Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Transit migration in Egypt

January 1, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Transit migration in Egypt

By Howaida Roman Abstract: Egypt is a big receiver to different kinds of migration, legal and illegal, documented and undocumented. The influx of refugees to Egypt started in the 1990s as a result of wars in the Horn of Africa, […]


Uganda Constitution Amendment Act, No.21 of 2005

December 30, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda Constitution Amendment Act, No.21 of 2005

Substitutes the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, on regional governments. New Article 4 provides that: (2) A person shall not be qualified to be elected a regional chairperson unless — (a) he or she is a citizen of Uganda by […]


IPI Condemns Confiscation of Publisher’s Passport by Zimbabwean Authorities

December 9, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on IPI Condemns Confiscation of Publisher’s Passport by Zimbabwean Authorities

According to information provided to IPI, on 8 December, Trevor Ncube, publisher of the South African Mail and Guardian newspaper, as well as Zimbabwe’s The Standard and Zimbabwean Independent newspapers, had his passport confiscated by a plainclothes member of the […]


Nationalism, Identity and Citizenship in The Western Sahara

December 1, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nationalism, Identity and Citizenship in The Western Sahara

By Pablo San Martin, Journal of North African Studies, Vol.10, No.3–4 (September–December 2005) pp.565–592 Abstract: This article explores the processes of development and naturalisation of the Saharawi national identity that emerged during the 1970s under the leadership of the Frente […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Uganda, 2005

November 23, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Uganda, 2005

CRC/C/UGA/CO/2 Fortieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Uganda Birth registration 37. The Committee notes with appreciation that the delegation underscored […]


Niger: State Report to CEDAW, 2005

November 21, 2005 11:37 am Published by Comments Off on Niger: State Report to CEDAW, 2005

CEDAW/C/NER/1-2 Initial and second report of the Niger on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Final Document submitted June 2001; published November 2005. 15. While appreciating the various legal reforms that have taken place, […]


CERD Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

November 1, 2005 9:56 am Published by Comments Off on CERD Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

CERD/C/NGA/CO/18 21. The Committee notes with concern that the provision regarding the acquisition of nationality as laid down in section 26 (2) (a) of the Constitution does not appear to comply fully with article 5 (d) (iii) of the Convention, […]


There are no refugees in this area: Self-settled refugees in Koboko

November 1, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on There are no refugees in this area: Self-settled refugees in Koboko

The following study focuses on self-settled refugees who were once living in camps, but are presently self-settled and living in Koboko. Most of these refugees fled the settlements due to insecurity, others left in search of economic opportunities in town, yet […]


Cote d’Ivoire: What’s in a name: A fight for identity

November 1, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: What’s in a name: A fight for identity

BOUAKE, 1 November 2005 (IRIN) – “We needed a war because we needed our identity cards,” explained rebel fighter Adama Traore, one of thousands of rebels who control the northern half of Cote d’Ivoire. “Without an identity card you are […]


The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

October 16, 2005 11:54 am Published by Comments Off on The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

Frederick Cooper, ‘The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa’, Studia Africana Vol.16 (2005): 14–23. “My goal in this article is to look at a crucial period in African history, the decade and a half after World War II […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Algeria, 2005

October 12, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Algeria, 2005

CRC/C/15/Add.269 Fortieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Algeria Birth registration 35. The Committee emphasizes that the birth registration system should be equally accessible to all parents in the whole […]