Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Zimbabwe: ‘ID voting system will not work’

March 26, 2017 8:46 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: ‘ID voting system will not work’

By Maxwell Sibanda HARARE – Proposition that persons should be allowed to vote anywhere in the country upon production of their national identity documentation cards (IDs) for the 2018 general election is a recipe for electoral chaos, analysts have said. […]


Kenya: Stateless no more; song, dance as Makonde community gets Kenyan citizenship

March 24, 2017 7:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Stateless no more; song, dance as Makonde community gets Kenyan citizenship

By Munira Mandano The Makonde community has officially become Kenya’s 43rd tribe after being affirmed as Kenyan citizens in an event that was marked in song and dance. A celebratory mood engulfed Makongeni area, Kilifi county, where enthusiastic men, women […]


Gambia Suspends Production Of Passports

March 23, 2017 8:09 am Published by Comments Off on Gambia Suspends Production Of Passports

The Government of the Gambia has announced the immediate suspension  of  passports and national identity cards production until further notice. The decision according to the Ministry of the Interior, will enable the relevant authorities to protect and promote the integrity […]


Maurice: Me Varuna Punchoo : «Notre Constitution permet la double nationalité»

March 21, 2017 11:48 am Published by Comments Off on Maurice: Me Varuna Punchoo : «Notre Constitution permet la double nationalité»

Par Geraldine Geoffroy Selon la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme de 1948, tout individu a droit à une nationalité et nul ne peut être arbitrairement privé de sa nationalité, ni du droit de changer de nationalité. Les critères d’attribution […]


Good Practices Paper – Action 2: Ensuring that no child is born stateless

March 20, 2017 8:54 am Published by Comments Off on Good Practices Paper – Action 2: Ensuring that no child is born stateless

Action 2 of the Global Action Plan calls on States to ensure that no child is born stateless. Only if statelessness among children is addressed will the objective of the Global Action Plan – to end all statelessness by 2024 […]


Zimbabwe: Official Response to ‘Call to relax birth registration process’

March 17, 2017 7:39 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Official Response to ‘Call to relax birth registration process’

By Spokesperson Registrar-General’s Department WE wish to respond for the benefit of the public to an article titled “Call to relax birth registration process” by your Senior Reporter Zvamaida Murwira in The Herald of Saturday, 25 February 2017. The Department […]


Tanzania: No Birth Certificate, No Marriage

March 17, 2017 1:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: No Birth Certificate, No Marriage

By John Nditi in Morogoro ONLY people with valid birth certificates will be allowed to get married effective May 1, 2017, it was declared here yesterday. Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Harrison Mwakyembe directed the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency […]


Addressing the spate of statelessness in Nigeria

March 16, 2017 6:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Addressing the spate of statelessness in Nigeria

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says a stateless person does not have a nationality of any country. It notes further that while some people are born stateless — not considered as a national by any state under […]


The Makonde: From Statelessness to Citizenship in Kenya

March 15, 2017 6:55 pm Published by Comments Off on The Makonde: From Statelessness to Citizenship in Kenya

“We had rights but we did not know how to enjoy these rights because we did not have identity cards.” By Modesta Ndubi, Kwale, Coast, Kenya | 15 Mar 2017 “The day I got my Kenyan identity card I came home […]


Tchad : Compte rendu de la restitution sur l’apatridie

March 15, 2017 8:01 am Published by Comments Off on Tchad : Compte rendu de la restitution sur l’apatridie

« L’apatridie et droit à une nationalité », était le thème de la restitution de la formation sur l’apatridie organisée ce mercredi 15 mars 2017 par le Ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et de la Gouvernance Locale en collaboration avec […]


Nigeria: The Long, Long Wait for National Identity Cards

March 11, 2017 11:36 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: The Long, Long Wait for National Identity Cards

By Latifat Opoola “When I enrolled for the National Identity card early last year, I had expected the card would be ready in at most six months’ time. Whenever I go to their office, it has always been ‘go and […]


Face à la restriction de l’acquisition du passeport algérien, les Sahraouis menacent de demander “le statut d’apatrides”

March 10, 2017 12:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Face à la restriction de l’acquisition du passeport algérien, les Sahraouis menacent de demander “le statut d’apatrides”

Par Ziad Alami Les Sahraouis de Tindouf sont sommés de remettre leur passeport algérien dès leur retour de l’étranger. Une restriction de mouvement et une discrimination contre lesquelles ils protestent en menaçant de recourir au “statut d’apatride”, faute de bénéficier […]