Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Fraude sur le certificat de nationalité burkinabè : Le REN-LAC dénonce l’attentisme des autorités judiciaires

février 13, 2014 9:37 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Fraude sur le certificat de nationalité burkinabè : Le REN-LAC dénonce l’attentisme des autorités judiciaires

Ceci est un communiqué du REN-LAC relatif à la fraude qui sévit à certain niveau dans l’attribution des certificats de nationalité burkinabè. Corruption au sein de la justice. Quand la nationalité burkinabè se monnaie contre des espèces sonnantes et trébuchantes […]


Cameroon and Nigeria take on task of laying down a border

février 12, 2014 10:34 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cameroon and Nigeria take on task of laying down a border

DAKAR, 12 February 2014 (IRIN) – Twelve years after an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling demarcated the Cameroon-Nigeria border, the UN and the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria are making headway in physically laying down the border and helping […]


Tanzania: Why dual citizenship ‘non-issue’

février 9, 2014 3:16 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tanzania: Why dual citizenship ‘non-issue’

Dar es Salaam. Most of the Tanzanians living and working abroad were eagerly waiting to see the final Draft Constitution providing for dual citizenship following their long time request. Unfortunately the document has ignored it. But why did the Constitutional […]


Botswana – Bazezuru still in citizenship predicament

février 6, 2014 9:28 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Botswana – Bazezuru still in citizenship predicament

By Sesupo Rantsimako MANDUNYANE: Almost a year since the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu promised to resolve the citizenship crisis of Bazezuru of Mandunyane, news reaching the North Cast is that the matter remains unresolved. For the […]


Aid and evacuations under threat in CAR

février 5, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Aid and evacuations under threat in CAR

Dewa Iliassa, a young Muslim, lives on a street in Bozoum, a town in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), with only a small pile of his belongings. He says he is too scared to move more than about 200m in […]


Greentree Agreement: FG Advises Bakassi Indigenes to Apply for Nigerian Citizenship

février 3, 2014 10:32 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Greentree Agreement: FG Advises Bakassi Indigenes to Apply for Nigerian Citizenship

By Dele Ogbodo Twelve years after the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), referred to as the Greentree Agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Cameroun, the federal government at the weekend advised that Bakassi indigenes resident in […]


Libya’s Fractious South and Regional Instability

février 1, 2014 3:50 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Libya’s Fractious South and Regional Instability

By Wolfram Lacher A multitude of armed groups and smuggling networks with transnational reach are driving southern Libya’s integration into the Sahel–Sahara region. Contrary to widespread external perceptions, the extremist presence remains a marginal phenomenon in the southwest (Fezzan), at […]


Uganda: Gen. Aronda warns on national IDs

janvier 29, 2014 9:36 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Uganda: Gen. Aronda warns on national IDs

Ugandans have been warned to take the national identity card registration exercise seriously. By Francis Emorut and John Agaba Ugandans have been warned to take the national identity card registration exercise seriously because without it no one will be allowed […]


Ghana: 59 Liberian refugees at Buduburam swear oath of allegiance to Liberia

janvier 28, 2014 8:26 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ghana: 59 Liberian refugees at Buduburam swear oath of allegiance to Liberia

Liberian Citizenship was conferred on 59 Liberian Refugees in Ghana on Friday November 29, 2013 when they took an oath of allegiance administered by the Charge d’affaires of the Liberian Embassy in Ghana, Mrs. Musu Ruhle. The oath of allegiance […]


Memorandum on equal citizenship rights for Libyan women in the Constitution

janvier 28, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Memorandum on equal citizenship rights for Libyan women in the Constitution

[The following is an English translation of a memorandum that was issued by a group of concerned Libyan citizens to the Constitutional Drafting Assembly on 20 August 2014 with respect to the right of Libyan women to pass on citizenship […]


Lesotho: 72 000 register for birth certificate

janvier 23, 2014 8:25 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Lesotho: 72 000 register for birth certificate

By Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — About 72 000 people have reg­istered for birth certificates while 41 000 ap­plied for identity cards since the launch of the National Identity and Civil Registration (NICR) project in July last year. Home Affairs Minister […]


Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2014 (revised 2019)

janvier 18, 2014 2:16 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2014 (revised 2019)

2019 amendments did not affect provisions on citizenship. Extracts: Article 6. Citizenship Citizenship is a right to anyone born to an Egyptian father or an Egyptian mother. Being legally recognized and obtaining official papers proving his personal data is a […]