Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Mozambique: Nacionalidade da PM: CP da Frelimo dissipa dúvidas

May 3, 2008 8:48 am Published by Comments Off on Mozambique: Nacionalidade da PM: CP da Frelimo dissipa dúvidas

Um comunicado da Comissão Política do Partido Frelimo chegado ontem à nossa Redacção refere que a Primeira-Ministra, Luísa Diogo é moçambicana e nunca perdeu a nacionalidade contrariamente às informações veiculadas por uma certa Imprensa. A Comissão Política reunida ontem na […]


Lesotho: Director of Immigration and others v. Lekhoaba

April 11, 2008 4:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Director of Immigration and others v. Lekhoaba

C of A (CIV) No. 22/07 Summary: (a) Dual citizenship – Failure to renounce South African citizenship – Section 41 of the Constitution of Lesotho -Sections 22 and 23 of the Citizenship Order 1971 -Whether the first respondent ceased to […]


CEDAW Concluding Observations: Morocco, 2008

April 8, 2008 6:28 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Observations: Morocco, 2008

CEDAW/C/MAR/CO/4 Extract: 40. While noting with satisfaction the improvement in the personal status of women in the State party, including the fact that that every child born to a Moroccan mother, whether in Morocco or abroad, is entitled to acquire […]


CEDAW Concluding Observations: Burundi, 2008

April 8, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Observations: Burundi, 2008

CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 The Committee considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic report of Burundi (CEDAW/C/BDI/4) at its 813th and 814th meetings, on 16 January 2008 (see CEDAW/C/SR.813 and CEDAW/C/SR.814). The Committee’s list of issues and questions is contained in CEDAW/C/BDI/Q/4 […]


On race, citizenship and property in Liberia: A sociologist’s point of view

March 19, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on On race, citizenship and property in Liberia: A sociologist’s point of view

By: Konia T. Kollehlon As Liberians begin to rebuild various aspects of their material culture (i.e, roads, bridges, buildings, etc) from 14 years of devastating civil war, I hope that they will also take the time to revisit, repair, and, […]


Tanzania-Burundi: New Beginnings for the ’1972 Refugees’

March 12, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania-Burundi: New Beginnings for the ’1972 Refugees’

Banguabo Mosozi, 68, was a young man when he fled neighbouring Burundi to Tanzania, escaping violence that is estimated to have killed at least 200,000 people. That was in 1972. Now, a father of 14 with four wives, Mosozi is […]


La législation mauritanienne interdit la double nationalité, déclare le directeur des affaires civiles et du sceau au ministère de la justice

March 9, 2008 9:25 am Published by Comments Off on La législation mauritanienne interdit la double nationalité, déclare le directeur des affaires civiles et du sceau au ministère de la justice

La législation mauritanienne interdit la double nationalité, a déclaré le directeur des affaires civiles et du sceau au ministère de la justice, le magistrat Mohamed Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed Lemine. La nationalité mauritanienne se perd et est retirée de toute personne […]


De l’exil au retour : le rapatriement des Mauritaniens réfugiés au Sénégal en perspective

March 1, 2008 1:07 pm Published by Comments Off on De l’exil au retour : le rapatriement des Mauritaniens réfugiés au Sénégal en perspective

Par Marion Fresia Résumé Le 28 Janvier 2008, 103 Mauritaniens ont été rapatriés dans leurs villages d’origine par le Haut Commissariat aux Réfugiés et accueillis en grandes pompes par les autorités mauritaniennes. Après 19 ans d’exil et de silence autour […]


UNHCR asks for $34 million for Burundian refugees in Tanzanian settlements

February 21, 2008 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR asks for $34 million for Burundian refugees in Tanzanian settlements

GENEVA (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is seeking $34 million to realize comprehensive solutions for some 218,000 Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972. The two-year programme aims to end one of the world’s most protracted refugee situations. […]