Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Immigration starts processing Kenyan Citizenship applications

juin 12, 2021 3:55 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Immigration starts processing Kenyan Citizenship applications

More than 25,000 applications are pending at the Immigration offices By Kevin Cheruiyot The Directorate of Immigration has embarked on the implementation of the 60-day Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) program for Citizenship and Permanent Residence services. The initiative was launched […]


Report of the Law Commission on the Review of the Malawi Citizenship Act

juin 11, 2021 4:23 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Report of the Law Commission on the Review of the Malawi Citizenship Act

Introduction The need for review of the Malawi Citizenship Act (the act) has been longstanding and ongoing from various stakeholders and on different aspects of the act. Among the submissions, the Parliamentary Women Caucus in Malawi made a submission to […]


Gambia: ‘Obtaining voter’s card is presumptive of citizenship’

juin 10, 2021 9:33 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gambia: ‘Obtaining voter’s card is presumptive of citizenship’

By: Adama Tine The secretary general and party leader of The Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Ahmad Mai Fatty prior to the rumours and chaos of voters’ attestation issuance by individuals, has said that there are specific exclusive rights reserved for […]


Guiné-Bissau vendia passaportes diplomáticos em Paris por 50 mil a 200 mil euros

juin 9, 2021 10:46 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Guiné-Bissau vendia passaportes diplomáticos em Paris por 50 mil a 200 mil euros

Vários cidadãos franceses e de outras nacionalidades conseguiram em Paris um « passaporte diplomático » que os identificava como conselheiros da Guiné-Bissau na UNESCO e pelos quais pagaram entre 50 mil e 200 mil euros, noticia esta quarta-feira o jornal « Libération » O […]


Gambia: African descendants hold 1st ever symposium

juin 8, 2021 4:31 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gambia: African descendants hold 1st ever symposium

By: Adama Tine African descendants residing in The Gambia over the weekend held their first ever symposium with members of the National Assembly, human right activists, historians and stakeholders at a local hotel in Senegambia. Hon. Sulayman Saho, the lawmaker […]


Gambia: Council of African Descendants Push for Automatic Citizenship Bill

juin 8, 2021 4:29 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gambia: Council of African Descendants Push for Automatic Citizenship Bill

By Yankuba Jallow Members of the Council of African Descendants (COAD) have enjoined Lawmakers to come up with an Automatic Citizenship Bill to enable them become citizens of the Gambia. These African descendants whose ancestors were taken away from the […]


Press Release: ‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion

juin 8, 2021 1:33 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Press Release: ‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion

(New York and Kampala June 8, 2021)—Uganda’s national digital ID system, a government showpiece that is of major importance for how individuals in Uganda access their social rights, leads to mass exclusion. This is the key finding in a new […]


Uganda: Chased Away and Left to Die

juin 8, 2021 1:25 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Uganda: Chased Away and Left to Die

How a National Security Approach to Uganda’s National Digital ID Has Led to Wholesale Exclusion of Women and Older Persons Introduction: Ndaga Muntu, Uganda’s national digital ID system, is a government showpiece that is of major importance for how individuals […]


Guinée Bissau: Passeports diplomatiques : à Paris, une escroquerie sans frontières

juin 8, 2021 10:49 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Guinée Bissau: Passeports diplomatiques : à Paris, une escroquerie sans frontières

«Libération» révèle que des hommes d’affaires et des repris de justice se rendaient dans une officine près des Champs-Elysées pour obtenir un passeport diplomatique de Guinée-Bissau en bonne et due forme. Les postes promis, à l’Unesco notamment, ne se sont […]


Kenya: Big win for Miguna Miguna in case over deportation

juin 6, 2021 12:05 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Big win for Miguna Miguna in case over deportation

By Sam Kiplagat The Court of Appeal has declined to suspend a judgment of the High Court that found the move to declare Dr Miguna Miguna a prohibited immigrant, and his deportation two years ago, illegal. A bench of three […]


South Africa: DA describes current SA Citizenship Act as ‘irrational and obscure’

juin 6, 2021 8:05 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: DA describes current SA Citizenship Act as ‘irrational and obscure’

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has described as irrational and obscure a law that strips South Africans of their citizenship. This follows complaints from citizens based in London who tried to renew their South African citizenship, only to discover that they […]


Zimbabwe: First Lady meets the mixed race community

juin 5, 2021 5:27 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: First Lady meets the mixed race community

Tendai Rupapa-Senior Reporter FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday held a first of its kind heart-to-heart interactive session with the mixed race community during which she inclined an ear to the challenges they face, and proffered tangible solutions where possible. This […]