Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Ghana: NIA justifies $115m loan facility

October 10, 2014 11:49 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana: NIA justifies $115m loan facility

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has justified its decision to go for a 115 million dollar Chinese loan facility. The authority has come under public criticism recently for ‘wasting’ state funds in an exercise that was meant to issue Ghanaians […]


Man denies Tanzanian citizenship after half a century in the country

October 8, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Man denies Tanzanian citizenship after half a century in the country

More than half a century under his belt, Ibrahimu Ally (75) admits that he is a citizen of Sierra Leone and not a Tanzanian as he has purported to authorities all these years Ally has lived in Tanzania for 51 […]


Angolanos indignados com proposta de mudanças na Lei da Nacionalidade

October 7, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Angolanos indignados com proposta de mudanças na Lei da Nacionalidade

By : António Rocha A manifestação do grupo de jovens angolanos do Movimento Revolucionário visa denunciar uma proposta de alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade, que contém 26 modificações, enviada à Assembleia Nacional pelo Presidente de Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos. […]


Malawi Under Pressure to Issue National IDs

October 3, 2014 9:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi Under Pressure to Issue National IDs

By Lameck Masina BLANTYRE — Pressure is mounting on the government of Malawi to fast-track the process of issuing national identity cards (IDs) to address the challenges Malawians have long faced due to the absence of the documents. Malawi is the […]


L’apatridie est une grave injustice qui peut être résolue

October 2, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on L’apatridie est une grave injustice qui peut être résolue

Lorsqu’on lui demande sa nationalité, Ousmane, âgé d’une trentaine d’années, ne sait pas quoi répondre. Il est né dans un petit village dans le sud-est de la Côte d’Ivoire, près de la frontière avec le Ghana, mais n’a jamais été […]


International Refugee Law and the Right to Nationality: Legal responses to the Rwandan refugee crisis in Uganda

October 1, 2014 4:39 pm Published by Comments Off on International Refugee Law and the Right to Nationality: Legal responses to the Rwandan refugee crisis in Uganda

By Marshall Godfrey ALENYO Thesis submitted for Masters of Law (LLM) International Human Rights and Public Policy The objective of this thesis is to highlight the interaction between international refugee law and the right to a nationality with particular focus […]


South Africa: Gigaba blames crooked priests in immigration fraud

September 28, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Gigaba blames crooked priests in immigration fraud

Crooked priests, corrupt officials and dishonest traditional leaders are among those responsible for many foreigners making their way onto the National Population Register (NPR), Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Sunday. Briefing the media in Pretoria, he told reporters […]


Tanzanian Assembly rejects dual citizenship in draft law

September 27, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzanian Assembly rejects dual citizenship in draft law

The hopes of over three million Tanzanians living abroad for a new Constitution that allows dual citizenship were dashed following concerns that such a provision would pose a threat to national security. However, the idea, which was backed by President […]


CERD Concluding Observations: Cameroon, 2014

September 26, 2014 9:46 am Published by Comments Off on CERD Concluding Observations: Cameroon, 2014

CERD/C/CMR/CO/19-21 Citizenship and risk of statelessness 19.While commending the State party’s efforts to provide the population with identity papers, particularly through recent campaigns, the Committee is nevertheless concerned about the large number of persons residing in the national territory who […]


Lesotho: Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others

September 24, 2014 8:08 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others

Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (Constitutional Case No.4 of 2014) [2014] LSHC 30 (24 September 2014) Civil Procedure – Application procedure – Dispute of fact – Urgency – Constitutional Litigation rules.  Constitutional law – Arbitrary deprivation […]


Bénin: Décision DCC14-172 du 16 septembre 2014

September 16, 2014 2:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Décision DCC14-172 du 16 septembre 2014

La Cour décide: Article 1er.- Les articles 8, 12.2, 13 et 18 de la Loi n°65-17 du 23 juin 1965 portant code de la nationalité béninoise sont contraires à la Constitution. Article 2.- Les articles 7 et 22 de la […]