Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

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 […]


Kenya to launch biometric passport

April 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya to launch biometric passport

Kenyan officials confirmed over the weekend that the country’s ePassport will be launched in November. Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons, Gordon Kihalangwa, said on a live Twitter chat that tracking individuals’ movements will become easy with the ePassport. […]


Birth certificates issued by Mali open doors for Mauritanian refugee children

April 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Birth certificates issued by Mali open doors for Mauritanian refugee children

A quarter century after his grandfather fled from Mauritania to escape bitter inter-communal violence, 13-year-old Oumar stood with other young Mauritanian refugees to receive birth certificates in Mali – a step that opens the door to basic rights enjoyed by […]


‘Mugabe didn’t give people passports to go to SA,’ says Charamba

April 20, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ‘Mugabe didn’t give people passports to go to SA,’ says Charamba

President Robert Mugabe and his government are not to blame for the mass migration of Zimbabweans to seek alternative sources of livelihood in neighbouring countries, presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, has said. Political opponents have accused the 91-year old leader of […]


Mali : Communiqué du Conseil des Ministres – adhésion aux Conventions sur l’apatridie

April 18, 2015 6:54 am Published by Comments Off on Mali : Communiqué du Conseil des Ministres – adhésion aux Conventions sur l’apatridie

Premier conseil des ministres du gouvernement Modibo KEITA Le Conseil des Ministres s’est réuni en session ordinaire, le samedi 18 avril 2015 dans sa salle de délibérations au Palais de Koulouba sous la présidence du Premier ministre, Chef du Gouvernement, […]


’98% of foreigners at KZN camp without papers’

April 18, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ’98% of foreigners at KZN camp without papers’

Government officials at the Phoenix Displacement Camp for victims of xenophobia in Durban say close to 98 percent of the people there don’t have identity documents or passports. The number of people in the camps is fluctuating as some choose […]


Ghana’s NIA calls for policy to synchronize ID cards

April 17, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana’s NIA calls for policy to synchronize ID cards

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is calling for a policy to synchronize identity cards in the country into one. Head, Administration/Legal & Compliance of the NIA, Josef Iroko told SpyGhana.com in an interview over the weekend the situation where people […]