August 8, 2023 4:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Lola Hierro Mahmud Hashimi stirs his cup of coffee as he sits on a spotless sofa in the lobby of the exclusive Carlton hotel in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. A casual onlooker would have no reason to think […]
August 8, 2023 3:28 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control – DCIC has confiscated over 10,000 Ugandan national identity cards from foreigners. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of internal affairs spokesperson revealed that the foreigners are believed to have beaten the National Identification […]
August 7, 2023 3:57 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extracts relating to developments in law and policy: Eswatini On 06 April, an application was made at the High Court of the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Eswatini) to declare laws limiting the passing of citizenship from swazi women to their […]
August 3, 2023 11:12 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Interview with Zoé Allado, head of the Pilot project to modernise Guinea’s civil registry Guinea is a West African country with a population of almost 14 million (2023). It is eight times the size of Belgium. It is rich in […]
August 2, 2023 5:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
A new study by the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, highlights risks of statelessness for refugees who have spent more than 20 years outside their country of origin, […]
August 2, 2023 10:45 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
ACHPR/Res.565 (LXXVI) 2023 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 76th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 19 July to 2 August 2023: Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in […]
August 1, 2023 12:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Lulu Brenda Harris The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to restore Zimbabwean citizenship to members of the royal […]
July 31, 2023 4:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Thokozani Mamba JABULA – With immediate effect, businesses operated by foreign nationals on Eswatini National Land (ENL) will be closed if that foreigner has no legitimate citizenship certificate granted by the Citizenship Board. Home Affairs Minister Princess Lindiwe has […]
July 28, 2023 10:30 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Watch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGaNZRdwdJj (Formal declaration in English from 19 minutes)
July 28, 2023 6:43 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Maureen Kinyanjui Close to 100,000 Pemba community members will from today (Friday) identify themselves as Kenyan citizens. President William Ruto who is in Kilifi will issue citizenship award to the community at Karisa Maitha Stadium. The community members have […]
July 28, 2023 6:37 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government of Kenya for granting citizenship to members of the Pemba community. This decisive action is another step in their longstanding commitment to help eliminate statelessness in the country and improve […]
July 27, 2023 4:47 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
We, experts of the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) — Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Republic of Sudan, Republic of South Sudan, Tanzania, […]