Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

A birth certificate means a life for Amadou

March 25, 2026 9:15 pm Published by Comments Off on A birth certificate means a life for Amadou

By Patrice Okou AKA In the Tillabéri region of south-west Niger, thousands of displaced children grow up without birth certificates. A lack of information, coupled with the closure of some registration centres, and the remoteness of civil registry offices, mean […]


Ordonnance n°0004/PR/2026 du 26 février 2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise

March 25, 2026 10:51 am Published by Comments Off on Ordonnance n°0004/PR/2026 du 26 février 2026 portant Code de la Nationalité Gabonaise

Journal Officiel n°108 Bis du 25 mars 2026. Titre II : De la reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise à titre de nationalité d’origine Article 20 : La reconnaissance de la nationalité gabonaise, à titre de nationalité d’origine, est établie, au […]


How Foreigners Can Get Citizenship in Kenya Under New proposal

March 24, 2026 11:34 pm Published by Comments Off on How Foreigners Can Get Citizenship in Kenya Under New proposal

by Annah Nanjala Wekesa Kenyans have been invited to submit a memorandum on The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 53 of 2025). The bill seeks to amend the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, Cap. 170 […]


Angola: SIC detém mais de 50 cidadãos da RDC que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano com B.I. falso

March 18, 2026 3:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Angola: SIC detém mais de 50 cidadãos da RDC que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano com B.I. falso

O Serviço de Investigação Criminal (SIC) deteve, no centro de apoio ao utente instalado na marginal de Luanda, mais de 50 cidadãos oriundos da República Democrática do Congo (RDC) que pretendiam obter passaporte angolano usando bilhetes de identidade (B.I) falsificados. […]


Protection, Not Prejudice: Understanding the Intent of Liberia’s Constitutional Citizenship Clause

March 17, 2026 12:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Protection, Not Prejudice: Understanding the Intent of Liberia’s Constitutional Citizenship Clause

By Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr Remarks of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on citizenship ignite national debate. Few issues ignite debate in Liberia more quickly than the interpretation of the country’s constitutional provisions on citizenship and land ownership. Critics […]


Sierra Leone’s digital ID push: how local brokers help citizens gain legal identity

March 17, 2026 11:26 am Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone’s digital ID push: how local brokers help citizens gain legal identity

By Laura Lambert An estimated 542 million Africans lack identity cards and potentially face statelessness. Without a legal identity, they can be excluded from basic human rights like education, healthcare and protection. Most African countries have tried to rectify this […]


Gratitude and Growing Pains: Reflections on Ghana’s Citizenship Ceremony and the Future of Diaspora Return

March 13, 2026 7:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Gratitude and Growing Pains: Reflections on Ghana’s Citizenship Ceremony and the Future of Diaspora Return

By Akosua Shannan Magee Recently Ghana hosted another citizenship ceremony for members of the African diaspora, presided over by Her Excellency Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, representing His Excellency the President of the Republic […]


Africa’s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?

March 12, 2026 9:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Africa’s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?

In February 2024, the African Union adopted “The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa”, marking a major continental milestone in […]


How South Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan are reclaiming their identity in South Sudan

March 12, 2026 6:26 pm Published by Comments Off on How South Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan are reclaiming their identity in South Sudan

By Gift Friday Noah in Juba In 2016, deadly conflict reached Wau town, north-western South Sudan, where 49-year-old pharmacist Michael Angelo Ufo and his family had called home for years, forcing them to flee to White Nile State in Sudan […]


‘Home’ at last: Ghana grants citizenship to 150 members of African diaspora

March 10, 2026 6:41 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘Home’ at last: Ghana grants citizenship to 150 members of African diaspora

Accra (AFP) – Tightly holding her citizenship certificate against her chest, Patrice Ann Robertson wiped away a tear; she’s now officially Ghanaian nearly a decade after she started living in the west African country. “This is home,” the now Ghanaian-American, […]


African Diaspora sworn in as Ghanaian Citizens in heartwarming ceremony

March 10, 2026 6:26 pm Published by Comments Off on African Diaspora sworn in as Ghanaian Citizens in heartwarming ceremony

In a display of reconnection and healing, members of the African Diaspora Community were sworn in as Ghanaian citizens, marking a significant moment in the country’s efforts to reconnect with its global family. Speaking at the ceremony, H.E. the Vice […]


Ghana grants citizenship to members of African diaspora

March 10, 2026 6:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana grants citizenship to members of African diaspora

New Ghanaian citizens took the oath of allegiance on Monday at a swearing in ceremony in Accra. Once a central part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Ghana has become a prime destination for members of the historical diaspora wanting to […]