Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

South Africa: Late registration of births coming to an end

September 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Late registration of births coming to an end

Johannesburg — Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on officials to urge parents to register their new born babies within 30 days after birth because the late registration of births (LRB) process will be coming to an end soon. […]


Lutte contre l’apatridie et droit à la nationalité Abidjan abrite la conférence d’Afrique de l’Ouest

September 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Lutte contre l’apatridie et droit à la nationalité Abidjan abrite la conférence d’Afrique de l’Ouest

Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations-Unies pour les Réfugiés (Unhcr) organise en collaboration avec Open Society Initiative for West Africa (Osiwa), Open Society Africa Regional Office (Afro) et Open Society Justice Initiative (Osji), la conférence consultative d’Afrique de l’Ouest sur le droit […]


Zambia: Cessation of Rwandan refugee status: Two years on

September 29, 2015 2:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: Cessation of Rwandan refugee status: Two years on

By John Osmers Twenty-one years after the genocide, and despite a rosy picture created internationally of a healing nation, many Rwandan refugees are reluctant to return home for fear of persecution by the current regime. After those living in Zambia […]


Accenture and Word Bank release report on universal ID

September 28, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Accenture and Word Bank release report on universal ID

Today, Accenture and the World Bank released a report to help developing nations create universal ID management systems. The report notes that over 1.8 billion adults in developing countries currently lack an official ID and therefore have no access to […]


Somalia: One man, no vote

September 26, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Somalia: One man, no vote

How do you hold an election without registering voters? That is the question confronting Somali politicians—as well as hordes of diplomats, NGOs and other international hangers-on—trying to create a functional government in Somalia, a country that has been without a […]


Stateless in Liberia

September 25, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Stateless in Liberia

This weekend the world meets to commit to the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. For 10 million stateless people worldwide this will continue to be a dream as long as they […]


Namibia’s Mysterious ‘Unwanted’ Citizen

September 25, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia’s Mysterious ‘Unwanted’ Citizen

analysis BIG Brother has been watching and following the Lebanese-born but naturalised Namibian businessman Ali Fadl Ayoub for the past 15 years. But who is Ali Fadl Ayoub? Why are the authorities interested in him and suspecting him of having […]


Central African Republic: The Roots of Violence

September 21, 2015 1:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Central African Republic: The Roots of Violence

Extract from p.20 “In public debate, the conflict is often presented as a confrontation between native peoples and foreign Muslims. Yet, the public often distinguishes between good Muslims (CAR citizens) and bad Muslims (foreigners, especially Chadians). There is now a […]


South Africa: Foreign children in care in the Western Cape Province

September 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Foreign children in care in the Western Cape Province

by Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Marilize Ackermann The study purports to analyze the position of unaccompanied- and separated foreign children within the context of refugee- and immigration law, and explores the area where migration meets children’s rights. It looks at […]


Statement on the Angolan cessation clause: former refugees from Angola face deportation as temporary permits expire

September 17, 2015 5:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Statement on the Angolan cessation clause: former refugees from Angola face deportation as temporary permits expire

The People’s Coalition Against Xenophobia calls for Angolans who have been legally living in South Africa with refugee status for many years to be allowed to regularise their stay in the country. In April 2013 the South African government agreed […]