Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Buying foreign citizenship

May 27, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Buying foreign citizenship

With enough money you can buy anything, even a foreign citizenship. And for the outrageously wealthy, the power to move and live wherever they like is worth paying for. “For families with means, it’s really just about giving yourself and […]


Malawi diaspora in Europe to discuss dual citizenship with government officials

May 26, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Malawi diaspora in Europe to discuss dual citizenship with government officials

With its continued concerted effort to maintain strong links and instil interests among those in diaspora about their homeland, the Malawi government is to hold talks with representatives of the Malawi community through the Malawi Diaspora in Europe from 28 […]


Burundi refugee crisis test Tanzania’s refugee policy

May 25, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Burundi refugee crisis test Tanzania’s refugee policy

Similarly, not all Burundians living in Tanzania were convinced “citizenship” would solve their problems of social integration or protection in the country. Had they not been citizens in 1970s or in the 1990s or the early 2000s when civil war […]


Egypt: Marooned in the desert

May 22, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Egypt: Marooned in the desert

Sixty-seven years after the Arab-Israeli War, 3,000 Palestinians remain forgotten and stateless in rural Egypt. By Emily Crane JEZIRET EL FADL, Egypt—Ghafra dreams of rain. Not the brief bursts of precipitation that mix with the desert dust here a few […]


ECOWAS heads of state approve abidjan declaration on eradication of statelessness

May 22, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ECOWAS heads of state approve abidjan declaration on eradication of statelessness

The government and Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Wednesday, May 20th approved and endorsed the ‘Abidjan Ministerial Declaration’ on the eradication of statelessness. The declaration was endorsed at the 47th Ordinary Summit of […]


Africa urged to harness diaspora population

May 22, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Africa urged to harness diaspora population

A pan-African think tank on Friday urged African countries to develop innovative ways to harness their large diaspora populations. Blessing Mberu, head of urbanization and well-being with African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), told Xinhua in Nairobi that the […]


Uganda: Maragoli want to be included in the constitution

May 21, 2015 6:13 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Maragoli want to be included in the constitution

The Maragoli community wants the legal and parliamentary affairs committee to consider their petition to be included in the 3rd schedule of the Ugandan constitution as one of the indigenous tribes. The community members are residents of Kiryandongo and Masindi […]


Kenya: Wajir South ex-MP Sirat to answer citizenship charge

May 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Wajir South ex-MP Sirat to answer citizenship charge

Former Wajir South MP Mahmud Sirat has been ordered to answer to charges of obtaining Kenyan citizenship falsely. Nairobi chief magistrate Lucy Mbugua made the ruling yesterday after Sirat’s lawyer Kethi Kilonzo applied for more time awaiting a Court of […]


Communique of the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State

May 19, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Communique of the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State

Paragraph 25 states: Furthermore, the Summit expresses its support for the global campaign on the eradication of statelessness and approves the Abidjan Declaration adopted on 25th February 2015 in that respect. The Summit calls on Member States to decisively join […]


Namibian refugees’ status ends

May 18, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Namibian refugees’ status ends

The Daily News of May 18, 2015 carried a story which implied that Namibian refugees at the Dukwi Refugee Camp said they will not return to their home country. But the matter is that the Minister of Defence, Justice and […]


Zimbabwe: Mudede dragged to court over passport

May 18, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Mudede dragged to court over passport

A Bulawayo man who holds dual citizenship has filed an application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking an order compelling the Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede to issue him with a passport after his application for a travelling document was turned […]