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Nationalité Malagasy: les sénateurs se penchent sur le cas des apatrides

June 11, 2020 2:43 pm Published by Comments Off on Nationalité Malagasy: les sénateurs se penchent sur le cas des apatrides

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 […]


Fighting For Fatherhood In South Africa: Constitutional Court To Consider The Child’s Right To A Name And A Nationality

June 10, 2020 5:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Fighting For Fatherhood In South Africa: Constitutional Court To Consider The Child’s Right To A Name And A Nationality

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 […]


Liberia: Senator Darius Dillon Wants Cllr. Nwabudike Out of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission Over Questionable Citizenship

June 10, 2020 5:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Senator Darius Dillon Wants Cllr. Nwabudike Out of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission Over Questionable Citizenship

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 […]


Ghana: CSOs Worried About Use of Ghana Card, Passport for Voters Registration

June 9, 2020 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: CSOs Worried About Use of Ghana Card, Passport for Voters Registration

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 […]


Ghana: Issuance of National ID NIA Distributes 3 Million Cards From Today .at 5,635 Registration Centres Countrywide

June 8, 2020 2:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: Issuance of National ID NIA Distributes 3 Million Cards From Today .at 5,635 Registration Centres Countrywide

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 […]


Uganda: Museveni sacks NIRA boss over incompetence, corruption at body

June 6, 2020 6:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Museveni sacks NIRA boss over incompetence, corruption at body

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, […]


Côte d’Ivoire/ Etablissement de la CNI : Ouattara délivre gratuitement les pièces administratives aux populations

June 5, 2020 1:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire/ Etablissement de la CNI : Ouattara délivre gratuitement les pièces administratives aux populations

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 […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Un comité de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de lutte contre l’Apatridie crée à Ouragahio

June 4, 2020 2:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Un comité de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de lutte contre l’Apatridie crée à Ouragahio

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 […]


Ghana: Compilation of new voter register brouhaha: We have the right to vote?

June 3, 2020 6:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Ghana: Compilation of new voter register brouhaha: We have the right to vote?

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 […]


Zimbabwe: Birth certificate concern in rural Matabeleland – Scores fail to access Covid-19 relief funds

June 2, 2020 2:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Birth certificate concern in rural Matabeleland – Scores fail to access Covid-19 relief funds

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 […]


We’ve issued identity numbers to 41 million Nigerians –NIMC

May 26, 2020 7:51 am Published by Comments Off on We’ve issued identity numbers to 41 million Nigerians –NIMC

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 […]