Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Niger: le journaliste Baba Alpha condamné à “la mort civique”

July 19, 2017 9:00 am Published by Comments Off on Niger: le journaliste Baba Alpha condamné à “la mort civique”

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dénonce la condamnation inique du journaliste indépendant Baba Alpha, à deux ans de prison et dix ans de privation de tout droit civique et politique. Le 18 juillet, le journaliste Baba Alpha et son père d’origine […]


Birth registration now at the doorstep of Nigerians

July 18, 2017 11:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Birth registration now at the doorstep of Nigerians

When the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF in collaboration with the Bauchi state government and the National Population Commission, NPC, flagged off the massive birth registration campaign of children under the age of five years in the state, residents of communities […]


Zimbabwe: Call for applicant / immigration, citizenship, and residency cases

July 18, 2017 9:11 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Call for applicant / immigration, citizenship, and residency cases

Do you know that the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act and the Immigration Act is out dated and far behind in terms of alignment with the new Constitution of Zimbabwe? Do you know, every Zimbabwean citizen and everyone else who is […]


Sudan’s Supreme Court Reaffirms Women’s Right to Confer Nationality on Children

July 17, 2017 11:31 am Published by Comments Off on Sudan’s Supreme Court Reaffirms Women’s Right to Confer Nationality on Children

The Supreme Court of Sudan reaffirmed the right Sudanese women to confer nationality on their children in a July 6 decision. This important advancement for gender equal nationality rights underscores the need for the country’s Nationality Act to be aligned […]


Travails of Nigerians in Bakassi

July 17, 2017 11:04 am Published by Comments Off on Travails of Nigerians in Bakassi

Editorial The government could do more to cushion the plight of Bakassi people Following heavy-handed laws and state-sponsored violence from the Cameroonian authorities, thousands of Nigerians have fled Abana, the headquarters of Bakassi Peninsula which is currently under the sovereignty […]


Niger: le journaliste Baba Alpha condamné à deux ans de prison

July 17, 2017 8:55 am Published by Comments Off on Niger: le journaliste Baba Alpha condamné à deux ans de prison

Peine lourde pour le journaliste de la chaîne privée Bonférey Baba Alpha et son père, détenus depuis le 3 avril à la prison de Niamey. La justice nigérienne vient de les condamner à deux ans de prison pour faux et […]


Un enfant sur deux sans identité en Afrique subsaharienne

July 15, 2017 12:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Un enfant sur deux sans identité en Afrique subsaharienne

Le 9 mai 2017, la lutte contre l’apatridie faisait un pas de plus en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ce jour-là, à Banjul, la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a adopté un Plan d’action pour régulariser le million […]


South Africa: Angolan former refugees exempted

July 14, 2017 5:58 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Angolan former refugees exempted

By Farren Collins Government brought brief relief to Angolan former refugees when it granted a blanket exemption to those who qualified‚ but would not provide reasons why it was limited to a period of four years. In a landmark decision […]


UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July 2017

July 14, 2017 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July 2017

This Update highlights many activities and developments on statelessness that have taken place globally in the last three months, demonstrating the ongoing commitment to eradicating statelessness: Madagascar and Sierra Leone have amended their nationality laws to grant women equal rights […]


Sudan: Requirements and procedures to obtain a Sudanese passport, including business passports; information on appearance and security features; information on the prevalence of fraudulent passports (2015-2017)

July 13, 2017 5:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan: Requirements and procedures to obtain a Sudanese passport, including business passports; information on appearance and security features; information on the prevalence of fraudulent passports (2015-2017)

SDN105838.E 1. Overview According to a 2015 case study document on electronic passports in Sudan, published by HJP Consulting, a company that “provided [c]onsulting and [p]roject [m]anagement [s]ervices for the planning, procurement, testing and implementation of the Sudanese [electronic] passport […]


Etat civil au Burkina : “Tous les Burkinabè doivent être enregistrés”, dit la directrice générale de la modernisation de l’état civil, Awa Compaoré

July 13, 2017 12:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Etat civil au Burkina : “Tous les Burkinabè doivent être enregistrés”, dit la directrice générale de la modernisation de l’état civil, Awa Compaoré

La communauté Sant’Egidio (coopération italienne) via son programme BRAVO !, en collaboration avec le ministère de l’administration territoriale et de la décentralisation, a organisé un atelier de formation au profit d’acteurs de l’état civil pour l’enregistrement universel des naissances au Burkina. […]


Nigeria: Children U-5 to get birth certificates in Bauchi‎

July 12, 2017 8:33 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Children U-5 to get birth certificates in Bauchi‎

The ongoing under five children registration exercise across the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State is recording a high turnout.‎ Bauchi State‎ state government, the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the National […]