Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Gambia: NHRC Asks Govt to Make IDs, Passports Affordable

juin 17, 2022 4:59 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gambia: NHRC Asks Govt to Make IDs, Passports Affordable

By Ali Jaw The Nation Human Rights Commission has called on government of The Gambia to make costs of the national identity cards and passports more affordable for average Gambians. This call by the rights commission came years after an […]


Projet de loi portant modification de la Loi n° 2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 relative a l’identification biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo

juin 16, 2022 9:50 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Projet de loi portant modification de la Loi n° 2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 relative a l’identification biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo

Projet de loi (telle qu’adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale 16 juin 2022): Loi No portant modifcation de la Loi No 2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 Tableau d’amendements: Tableau damendement – Projet de Loi portant modification de la Loi No 2020-009 du […]


Citizenship deprivation in a context of terrorist violence: (multiple) membership and citizenship in France and the Maghreb

juin 15, 2022 6:05 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Citizenship deprivation in a context of terrorist violence: (multiple) membership and citizenship in France and the Maghreb

By Delphine Perrin (Aix Marseille University) Since the turn of the millennium, citizenship deprivation, which had previously seemed to be falling into abeyance, has experienced a remarkable resurgence in Western countries, especially in relation to the threats posed by terrorism […]


45 years without an ID: a mother’s endless battle for Zim citizenship

juin 14, 2022 3:19 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 45 years without an ID: a mother’s endless battle for Zim citizenship

Like stray animals, they wander through life without a sense of belonging. This is the story of undocumented Zimbabweans, whose existence is not recognised even after decades living in the southern African country. Outside Boka tobacco sorting house in Hopley, […]


Rejected by the homeland: Stateless Libyan Tuareg and the role of migration

juin 9, 2022 12:40 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Rejected by the homeland: Stateless Libyan Tuareg and the role of migration

Yentl de Lange, Arabist and Researcher focusing on migration and North Africa This blog outlines the situation of stateless Tuareg in Libya. It is based on a preliminary study conducted through interviews with sixteen Libyan Tuareg in April 2020 which […]


Tanzania: State Considers Giving Civic Education to Students Over National IDs

juin 7, 2022 3:20 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tanzania: State Considers Giving Civic Education to Students Over National IDs

By Katare Mbashiru and Bernard Lugongo THE Home Affairs Ministry has pledged to collaborate with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to provide civic education to secondary school students who reach the age of 18 years ahead of being […]


Bulletin apatridie en Afrique australe Q1 2022

juin 6, 2022 4:15 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Bulletin apatridie en Afrique australe Q1 2022

Bulletin trimestriel sur l’apatridie en Afrique australe. Le bulletin présente des mises à jour d’organisations et d’institutions oeuvrant à éradiquer l’apatridie dans la région et met en lumière les principaux développements, les tendances récentes et les préoccupations émergentes. Disponible en […]


Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs

mai 30, 2022 7:50 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs

Twenty-five-year-old Charity Ncube (25), a villager from Lupane in Matabeleland North, doubts if she will ever obtain a birth certificate. « My father disappeared and our homestead was burnt, » said Ncube from the Pupu area. « My mother later in life tried […]


Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship

mai 30, 2022 5:17 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabweans to benefit from Malawi dual citizenship

Sikhulekelani Moyo, Chronicle Reporter MALAWI has introduced dual citizenship and this means that those who are born outside its borders to Malawian parents can now be granted citizenship. A number of Malawians moved to Zimbabwe especially during the years of […]


UNHCR Operational Update: Rwanda / February 2022

mai 27, 2022 10:56 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur UNHCR Operational Update: Rwanda / February 2022

Highlights: B. The National Statelessness Taskforce started the implementation of a training and awareness-raising exercise on statelessness for over 3000 government officials at District, Sector and Cell levels. Download: https://reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/unhcr-operational-update-rwanda-february-2022


Gabon/Makokou : L’opération de recensement des actes de naissance de nouveau

mai 25, 2022 12:20 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gabon/Makokou : L’opération de recensement des actes de naissance de nouveau

Selon le directeur provincial des affaires sociales, Joël Rodrigue Abessolo Abogho « l’année dernière, le gouvernement  par le biais du ministère des affaires sociales en partenariat avec l’Unicef avait décidé qu’au niveau de la province de l’Ogooué- Ivindo, il fallait voir […]


Liberia: Welcoming the Dual citizenship bill

mai 23, 2022 5:10 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Liberia: Welcoming the Dual citizenship bill

Editorial: At long last, both the House of Representatives and the Liberian Senate have separately agreed to enact the Dual Citizenship bill into law that would allow Diaspora Liberians, who hold citizenships of foreign countries, to maintain their Liberian citizenship. […]