Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Litige frontalier Burkina Faso-Bénin: Koalou, l’héritage de la discorde

June 29, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Litige frontalier Burkina Faso-Bénin: Koalou, l’héritage de la discorde

Depuis des décennies, Koalou, un lopin de terre de 68 km2 est source de litige frontalier entre le Burkina Faso et son voisin, le Bénin. En 2009, cette localité a été érigée en une zone à statut particulier par les […]


Nigeria: Bakassi returnees ask for permanent resettlement

June 25, 2015 10:47 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Bakassi returnees ask for permanent resettlement

Bakassi returnees in Cross River state have called for permanent resettlement and intervention to improve their welfare. The leaders of the returnees made the demand in interviews in Akpabuyo, Cross River.  The leaders are Etim Ene, Okon Etim Effiom and […]


Nubians in Kenya face land challenges

June 24, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nubians in Kenya face land challenges

Hamida Malahassen runs a successful business in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, but her case is unique. Being Nubian, she has faced lots of challenges in applying for citizenship. And without a Kenyan identity card that enables one to be […]


Zambia: Dual citizenship

June 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zambia: Dual citizenship

The proposed adoption of the dual citizenship clause in the Zambian constitution through Parliament is a double-edged sword that is bound to hurt ordinary Zambians more and reverse the drive for indigenous Zambian participation in the economy. The first 27 […]


Major birth and civil registration project to reach thousands in Nampula

June 19, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Major birth and civil registration project to reach thousands in Nampula

Four-year-old Mariza Iussufo is perhaps not fully aware of the life-changing event that happened to her today, when the enthusiastic crowd at Namachilo community suddenly turned silent as her name was called out. As she quickly replied “yes” with her […]


UNHCR & ECOWAS court sign partnership agreement

June 18, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR & ECOWAS court sign partnership agreement

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (ECCJ) on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, signed a partnership agreement on training, capacity building and information sharing in Abuja, Nigeria. A dispatch from the Liberian […]


30,000 Mozambicans in South Africa receive biometric passports

June 16, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on 30,000 Mozambicans in South Africa receive biometric passports

The National Director of Civil Identification in Mozambique, Domingos Jofane has said more than 30,000 of his compatriots living and working in South Africa already have biometric identity cards and passports.He said this is part of a campaign promoted by […]


YWCA backs President Lungu on dual citizenship clause

June 15, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on YWCA backs President Lungu on dual citizenship clause

The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has supported Cabinet’s decision to approve the dual citizenship proposal and regard it as a non-contentious issues which should be presented in parliament for enactment into the new constitution of Zambia. YWCA national president […]


Cabinet backs dual citizenship

June 15, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cabinet backs dual citizenship

President Lungu has assured Zambians in the diaspora of the much-desired dual citizenship if Parliament approves the proposal in the draft constitution. And the President has called on African countries to change society’s perception of women and begin to consider […]


Zimbabwe: Constitutional court calls for law to enforce dual citizenship

June 15, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Constitutional court calls for law to enforce dual citizenship

The Constitutional Court has called for the enactment of legislation that recognises dual citizenship and spells out how lost citizenship can be restored to make the Mutumwa Mawere judgment enforceable. In a full judgment availed recently under Constitutional Court of […]


Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana

June 15, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana

The first point of call between individuals and their states is being registered and counted as part of the state, bestowing on them all rights and privileges that the state provides. Dow described birth registration as the first ticket to […]


CERD Concluding Observations: Sudan, 2015

June 12, 2015 5:19 pm Published by Comments Off on CERD Concluding Observations: Sudan, 2015

Doc. CERD/C/SDN/CO/12-16 19. The Committee notes with concern that the 2011 amendment to the Nationality Act, as introduced in section 10 (2), provides for the revocation of the Sudanese nationality of those who have acquired “de jure or de facto” […]