April 15, 2015 2:43 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Lotte Manicom Introduction: The Angolan Cessation, announced by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in May 2013, was largely successful in providing alternative documentation to those Angolan refugees who wished to remain in South Africa following the withdrawal of […]
April 15, 2015 2:30 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
BY: Elikplim Agbemava An interesting discussion I had with a friend a couple of weeks ago has prompted me to delve into the issue of who is a citizen of Ghana by birth and whether members of every indigenous ethnic […]
April 15, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Parliament of Uganda passed the Registration of Persons Bill 2014 on 26 February 2015; the purpose of the Act is to harmonize and consolidate the law on registration of persons in Uganda and to provide for the registration of […]
April 10, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Please find below the ANC’S positions on the proposed amendments adopted by the recently concluded National Constitution Conference (Conference) in Gbarnga. By way of background, the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC), whose members were appointed by the President and charged with […]
April 10, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Ousmane has been stateless all his life. His family — who were from Burkina Faso — were living in Côte d’Ivoire at the time of his birth — a birth, however, that was not registered. Abducted from his family when […]
April 10, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The clarion call by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on West African States, to accede to the Conventions on Statelessness deserves total commitment from stakeholders to bring an end to the menace. Many individuals residing in a […]
April 8, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Officials from South Sudan Ministry of Interior say they have opened up a branch for issuing passports and nationality identification cards to South Sudanese living in Uganda’s capital Kampala. They are charging higher fees for these documents than those charged […]
April 7, 2015 5:50 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Maroc : L’opposition veut retirer la nationalité marocaine aux Israéliens vivant dans les colonies Après les fameuses propositions condamnant la normalisation avec Israël en 2013 et un amendement pénalisant les échanges commerciaux avec ce pays en 2014, l’Etat hébreu est […]
April 4, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
About a decade ago, some well-placed Liberians called for the repeal of the section of the Liberian constitution that prohibits people of non-negro descent to become citizens of Liberia. These Liberians attempted to assuage the fearof citizens that white people, […]
April 3, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Je suis de plus en plus amusé – certainement à cause de la distance ou de l’éloignement – du caractère passionnel et souvent disproportionné, voire anachronique, que revêt le débat sur la double nationalité au Cameroun. Nos particularismes culturels, historiques, […]
April 3, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Under tight security presence, delegates at the constitutional review conference in Gbarnga Thursday overwhelmingly voted for nineteen prepositions for possible amendments in the current Liberian constitution. Despite a two day protest by Muslims against the restoration of Liberia to a […]
April 3, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Comoros is a small nation in need of money. The Gulf States have plenty of cash, but also a population of stateless residents they won’t give full rights to. So, as Alastair Sloan reports, Comoros is trading cash for […]
