Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Gambia: Pap Saine’s nationality question settled

June 17, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Gambia: Pap Saine’s nationality question settled

By Fabakary B. Ceesay Mr. Pap Saine, the Editor, Publisher and Co-proprietor of the Point Newspaper, who was standing trial on the allegation that he is not a Gambian and has acquired Gambian citizenship through falsehood, was Monday 15th June, […]


Botswana Children’s Act 2009

June 16, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Botswana Children’s Act 2009

The act recognises the right of every child in Botswana to nationality from birth (Article 12(1)). According to the act, the child’s birth certificate, issued under Botswana’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, shall be the proof of the nationality of the child. The […]


Kenya: Nowhere to call home in promised land

June 13, 2009 5:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Nowhere to call home in promised land

Citing a 1956 prophecy by its Zimbabwean founder, members of the Gospel of God Church hold that Kenya is the Promised Land. By JOSEPH NGUNJIRI As popular Christian folklore, mythology and scriptures go, the place variously referred to as Canaan, […]


Loi No. 2009 010 du 11 juin 2009 relative à l’organisation de l’état civil au Togo

June 11, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Loi No. 2009 010 du 11 juin 2009 relative à l’organisation de l’état civil au Togo

The law places authority for civil registration in Togo under the joint administration of the ministry of local government and the ministry of justice and provides for registration of births, marriages and deaths. The law prohibits the mention of ethnicity […]


Uganda: Bill Allowing Dual Citizenship Passed

June 10, 2009 8:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Bill Allowing Dual Citizenship Passed

(June 10, 2009) It was reported on May 17, 2009, that the Ugandan Parliament has passed into law a bill allowing dual citizenship and sent it to the President’s desk for signature (Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of […]


Citizenship in Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s restrictive nationality law and the need to recognise dual nationality

June 1, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Citizenship in Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s restrictive nationality law and the need to recognise dual nationality

Eric Ngonji Njungwe And Gregory Thorne, “Citizenship In Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s Restrictive Nationality Law and the Need to Recognize Dual Nationality” CJDHR Vol. 3 No. 1 – June 2009 Abstract: In light of global trend towards more open nationality laws, […]


Foreigners at Home: The Dilemma of Citizenship in Northern Kenya

June 1, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Foreigners at Home: The Dilemma of Citizenship in Northern Kenya

Report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (an NGO distinct from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights) on discrimination against members of certain ethnic groups in the acquisition of Kenyan citizenship and national identity cards. Summary Once a neglected […]


Rwanda: Presidential Order No.21/01 of 27/05/2009 establishing the procedure for the application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality

May 27, 2009 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Rwanda: Presidential Order No.21/01 of 27/05/2009 establishing the procedure for the application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality

Establishes procedures to apply for the grant of nationality based on birth in Rwanda, long residence, or Rwandan origin. Download file: Rwanda Presidential Order on procedues for application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality


Court ruling strips Egyptian men married to Israelis of their nationality

May 21, 2009 11:53 am Published by Comments Off on Court ruling strips Egyptian men married to Israelis of their nationality

By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Cairo’s Administrative Court held Tuesday that Egyptian men married to Israeli nationals should be stripped of Egyptian citizenship on “national security grounds”. The ruling obliges the interior minister to “put forward for consideration to the cabinet […]


Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia

May 15, 2009 11:47 am Published by Comments Off on Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia

[Unofficial translation reported in judgment of United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), 30 June 2011 ST (Ethnic Eritrean – nationality – return) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKUT 00252 (IAC), available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_UTIAC,4e1b1c2b2.html] […]


ID cards: Tanzania needs to change its laws

May 2, 2009 11:06 am Published by Comments Off on ID cards: Tanzania needs to change its laws

Reported by Mohamed Issa, Mike Mande and Wilfred Edwin Tanzania is to amend its constitution to support the implementation of the National Identification Cards Project across both the mainland and Zanzibar. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania will […]


Analysis of The Aliens and Nationality Law of the Republic of Liberia

May 1, 2009 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Analysis of The Aliens and Nationality Law of the Republic of Liberia

By Jessie Tannenbaum (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Anthony Valcke (University of Kent, Brussels; Vesalius College; European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)), Andrew McPherson (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Leah Mueller (American Bar Association Rule of Law […]