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Zambia: State has strictly followed the Constitution in mobile registration exercise – Mvula

October 21, 2020 7:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Zambia: State has strictly followed the Constitution in mobile registration exercise – Mvula

By Mwaka Ndawa THE State has argued that it has strictly followed the provisions of the Constitution in implementing the mobile registration exercise and in the issuance of National Registration Cards and has abided by the National Registration Act Chapter […]


Bénin: les services d’Etat civil interpellés à propos des irrégularités constatées sur les actes de naissance

October 21, 2020 10:34 am Published by Comments Off on Bénin: les services d’Etat civil interpellés à propos des irrégularités constatées sur les actes de naissance

Lokossa, 21 Oct. (ABP) – Le président du tribunal de première instance de deuxième classe de Lokossa, le magistrat Maximilien Kpèhounou a, suite aux nombreuses requêtes liées à la rectification d’actes de naissance au niveau des tribunaux, exhorté mardi lors […]


Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 38th Session of the UPR: Somalia

October 20, 2020 2:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 38th Session of the UPR: Somalia

1. The Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC), the Somaliland Human Rights Centre (SHRC), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR)and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the […]


Ghana’s Identification Ecosystem

October 19, 2020 3:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana’s Identification Ecosystem

This report provides an overview and analysis of Ghana’s identification ecosystem (IE). It discusses seven major identification (ID) systems: Birth Certificates, Voter ID cards, National Health Insurance cards, Driver’s Licences, Passports, National Identification cards (Ghanacard), and SIM cards. The authors […]


Kenya: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans and violates court orders under new regulations

October 19, 2020 1:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans and violates court orders under new regulations

On 19th October 2020, the Nubian Rights Forum, alongside Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE), Haki Centre, Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Defenders Kenya – Coalition held a joint press briefing to issue a press statement […]


Cameroun: Etat civil près de 150 000 jeunes scolaires sans actes de naissance à l’Est

October 19, 2020 10:28 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Etat civil près de 150 000 jeunes scolaires sans actes de naissance à l’Est

Selon nos sources, « les pratiques culturelles néfastes, le manque de personnels qualifiés, la démotivation des personnels engagés dans le processus d’établissement des actes d’état civil et le manque d’édifices des centres secondaires d’état civil… » sont, entre autres raisons, […]


100 000 enfants marocains sont sans papiers dans leur propre pays

October 18, 2020 11:24 am Published by Comments Off on 100 000 enfants marocains sont sans papiers dans leur propre pays

Par Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Si le gouvernement a lancé une première campagne en 2017 qui, en décembre 2018, aréussi à inscrire 53 418 enfants à l’état civil, il y a cependant encore 100 000 enfants «invisibles » au Maroc, rapporte […]


Kenya: New regulations pave way for Huduma Namba cards

October 16, 2020 9:30 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: New regulations pave way for Huduma Namba cards

By JOHN MUTUA Kenyans are inching closer to getting their long-awaited Huduma Namba identification cards after the State published the issuing rules. The Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules, 2020 will guide the operations of the National […]


Cameroun: Régionales 2020 : le rejet de la candidature d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe secoue le RDPC

October 15, 2020 8:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Régionales 2020 : le rejet de la candidature d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe secoue le RDPC

Dans ses diverses sorties, le militant frustré accuse les cadres du parti au pouvoir de vouloir déstabiliser le RDPC. La disqualification d’Alphonse Joseph Bibehe au poste de Conseiller régional dans la région du Littoral, continue d’agiter les militants du Rassemblement […]


Stateless Shona plead for Kenyan citizenship

October 15, 2020 4:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Stateless Shona plead for Kenyan citizenship

The community arrived in the country as missionaries in 1960s and is settled at Kinoo In Summary • Governor Nyoro says the Shona should be treated as Kenyans for their contribution to the country’s development since their arrival from Zimbabwe […]


RDC: Kananga : Campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’état civil

October 15, 2020 2:33 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC: Kananga : Campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’état civil

À Kananga, le consortium CIVIPOL a lancé, ce jeudi 15 octobre 2020, la campagne de rattrapage d’enregistrement des enfants à l’Etat-civil.Ce projet que finance la Banque Mondiale vise environ 100 mille enfants en commençant par ceux des écoles de cette […]