3:15 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 10, 2017 4:59 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 10, 2017 11:18 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 9, 2017 3:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 9, 2017 11:38 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 7, 2017 12:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 7, 2017 10:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
November 6, 2017 3:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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
November 6, 2017 2:41 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
NAIROBI, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Unknown attackers torched a car belonging to deputy head of the parliament of Comoros late on Sunday, the latest in a series of threats apparently aimed at derailing an investigation he is leading, the lawmaker […]
November 6, 2017 1:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Radha Govil KILIFI, Kenya – Tourists who visit Kenya’s coastal areas of Kwale and Kilifi often go home with intricate ebony carvings. Many of the talented artists who carve and sell these souvenirs are Makonde, an ethnic group who, until […]
November 6, 2017 10:37 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
M. Diop a fait ce rappel, ce samedi, en marge d’un concours de plaidoyer sur le thème de l’apatridie. L’objectif est d’impliquer les universités dans la sensibilisation. Seulement 70 % de la population sénégalaise sont enregistrés dans les registres d’état […]