Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

New identification system: committee members commissioned

August 13, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on New identification system: committee members commissioned

They were installed yesterday in Yaounde by the Delegate General for National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguélé.Members of the committee charged with the supervision of the operations for the putting in place of the new security identification system in Cameroon have […]


L’obtention de certificat de Nationalité : un parcours de combattant pour les Togolais

August 11, 2015 1:27 pm Published by Comments Off on L’obtention de certificat de Nationalité : un parcours de combattant pour les Togolais

L’obtention du Certificat de Nationalité, document de base pour tout citoyen, reste encore un parcours de combattant au Togo. La situation paraît difficile pour beaucoup de citoyens. Pour acquérir le certificat de la nationalité, il faut passer par des procédures […]


Security checks prompt rush for ID cards

August 11, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Security checks prompt rush for ID cards

Long queues of people at Police Stations in Douala are unusual. Instead, such queues are often noticed during Public Service competitive entrance examinations, job recruitments or the free issuance of National Identity Cards in preparation for elections. But the situation […]


Maragoli Petition to Attorney-General of Uganda

August 10, 2015 11:21 am Published by Comments Off on Maragoli Petition to Attorney-General of Uganda

Compilation of documents related to a petition dated 10 August 2015 from the Maragoli to the Attorney General for guidance on the legal status of the Maragoli, and the official responses (in reverse date order from 2016). Maragoli petition to […]


Zimbabwe: The legal position on dual citizenship – Alex Magaisa

August 7, 2015 9:43 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: The legal position on dual citizenship – Alex Magaisa

By Alex T. Magaisa The legal position on dual citizenship is fairly simple and straightforward on paper (on paper, because as this article shows, the administrative machinery is deliberately obstructive, stubborn and inefficient). Otherwise the legal position is clear: Any […]


Final Communiqué of the 18th Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

August 7, 2015 5:31 am Published by Comments Off on Final Communiqué of the 18th Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Paragraph 11 notes that “The Commission further considered and adopted the draft Protocol on the Right to Nationality”. Download report from the African Commission website. Background to the adoption of the draft protocol can be found in the Intersession Activity […]


L’etat civil: un outil permettant de connaitre l’etat de la population

August 7, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on L’etat civil: un outil permettant de connaitre l’etat de la population

Certaines personnes semblent ignorer l’importance de l’enregistrement à l’état civil. Ce n’est que lorsqu’il y a un besoin immédiat que les gens pensent à declarer juste pour avoir un papier à l’état civil. Et, pourtant, c’est à travers l’acte de […]


Recensement: portrait de la Côte d’Ivoire en infographies

August 6, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Recensement: portrait de la Côte d’Ivoire en infographies

Les résultats du quatrième recensement général mené en 2014 ont été dévoilés par le gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire au cours des derniers jours. Des chiffres qui dressent un portrait de la société ivoirienne, à trois mois de la présidentielle. […]


Namibia: Villagers left stateless, hopeless

August 5, 2015 6:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Villagers left stateless, hopeless

MORE than 100 old people living at Divundu in Kavango East and surrounding areas have not been receiving pension grants because they do not have proof they are Namibian citizens. One of the elders, Sophia Diwandamo (85) from Mutjuku village […]


The international community is omniscient : a story of neglected former Rwandan refugees living in Zambia

August 4, 2015 2:46 pm Published by Comments Off on The international community is omniscient : a story of neglected former Rwandan refugees living in Zambia

Paul Kagame has been denying the existence of Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups in Rwanda since 1994.What is surprising from Paul Kagame is where he forcibly dictate to Hutus, even those who were not born in 1994, that they have […]


Rapport sur l’état des discriminations à l’égard des femmes en matière de nationalité au Maroc

August 1, 2015 4:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Rapport sur l’état des discriminations à l’égard des femmes en matière de nationalité au Maroc

Contribution de l’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc dans l’élaboration du HCDH du : “Rapport sur l’état des discriminations à l’égard des femmes en matière de nationalité au Maroc” PDF: AssociationDemocratiqueDesFemmesDuMaroc-nationalite Télécharger du site web de l’HCDH: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/RelatedMatters/OtherEntities/AssociationDemocratiqueDesFemmesDuMaroc.docx Pas de […]


Provisional Constitution of the Jubaland State of Somalia

August 1, 2015 4:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Provisional Constitution of the Jubaland State of Somalia

Article 5 The People 1. Jubaland people are the Somali citizens who inhabit Middle Jubba, Lower Juba and Gedo. 2. A Jubalander is any person who has resided in the State of Jubaland Download: https://www.slideshare.net/ADENOSMANQALOSHE/provisional-constitution-of-jubaland-20151