June 11, 2020 2:43 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par: Tsilaviny Randriamanga Une nouvelle proposition de loi sur le cas des femmes apatrides et de leurs enfants, modifiant le «Code de nationalité malagasy» est actuellement en étude au niveau du Sénat. A noter que la loi malagasy ne reconnaît […]
June 10, 2020 5:59 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), representing the Centre for Child Law (CCL), yesterday filed an application with the Constitutional Court asking the court to fix a historical wrong done to both children and fathers in South Africa. Lawyers for Human […]
June 10, 2020 5:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Henry Karmo Monrovia – Senator Abraham Darius Dillon (LP, Montserrado County) has called for the intervention of the Liberian Senate in getting Cllr. Ndubuisi Nwabudike out of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) over controversies surrounding his Liberian citizenship. Senator […]
June 9, 2020 2:50 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Samuel Akapule Bolgatanga — Civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Upper East Region, have expressed misgivings about the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to use Ghana card and passport as requirement for registration for the new voters’ identification […]
June 8, 2020 2:53 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will from today commence issuance of 3,875,441 Ghana cards to applicants in 5,635 registration centres across the country. The exercise, according to a statement signed and issued in Accra on June 5 by Assistant Commissioner […]
June 6, 2020 6:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
President Museveni has sacked the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Executive Director Judy Obitre-Gama over alleged incompetence and corruption by the Authority. The NIRA board had written to President Museveni prior, citing that Obitre-Gama’s contract was about to expire, […]
June 5, 2020 1:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Pendant trois (3) mois, les Ivoiriens et Ivoiriennes âgées de 16 ans et plus, pourront se faire établir gratuitement leurs différentes pièces administratives nécessaires pour l’établissement de leur carte d’identité et/ou leur permettra de s’inscrire sur la liste électorale pour […]
June 4, 2020 2:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Gagnoa – Un Comité sous-préfectoral de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de Lutte contre l’Apatridie (CLAPEC) a été officiellement mis en place mercredi à Ouragahio (17 km de Gagnoa), sous l’autorité du sous-préfet et la houlette de […]
June 3, 2020 6:52 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Columnist: Nukunu Foga As Electoral Commission of Ghana prepares to embark on voter registration for the 2020 general elections, some misguided or misinformed Ghanaians have started pointing figures at some Ghanaians calling them foreigners. For instance, a cousin to the […]
June 3, 2020 11:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Bronwen Manby More than one third of global migration has low and middle income countries as the destination; three-quarters of the global refugee population is hosted by countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet few […]
June 2, 2020 2:56 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Mthabisi Tshuma SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right to education, health, social […]
May 26, 2020 7:51 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Ife Ogunfuwa The National Identity Management Commission says it has enrolled and issued 41 million Nigerians with National Identity Number as of today. The Director-General at the NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, in an interview with journalists, said enrolment was ongoing for […]