Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Zimbabwe: Dual citizenship: The people have spoken

May 5, 2015 10:49 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Dual citizenship: The people have spoken

Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora This writer was under the impression that the dual citizenship debate was now water under the bridge. How could it not be? First there is Chapter 3 in our Constitution, then there are the […]


Kgafela II and family have no SA Passports and IDs

May 4, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Kgafela II and family have no SA Passports and IDs

“We are ridiculed as “batho ba Botswana” (people from Botswana) when we claim our legitimate birth right.’’y It has come to light that contrary to general assumptions that Bakgatla King Kgafela II has attained South African citizenship, the king together […]


Zimbabwe: Aligning laws with the new constitution

May 4, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Aligning laws with the new constitution

In Part 1 of this progress report on constitutional alignment, we started to list what the Government has done so far in amending laws to implement the Constitution. We began with legislative changes needed to give effect to rights and […]


The Makonde of Kenya: The struggle to belong

May 1, 2015 9:26 am Published by Comments Off on The Makonde of Kenya: The struggle to belong

The Makonde are a Bantu speaking community who live on both sides of river Ruvuma which forms the border of Tanzania and  Mozambique. The community originated from the Northern part of the Republic of Mozambique mainly from Mwende district of […]


UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update May 2015

May 1, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update May 2015

Reports on the launch of the study on ‘The Right to a Nationality in Africa’ on 29 January 2015 at an event jointly organized by the African Union Commission, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and UNHCR, as […]


CEDEAO : des experts se penchent sur les solutions d’une immigration responsable

April 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CEDEAO : des experts se penchent sur les solutions d’une immigration responsable

Depuis le lundi 27 avril, une réunion d’experts de haut niveau se tient au Novotel de Cotonou sur la gestion de l’identité et l’Etat civil. Organisée par la Cedeao avec l’appui du projet « Appui à la libre circulation des […]


Comoros: Revenus de la citoyenneté économique : L’Etat comorien compte saisir les biens de Cgh

April 30, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Comoros: Revenus de la citoyenneté économique : L’Etat comorien compte saisir les biens de Cgh

FINANCES. Trois huissiers de justice sont appelés à procéder à la saisie des biens de Comoros Gulf Holding (Cgh) et à une vente aux enchères publiques, afin de recouvrer une partie de l’argent que la société de Bashar Kiwan doit […]


Good Practices Paper – Action 9: Acceding to the UN Statelessness Conventions

April 28, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Good Practices Paper – Action 9: Acceding to the UN Statelessness Conventions

Action 9 of the Global Action Plan calls on States to accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions. Statelessness remains a significant global issue even though two international treaties exist to prevent and reduce the phenomenon and protect stateless persons. The […]


Namibia women warned against marriage of convenience

April 27, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia women warned against marriage of convenience

Immigration minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has warned young Namibian women to desist from entering into marriage of conveniences with foreign nationals.The Namibian on Monday quoted her as complaining that young women have misunderstood the concept of marriage which exposes them to […]


Study on Nationality launched at African Commission in Banjul

April 27, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Study on Nationality launched at African Commission in Banjul

The Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on Thursday, 23rd April, 2015 presided over the launching of the ‘Study on Nationality’ in Africa as part of the events marking the Commission’s 56th Ordinary Session. Presenting […]


Nigeria: The Many Plights Of Bakassi Returnees

April 26, 2015 10:43 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: The Many Plights Of Bakassi Returnees

The story of Bakassi returnees continues to resonate in many unpleasant forms ranging from sheer abandonment to the non provision of basic amenities in the camps where they are kept. LANRE AROTIMI writes Several years after a forceful ejection from […]


Xenophobia: have we learnt nothing from the 2008 attacks?

April 21, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Xenophobia: have we learnt nothing from the 2008 attacks?

A recurring theme in discussions about the xenophobic violence of the past few weeks has been whether we learnt anything from the 2008 attacks? LOREN LANDAU, research chair in mobility and the politics of difference, looks at what we’ve learned […]