Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

South Africa : ANC wants tighter citizenship laws to keep out foreigners

juillet 31, 2022 7:30 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa : ANC wants tighter citizenship laws to keep out foreigners

SPOUSAL and relative’s visas should be done away with because the system is being “abused by foreign nationals” to settle in SA, the ANC has said in an additional discussion document distributed to delegates at the policy conference on Friday […]


Egyptian Activist Ghada Naguib, Stripped of Citizenship, on Her ‘Fate in Forced Exile’

juillet 29, 2022 9:38 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Egyptian Activist Ghada Naguib, Stripped of Citizenship, on Her ‘Fate in Forced Exile’

By Muhammad Kamal In December 2020, political and human rights activist Ghada Naguib became the first Egyptian citizen to be stripped of her nationality over her criticisms of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government and its human rights abuses. Naguib and […]


Central African Republic Citizenship Now Available If You Hold $60K Worth of Sango Coins for 5 Years

juillet 29, 2022 9:35 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Central African Republic Citizenship Now Available If You Hold $60K Worth of Sango Coins for 5 Years

Sango Coin, which is the official cryptocurrency for the Central African Republic, is now available for purchase on the Sango Investment Platform. This comes few weeks after the Investment Platform let investors deposit a basket of cryptocurrencies for investment, including […]


All you need to know about Liberia’s new dual citizenship law

juillet 27, 2022 4:51 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur All you need to know about Liberia’s new dual citizenship law

The law, which ends a 1973 ban on dual nationality, is partly due to extensive campaigning by Liberians in the diaspora. By Dounard Bondo Liberia’s president has signed into law a bill that amends the country’s alien and nationality law. The […]


Cameroun: Le HCR fait établir 1 000 actes de naissance aux déplacés internes de Maroua

juillet 27, 2022 9:16 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cameroun: Le HCR fait établir 1 000 actes de naissance aux déplacés internes de Maroua

Le 21 juillet 2022, au camp des réfugiés de Maroua, le chef-lieu de la région de l’Extrême-nord du Cameroun, le Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a procédé à la remise de 1 000 actes de naissances aux […]


Kenya: Children Act No.29 of 2022

juillet 26, 2022 4:52 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Children Act No.29 of 2022

An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 53 of the Constitution; to make provision for children rights, parental responsibility, alternative care of children including guardianship, foster care placement and adoption; to make provision for care and protection of […]


Liberia reverses longtime ban on dual citizenship

juillet 25, 2022 8:07 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Liberia reverses longtime ban on dual citizenship

Liberia has allowed dual citizenship, reversing a longtime ban viewed by some as hypocritical as many elites secretly held US citizenship. The bill, signed into law by President George Weah Friday and confirmed Sunday by AFP, had passed both the […]


Liberia Accepts Dual Citizenship, But Barred Beneficiaries From Occupying Sensitive Positions In Gov’t

juillet 25, 2022 6:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Liberia Accepts Dual Citizenship, But Barred Beneficiaries From Occupying Sensitive Positions In Gov’t

By Cholo Brooks At long last, Liberia, Africa’s oldest Republic has finally allowed   any person who is a negro or of negro descent, born in Liberia and a person born outside of the country, “whose father and mother were either […]


Madagascar: Igor Ciobanu à l’Assemblée nationale : Le statut des apatrides à l’ordre du jour

juillet 24, 2022 8:35 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Madagascar: Igor Ciobanu à l’Assemblée nationale : Le statut des apatrides à l’ordre du jour

Le représentant du Haut commissariat aux réfugiés (HCR), Igor Ciobanu et ceux du Focus development association, ont effectué une visite de courtoisie auprès du vice-président de l’Assem­blée nationale à Tsimbazaza, Honoré Rasolonjatovo. La question des apatrides a été remise sur […]


Ethiopia: City Admin suspends renewal of residence ID

juillet 23, 2022 3:11 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopia: City Admin suspends renewal of residence ID

By Selamawit Mengesha Addis Ababa City Administration has suspended the renewal of residents identification cards (ID) beginning last July 11, 2022 until further notice. It is an outcome of the current controversy surrounding the condominium housing draw. The city admin […]


‘We can’t vote or get jobs’: the plight of Zim’s undocumented 300 000

juillet 23, 2022 8:31 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur ‘We can’t vote or get jobs’: the plight of Zim’s undocumented 300 000

AT 45, Philimon Mashava has never had a bank account or a phone in his name. He has never had a birth certificate and, without documents, Mashava’s stateless existence has meant him missing out on school and countless job opportunities, […]


Hausas in Sudan: The pilgrims’ descendants fighting for acceptance

juillet 23, 2022 7:31 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Hausas in Sudan: The pilgrims’ descendants fighting for acceptance

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih A demand by Sudan’s Hausa community to be recognised as traditional custodians of some land in Blue Nile state has erupted into deadly violence. Clashes broke out last weekend with members of another ethnic group that […]