Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Home Affairs revokes Walus’ SA citizenship

May 29, 2017 10:06 am Published by Comments Off on Home Affairs revokes Walus’ SA citizenship

Barry Bateman PRETORIA – It’s emerged in the Supreme Court of Appeal that the Home Affairs Department has revoked the South African citizenship of Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus. The court in Bloemfontein was also told on Monday morning that the […]


Janusz Walus ‘stripped of his South African citizenship’

May 29, 2017 9:57 am Published by Comments Off on Janusz Walus ‘stripped of his South African citizenship’

Bloemfontein – Janusz Walus has been stripped of his South African citizenship, his lawyer says.Advocate Roelof du Plessis, SC, revealed this in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, where a full bench of judges will decide if Walus should […]


Zimbabwe: Govt urged to deal with statelessness, rights and welfare of children

May 29, 2017 8:39 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Govt urged to deal with statelessness, rights and welfare of children

GOVERNMENT has been urged to accede to the 1954 United Nations Conventions relating to the status of stateless persons and the 1961 UN convention on the reduction of statelessness, as well as to expedite the implementation of Article 6 (4) […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Plus d’un million d’écoliers sans extrait d’acte de naissance (MENETFP)

May 27, 2017 12:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Plus d’un million d’écoliers sans extrait d’acte de naissance (MENETFP)

La ministre de l’Education nationale, de l’Enseignement technique et de la Formation professionnelle, Kandia Camara, a révélé vendredi que 1 165 325 écoliers, soit 39,9% de l’effectif national, sont sans extrait d’acte de naissance. Mme Kandia Camara qui a procédé […]


Liberia: Lebanese to Contest

May 25, 2017 5:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Lebanese to Contest

A man believed to be a Lebanese national has planned to contest for the representative seat in the upcoming general and presidential elections. Mr. Abdalah M. Housseini was born to the parentage of a Liberian mother and a Lebanese father. […]


Gabon : Bongo va-t-il vraiment naturaliser tous les descendants d’esclaves ?

May 25, 2017 8:44 am Published by Comments Off on Gabon : Bongo va-t-il vraiment naturaliser tous les descendants d’esclaves ?

A l’issue du Colloque international sur la traite négrière qui s’est tenu à Libreville du 17 au 19 mai, le Président a proposé d’offrir la nationalité gabonaise à toutes les personnes dont les ancêtres ont été déportés. Un projet complexe […]


Sénégal: A Saint-Louis, 4.000 enfants n’ont pas d’acte de naissance

May 24, 2017 7:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: A Saint-Louis, 4.000 enfants n’ont pas d’acte de naissance

La Caritas qui s’est inscrite dans ce sillage depuis années, a mobilisé les acteurs concernés par cette problématique, mercredi, au lancement de son projet « Respect du droit à l’obtention de pièce d’état civil pour les enfants vulnérables de Saint-Louis ». Ce […]


Uganda: NIRA Withholds 15,000 National IDs of Maragoli Tribe

May 24, 2017 7:57 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: NIRA Withholds 15,000 National IDs of Maragoli Tribe

The National Identification Registration Agency (NIRA) is continuing to hold unto 15,000 national identity cards of members of the Maragoli community on grounds that they are not a recognised tribe in Uganda. The Maragoli community settled in present-day Uganda in […]


CMW Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2017

May 23, 2017 8:47 pm Published by Comments Off on CMW Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2017

Concluding observations on Nigeria in the absence of a report CMW/C/NGA/CO/1 Non-discrimination 27.While noting that the Constitution guarantees equal pay for equal work without discrimination on any grounds and that the Labour Act of 2004 protects “all persons in employment”, […]


Zimbabwe: Mudede should respect Constitution

May 23, 2017 7:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Mudede should respect Constitution

HARARE – Proposed ban of dual citizenship by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede is part of a plan by the ruling Zanu PF government to rig the 2018 general elections, social and political analysts contend. Their comments follow Mudede’s presentation on […]


States ask South Africa to give rights to the stateless

May 22, 2017 9:23 pm Published by Comments Off on States ask South Africa to give rights to the stateless

Last week states from around the world gathered to review South Africa on its human rights situation. This process is called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and all states are reviewed once every 5 years by their fellow states. The […]