Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Do Egyptians married to Israeli women stand to lose their Egyptian citizenship?

décembre 15, 2011 2:20 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Do Egyptians married to Israeli women stand to lose their Egyptian citizenship?

Mervat Ayoub It should come as no surprise that, with the Camp David Peace Accord in effect, Egyptians go to Israel for business or pleasure. Once there, young men may marry Israeli women, have children, and more often than not […]


Kenyan Nubians and the struggle for acceptance

décembre 15, 2011 7:41 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenyan Nubians and the struggle for acceptance

In Nairobi’s Kibera slums live thousands of marginalised Kenyans whose ancestors were brought to Kenya from Sudan in the early 1890s to serve as soldiers in the British Army. Although they gave their all to the British empire under the […]


PLEDGES 2011: Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons

décembre 8, 2011 12:50 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur PLEDGES 2011: Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons

A compilation and analysis of pledges submitted during the UNHCR ministerial meeting to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness […]


RDC: Décret n° 011/48 du 3 décembre 2011 portant création et fixation des statuts d’un Etablissement public dénommé « Office National d’Identification de la Population », « ONIP » en sigle.

décembre 3, 2011 3:55 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur RDC: Décret n° 011/48 du 3 décembre 2011 portant création et fixation des statuts d’un Etablissement public dénommé « Office National d’Identification de la Population », « ONIP » en sigle.

Télécharger: DRC Decret ONIP 2011


The Politics of Home: Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora

décembre 1, 2011 9:36 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur The Politics of Home: Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora

Beth Elise Whitaker Volume: 45 issue: 4, 2011, pp.755-783 Abstract In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now […]


Botswana: Khama is not a foreigner – Nasha

novembre 29, 2011 9:46 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Botswana: Khama is not a foreigner – Nasha

By NELSON DIRENG The Speaker of the National Assembly Margaret Nasha came to President Ian Khama’s rescue as opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) demanded to know whether it is true that Khama enjoys dual citizenship – these being Botswana and […]


Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’

novembre 24, 2011 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’

By Mary Harper Do you know what the Kenyan police call Somalis?” asked a successful Somali businessman from his office in downtown Nairobi. “They call us ATM machines. That’s because the only way we can navigate the situation here is […]


New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

novembre 24, 2011 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

By Gianluca P. Parolin, EUDO Citizenship expert for Egypt Arab state authorities have quite consistently refused to naturalise Palestinians or their offspring in a move to allegedly protect Palestinian identity from vanishing with full integration in the host countries, often against […]


On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

novembre 23, 2011 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

By Laura Bingham The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will meet for its 18th Session in Algiers next week (November 27 – December 1, 2011), providing an important occasion for states, civil […]


Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

novembre 18, 2011 9:48 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

LAWRENCE SERETSE Correspondent Thousands of Batswana who have taken their citizenship for granted until now are reeling in shock after learning that they are foreigners; that is, they are not recognised as Batswana. The problem is that many of them […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Decision No. CI-2011-EL-54/18-11/CC/SG

novembre 17, 2011 2:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cote d’Ivoire: Decision No. CI-2011-EL-54/18-11/CC/SG

Contestation de l’éligibilité du sieur Tioté Souhaluo aux élections législatives de décembre 2011. Telecharger: Cote dIvoire Decision CI-2001-EL-54 du 17 novembre 2011 – Confirmation de perte de la nationalité


Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

novembre 11, 2011 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

By Frank Jacobs Borderlines If it bleeds, it leads, goes the journalistic dictum. But the reverse is also true, which is why, through all the millions of words published in the last nine months about Libya, you’ve never heard of […]