Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

“Who are you?” Understanding the linkages between legal identity and housing, land and property rights in Somalia

December 19, 2022 8:16 am Published by Comments Off on “Who are you?” Understanding the linkages between legal identity and housing, land and property rights in Somalia

Authors: Juliette Syn and Laura Cunial Internal displacement in Somalia remains one of the most complex and long-standing humanitarian and development challenges in the world. With one of the highest displacement statistics globally, millions of vulnerable Somali people face an […]


Sénégal: Louga / Audience foraine Ousmane Sakal Dieng permet à 1300 personnes d’avoir un acte d’état-civil

December 17, 2022 12:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: Louga / Audience foraine Ousmane Sakal Dieng permet à 1300 personnes d’avoir un acte d’état-civil

Le maire de la commune de Sakal, Monsieur Ousmane Sakal Dieng, a permis à plus de 1300 personnes d’avoir un acte d’état-civil. En effet, plus de 1300 personnes se sont déplacées pour déposer leurs dossiers auprès des équipes du tribunal […]


The Law is Not Enough: Realising the Child’s Right to a Nationality in South Africa

December 16, 2022 4:52 pm Published by Comments Off on The Law is Not Enough: Realising the Child’s Right to a Nationality in South Africa

By Liesl Heila Muller Abstract The Republic of South Africa (‘South Africa’) boasts some of the most progressive and inclusive citizenship laws on the African continent, protecting the right to citizenship in both its constitution and subsidiary legislation and affording […]


Être sans-papiers chez soi ? Les mésaventures de l’encartement biométrique au Cameroun

December 15, 2022 6:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Être sans-papiers chez soi ? Les mésaventures de l’encartement biométrique au Cameroun

Par : Georges Macaire Eyenga, Gaëtan Omgba Mimboe, Joseph Fabrice Bindzi Dans Critique internationale 2022/4 (N° 97), pages 113 à 134 Les crises d’identification des sociétés postcoloniales ne portent pas toujours sur la définition de l’étranger, du marginal ou du passant. […]


Zimbabwe’s Continual Vicious Cycle of Statelessness

December 15, 2022 4:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe’s Continual Vicious Cycle of Statelessness

By Iqra Salah, 2022 Reporting Fellow It’s a sweltering summer day in eastern Zimbabwe, and Nkosana Moyo drips sweat as he cautiously rides his black, trim bicycle through a vast expanse of dirt scattered with dry, thorny bushes. To strangers, […]


UNHCR welcomes Kenya’s decision to end statelessness for the Pemba people

December 14, 2022 3:36 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR welcomes Kenya’s decision to end statelessness for the Pemba people

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the steps the Government of Kenya is taking to resolve the long-term problem of statelessness for the Pemba people in Kenya. During celebrations to mark the country’s 59th Jamhuri Day on 12 […]


Madagascar: – 12 000 enfants à inscrire dans le registre d’état civil de façon rétroactive à Antananarivo en six mois

December 14, 2022 12:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Madagascar: – 12 000 enfants à inscrire dans le registre d’état civil de façon rétroactive à Antananarivo en six mois

Antananarivo, 14 Décembre, 16h05 – Une suite logique. L’opération de distribution d’actes de naissances se poursuit pour la ville d’Antananarivo. Celle-ci vient de bénéficier du soutien financier de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) grâce au projet “état-civil”. Les deux […]


Kenya: Pemba community to get Kenyan citizenship – Ruto

December 13, 2022 5:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Pemba community to get Kenyan citizenship – Ruto

by Maureen Kinyanjui Kenya Kwanza government will commence the process to confer citizenship to the Pemba Community. The 7,000 community members have been living in Kenya for decades with no document to prove their citizenship. President William Ruto promised the community of […]


Press Release on the Kenyan Government’s decision to recognize the Stateless Pemba Community descendants as Kenyan Citizens

December 13, 2022 8:31 am Published by Comments Off on Press Release on the Kenyan Government’s decision to recognize the Stateless Pemba Community descendants as Kenyan Citizens

1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), through its Country Rapporteur, Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso, followed with commendation the decision by the Government of Kenya on the occasion of the celebrations marking the 59th Jamhuri […]


Kenya: Govt to Work On Modalities to Ensure Pemba Community in Kilifi Acquires Citizenship – President Ruto

December 12, 2022 5:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Govt to Work On Modalities to Ensure Pemba Community in Kilifi Acquires Citizenship – President Ruto

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 12 – President William Ruto has announced that the government will work on modalities to ensure Pemba community in Kilifi acquires Kenyan citizenship. Speaking during Jamhuri Day celebrations in Nyayo Stadium on Monday, the Commander in Chief […]


Namibia: US agencies give hope to the undocumented

December 7, 2022 8:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: US agencies give hope to the undocumented

By Paheja Sririka The lack of or incomplete personal documentations have been associated with many increasing cases of statelessness but the situation becomes incomprehensible when the person is undocumented in their own country. Although being undocumented is not the same as being […]