Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Kenya: Court dismisses plea to roll out Huduma Namba over data safety

March 8, 2022 3:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Court dismisses plea to roll out Huduma Namba over data safety

By Kamau Muthoni The Court of Appeal has dismissed a plea by the government to continue issuing Huduma Namba cards without conducting impact assessment on data protection. A three-judge bench comprising justices Agnes Murgor, Mbogholi Msagha and Imana Ldaibuta ruled […]


Nigerian parliament rescinds decision on gender equality bills

March 8, 2022 11:22 am Published by Comments Off on Nigerian parliament rescinds decision on gender equality bills

The lawmakers’ decision on International Women’s Day came hours after simultaneous protests by women in four states. By Ope Adetayo and Eromo Egbejule Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has rescinded its decision on three bills that it discarded at a […]


‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

March 4, 2022 12:14 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

The Juba-born politician and activist is fighting for her position in parliament, her citizenship and her life. By Zeinab Mohammed Salih On December 22, 2021, Animu Athiei was leaving a café at the airport road of the South Sudanese capital […]


Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2022

March 4, 2022 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2022

Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]


Kenya: Law reporting council launches citizenship disputes book

March 3, 2022 10:54 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Law reporting council launches citizenship disputes book

The National Council for Law Reporting has launched a compilation of court judgments on citizenship disputes in and outside Kenya to offer policymakers and legislators diverse views and interpretations of the right to nationality and citizenship. The multi-volume book, Citizenship […]


Décret n° 22/ 07 du 02 mars 2022 portant création d’un fichier général de la population en République Démocratique du Congo

March 2, 2022 3:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Décret n° 22/ 07 du 02 mars 2022 portant création d’un fichier général de la population en République Démocratique du Congo

Le Premier ministre, Vu la Constitution, telle que modifiée par la Loi n° 11/002 du 20 janvier 2011 portant révision de certains articles de la Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo du 18 février 2006, spécialement en son article […]


Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

March 2, 2022 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

The women were demonstrating against a parliamentary vote discarding five bills to grant Nigerian women more autonomy. By Ope Adetayo Nigerian women have converged at the country’s parliament in Abuja to protest its decision to vote against the adoption of […]


Nigerian women protest after lawmakers reject bills seeking gender equality

March 2, 2022 1:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigerian women protest after lawmakers reject bills seeking gender equality

by Queen Esther Iroanusi and Titilope Fadare Scores of Nigerian women protested Wednesday at the National Assembly against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported how federal lawmakers on Tuesday voted on 68 […]


RDC: Lutte contre l’apatridie : le travail du comité interinstitutionnel expliqué à Rose Mutombo

March 2, 2022 12:35 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC: Lutte contre l’apatridie : le travail du comité interinstitutionnel expliqué à Rose Mutombo

La ministre d’Etat, ministre de la Justice et Garde des Sceaux, Rose Mutombo Kiese, a reçu le 2 mars 2022 à Kinshasa, deux délégations des agences du système de l’Onu. Avec Liz Ahua, représentante du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour […]


Foreign nationals’ kids born in South Africa can be denied citizenship, but foreigners may work in government

March 1, 2022 3:54 pm Published by Comments Off on Foreign nationals’ kids born in South Africa can be denied citizenship, but foreigners may work in government

After a minister said children born in South Africa to migrants could be denied citizenship, a Twitter user claimed all government employees had to be South Africans with South African parents. Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said there was […]


Gabon : vaste campagne de délivrance d’actes de naissance

March 1, 2022 12:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Gabon : vaste campagne de délivrance d’actes de naissance

Selon une étude de 2009, 11% de la population ne possède pas d’acte de naissance. Une campagne nationale a été lancée en février pour que ces citoyens “sans papiers” ne soient plus considérés comme apatrides. Une situation causée par le manque d’argent, […]


The Eritrean practice of the issuance of identity-proving documents with particular focus on the case of returnees from Ethiopia

March 1, 2022 11:35 am Published by Comments Off on The Eritrean practice of the issuance of identity-proving documents with particular focus on the case of returnees from Ethiopia

By Daniel Mekonnen and Sara Palacios Arapiles RLC Briefing Paper No. 1 Abstract Difficulties in proving Eritrean nationality are commonly experienced by asylum applicants who have a background of expulsion from Ethiopia. Most of them were expelled from Ethiopia during […]