Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Liberia: Rep. Bility Introduces Bill Calling for Amendment of Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022

February 15, 2024 8:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Rep. Bility Introduces Bill Calling for Amendment of Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022

CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – Representative Musa Hansan (Bility) District #7, Nimba County) has introduced a bill seeking the amendment of the Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. In a statement accompanying the draft law, Rep. Bility described the proposal […]


Executive Council of the African Union: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees and other Ministerial Meetings

February 15, 2024 7:57 am Published by Comments Off on Executive Council of the African Union: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees and other Ministerial Meetings

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty Fourth Ordinary Session 14 – 15 February 2024 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1233-1264(XLIV) DECISIONS […] VI THE 8TH AND 9TH EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS, and 9TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS AND CONSIDERATION […]


Uganda: Registration for upgraded national IDs to start June 2024

February 13, 2024 9:34 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Registration for upgraded national IDs to start June 2024

By Elizabeth Kamurungi Mass enrolment to register or renew expiring Identity Cards (IDs) of close to 30 million Ugandans is expected to start June 1, a year later than the original date, internal affairs state minister Gen David Muhoozi, told […]


South Africa: LHR makes submission on poorly written White Paper from Home Affairs, calls for its withdrawal

February 1, 2024 8:52 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: LHR makes submission on poorly written White Paper from Home Affairs, calls for its withdrawal

Yesterday, 31 January 2024, was the deadline for public comments and submissions on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa. In spite […]


Digital ID in Kenya: An Advisory Policy Paper providing a roadmap to the implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID Regime in Kenya

January 31, 2024 7:45 am Published by Comments Off on Digital ID in Kenya: An Advisory Policy Paper providing a roadmap to the implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID Regime in Kenya

Introduction The Government of Kenya has prioritised improvement of service delivery to its citizens through leveraging Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the reform strategy/agenda. Many of the services are also revenue streams for the government that it intends to […]


Zimbabwe: Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 23)

January 30, 2024 4:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 23)

SI 2024-008 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations:— 1. These regulations may be cited as […]


The quest for legal ID by inhabitants of disputed Cameroonian territory Bakassi

January 29, 2024 7:26 pm Published by Comments Off on The quest for legal ID by inhabitants of disputed Cameroonian territory Bakassi

By Ayang Macdonald Along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Cameroon lies an oil-rich peninsular called Bakassi, a territory full of history. Once controlled by Nigeria for dozens of years, the disputed area is now under the control […]


UNHCR applauds São Tomé and Principe’s pledge to eradicate statelessness

January 26, 2024 9:03 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR applauds São Tomé and Principe’s pledge to eradicate statelessness

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, extends its appreciation to the Government and people of São Tomé and Principe for their commitment to ending statelessness through the recent accession to two statelessness conventions. On 15 January, São Tomé and […]


UK resident wins legal battle for Kenyan citizenship

January 25, 2024 4:38 pm Published by Comments Off on UK resident wins legal battle for Kenyan citizenship

By Sam Kiplagat Court Reporter The High Court has given the government up to six months to grant Kenyan citizenship to a Kenyan-born UK resident. Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the delay in processing Hamza Mohamed Osman’s documents was unreasonable […]


Libya: Court of Appeal case against NOC Chairman Bengdara moving forward – Court grants interim order

January 22, 2024 3:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Libya: Court of Appeal case against NOC Chairman Bengdara moving forward – Court grants interim order

Today, 22 January 2024, the Third Administrative Chamber of the Tripoli Court of Appeal took an important action in the ongoing high-profile litigation against NOC Chairman Farhat Bengdara. Specifically, the Court granted an interim order freezing the implementation of a […]