Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

What can be done about lost South African citizenship and children?

September 12, 2017 11:36 am Published by Comments Off on What can be done about lost South African citizenship and children?

If you lost your SA citizenship status before your child was born, he/she will be able to apply for a temporary visa if the child was born abroad / in SA and had not lived in SA as per below. […]


Moins de 10 % d’enfants ont un acte de naissance dans l’Est de la RDC

September 12, 2017 12:43 am Published by Comments Off on Moins de 10 % d’enfants ont un acte de naissance dans l’Est de la RDC

L’Unicef aide depuis 2016 à obtenir des jugements supplétifs en vue de l’établissement de ce document reconnaissant l’existence juridique de chacun. Les plus concernés sont les enfants nés du viol, les orphelins de guerre et les ex-enfants soldat recrutés de […]


A birth certificate has given me my Congolese identity back !

September 11, 2017 1:30 pm Published by Comments Off on A birth certificate has given me my Congolese identity back !

YOUNG REPORTER – The right to an identity is vital for every child, however all too often children in the DRC do not have birth certificates. Olivier, Young Reporter, went to meet Marie, a vulnerable child living in Mbuji Mayi […]


Le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés en guerre contre l’apatridie dans l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun

September 11, 2017 1:25 am Published by Comments Off on Le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés en guerre contre l’apatridie dans l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun

(Investir au Cameroun) – Le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés (HCR), à travers sa sous-délégation à Maroua, a tenu du 7 au 8 septembre, des sessions de formation sur la prévention de l’apatridie à l’intention des autorités administratives, judiciaires et de […]


Diakalidia Konaté, directeur général de l’Oni: ” L’acte d’état civil est l’acte fondateur de l’identité d’un individu “

September 10, 2017 1:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Diakalidia Konaté, directeur général de l’Oni: ” L’acte d’état civil est l’acte fondateur de l’identité d’un individu “

Qu’est-ce que l’état civil ? C’est la situation de la personne dans la famille et la société, résultat d’une procédure écrite d’identification administrative. Il désigne également le service public chargé de dresser les actes constatant ces faits, notamment les actes […]


Cameroun – Gestion des réfugiés: Le HCR forme les autorités administratives, judiciaires et de police de l’Extrême-Nord sur la prévention de l’apatridie

September 9, 2017 2:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun – Gestion des réfugiés: Le HCR forme les autorités administratives, judiciaires et de police de l’Extrême-Nord sur la prévention de l’apatridie

Le HCR Cameroun, à travers sa Sous-délégation à Maroua, a tenu les 7 et 8 septembre 2017, un atelier de formation sur la Prévention de l’Apatridie à l’intention des autorités administratives, judiciaires et de police de la Région de l’Extrême-Nord. […]


Between rootedness and rootlessness: How sedentarist and nomadic metaphysics simultaneously challenge and reinforce (dual) citizenship claims for Liberia

September 8, 2017 9:33 am Published by Comments Off on Between rootedness and rootlessness: How sedentarist and nomadic metaphysics simultaneously challenge and reinforce (dual) citizenship claims for Liberia

By Robtel Neajai Pailey Abstract Within the last decade alone, large-scale emigration has emboldened approximately half of all African states to adopt constitutional reforms granting dual citizenship, with some provisions more limited than others. Given Liberia’s post-war prominence in the […]


South Africa: Miriam Ali and others vs Minister of Home Affairs

September 7, 2017 7:26 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Miriam Ali and others vs Minister of Home Affairs

Case number 15566/2016 The Minister of Home Affairs is ordered to provide for a procedure enabling an application for acquisition of citizenship based on birth and residence in the territory until majority, as provided in the South African Citizenship Act. […]


Court rules Citizen­ship Act applies retrospectively to children born in South Africa to foreign parents

September 7, 2017 2:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Court rules Citizen­ship Act applies retrospectively to children born in South Africa to foreign parents

In the West­ern Cape High Court today, 07 Sep­tem­ber 2017, a judg­ment was handed down which affirms that chil­dren who were born in South Africa to for­eign par­ents are enti­tled to apply for cit­i­zen­ship, through the South African Cit­i­zen­ship Act […]


Zimbabwe: RG’s Office Rolls Out Mobile Registration

September 7, 2017 9:11 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: RG’s Office Rolls Out Mobile Registration

The Registrar General’s Office has begun the national mobile registration for people to acquire identity documents as part of preparations for next year’s harmonised elections.The department is focusing on registration of national identity cards, births and deaths certificates. The mobile […]


Zimbabwe: Metal IDs acceptable during BVR exercise

September 5, 2017 6:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Metal IDs acceptable during BVR exercise

Staff Writer HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said metal identity cards will be accepted during the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise. This comes after Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede said only holders of machine readable plastic identity cards will […]


Kenya Goes It Alone On e-Passport as Neighbours Dither

September 5, 2017 5:39 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya Goes It Alone On e-Passport as Neighbours Dither

By Victor Kiprop Kenya has rolled out the East African Community (EAC) electronic passport, 17 years after discussions to develop the document began. The new generation e-passport, which conforms to the international civil standards, replaces the existing national document, set […]