Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Sierra Leone: Changes to the 1991 Constitution Proposed

February 29, 2016 8:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone: Changes to the 1991 Constitution Proposed

By Hanibal Goitom (Feb. 29, 2016) On February 16, 2016, Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Review Committee (an 80-member body established in 2013 to review the 1991 Constitution and a 2008 report proposing changes to it) published an abridged draft report of its findings.  (Ibrahim Tarawallie, […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Benin, 2016

February 26, 2016 10:21 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Benin, 2016

CRC/C/BEN/CO/3–5 Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Benin Birth registration 30. The Committee is concerned that many children are still not registered at birth, in particular children living in remote rural communities, children from disadvantaged […]


Une naturalisation ivoirienne de Blaise Compaoré pour échapper à la justice burkinabé

February 26, 2016 9:39 pm Published by Comments Off on Une naturalisation ivoirienne de Blaise Compaoré pour échapper à la justice burkinabé

Par Alexis Adélé Au moment où les autorités burkinabées attendaient toujours l’exécution d’un mandat d’arrêt international émis le 21 décembre 2015 à l’encontre de l’ancien président du Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Abidjan a adressé une réponse diplomatique à Ouagadougou. Le […]


Sénégal : Abdoulaye Wade est-il français ?

February 26, 2016 12:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal : Abdoulaye Wade est-il français ?

La polémique enfle autour de la double nationalité supposée de l’ancien président. Car, depuis 1992, la Constitution impose au chef de l’État d’être « exclusivement » sénégalais… L’ancien président Abdoulaye Wade a-t-il commis un « parjure », voire, comme le […]


Recent Developments in Citizenship Law in Africa

February 25, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Recent Developments in Citizenship Law in Africa

The 3rd edition of the Open Society Foundation publication Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study was released in January. Its author, Bronwen Manby, considers developments since the last edition was published in 2010. The last five years have been a busy […]


Burkina : la nationalité ivoirienne de Blaise Compaoré fait débat

February 24, 2016 9:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Burkina : la nationalité ivoirienne de Blaise Compaoré fait débat

Par Vincent Duhem Le décret de naturalisation de Blaise Compaoré a été publié à Abidjan au Journal officiel du 18 janvier 2016. L’ancien président burkinabè, qui fait l’objet d’un mandat d’arrêt international pour son implication présumée dans la mort de […]


Sierra Leoneans angry over proposed removal of citizenship clause

February 24, 2016 12:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leoneans angry over proposed removal of citizenship clause

The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees citizenship through African-Negro ancestry. In other words, to be a Sierra Leonean citizen, one must be born in Sierra Leone by either black African parents or outside Sierra Leone by parents who have naturally qualified […]


Angola: Nova lei trava atribuição da nacionalidade angolana ao tempo colonial

February 24, 2016 11:05 am Published by Comments Off on Angola: Nova lei trava atribuição da nacionalidade angolana ao tempo colonial

O parlamento angolano aprovou hoje, depois de vários adiamentos, a Lei da Nacionalidade, diploma que impede agora cidadãos estrangeiros e seus descendentes, nascidos em Angola no tempo colonial português, de serem angolanos. A Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada com 142 […]


Nigeria: Oru Stranded Refugees — We Have Been Abandoned

February 21, 2016 10:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Oru Stranded Refugees — We Have Been Abandoned

By Gbenga Akinfenwa EIGHT years after the Oru Refugee camp, Ogun State, was officially closed down, hundreds of the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean stranded refugees have alleged abandonment by the authorities, to face the hard side of life. Situated in Ijebu […]


HRW interpelle le Polisario au sujet de la séquestration des Sahraouies naturalisées Espagnoles

February 15, 2016 2:20 pm Published by Comments Off on HRW interpelle le Polisario au sujet de la séquestration des Sahraouies naturalisées Espagnoles

Par Ziad Alami Human Rights Watch a adressé dernièrement une correspondance au soi-disant «ministre sahraoui de la Justice», au sujet de la séquestration à Tindouf de trois jeunes Sahraouies naturalisées Espagnoles. L’ONG américaine demande au front séparatiste des explications sur […]


La double nationalité : un faux débat pour notre Sénégal

February 12, 2016 2:04 pm Published by Comments Off on La double nationalité : un faux débat pour notre Sénégal

Par Cheikh Sidiya Diop Cette polémique stérile sur la double nationalité qui ne cesse d’alimenter la vie politique sénégalaise est un faux débat puisque improductive face aux enjeux majeurs et questions essentielles de notre Sénégal. A mon humble avis, je […]


Uganda: Museveni assures multi-racial community of citizenship

February 8, 2016 7:25 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Museveni assures multi-racial community of citizenship

He noted that the 1995 Constitution allows a person who has lived in Uganda for a number of years to apply for citizenship – President Yoweri Museveni has assured the multi-racial community living in the country of their rights to […]