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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) welcomes the judgment handed on 19 May 2020 by Rugunanan J of the Makhanda High Court where it confirmed the right of unmarried fathers to register the births of their children. This appeal follows the […]
By Ray Hartle The legal ban on an unmarried father registering his child’s birth has been lifted by three judges of the high court in Makhanda, changing the status of countless “invisible” children whose births are not reflected on the […]
Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent By Tania Broughton In a victory for “invisible, undocumented children”, unwed fathers will soon be able to register the births of […]