Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Tanzania: PM: Tight ID card filing in border regions right

February 22, 2020 4:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: PM: Tight ID card filing in border regions right

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has defended stringent processes for acquiring national identity cards for residents of regions bordering neighbouring countries as some residents complain of being treated as foreigners. Speaking in Kigoma yesterday, the premier said strict processes in border […]


Liberia: CJPS, Bong County Health Team Begin Mobile Birth Registration Campaign

February 20, 2020 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: CJPS, Bong County Health Team Begin Mobile Birth Registration Campaign

The Center for Justice and Peace Studies (CJPS) in collaboration with the Bong County Health Team has commenced a birth registration mobile campaign in Bong County. The campaign is being carried out in Suakoko, Salala and Jorquelleh Districts. According to CJPS’ […]


Kenyans can exclude data from Huduma Namba in new policy

February 19, 2020 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenyans can exclude data from Huduma Namba in new policy

Kenyans who opt to have their personal data excluded from the National Information Integrated System (NIIMS) and the Huduma Namba registration will have to write to the government giving reasons why they object. New regulations published by the Ministry of […]


South Africa: Marriage fraudsters could have their citizenship revoked

February 15, 2020 9:51 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Marriage fraudsters could have their citizenship revoked

By Sipokazi Fokazi Marriages of convenience, which are mostly used by foreigners to gain SA citizenship will become a “dangerous game” to play in future, warns home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi. While the country has become a haven for bogus […]


Tchad Ordonnance no.002-PR-2020 portant organisation de l’Etat civil

February 14, 2020 3:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Tchad Ordonnance no.002-PR-2020 portant organisation de l’Etat civil

Art 1: La présente loi a pour objet d’organiser l’état civil en République du Tchad et de fixer les conditions des actes y relatifs. Art.84: La présente loi abroge toutes dispositions antérieures contraires, notamment la Loi no 13-08 du 10 […]


South Africa: Amendments to Citizenship Act infringe human rights, say lawyers

February 14, 2020 12:27 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Amendments to Citizenship Act infringe human rights, say lawyers

On 1 January 2013, at least five South African citizens potentially lost their citizenship after the current South African Citizenship Amendment Act came into effect, argued Lawyers for Human Rights. After the High Court declared the act constitutionally invalid, the […]


Madagascar: Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil prochainement

February 14, 2020 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on Madagascar: Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil prochainement

Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil seront effectuées prochainement, selon une décision prise en conseil des ministres, mercredi, au Palais d’Etat d’Iavoloha. « Une nouvelle organisation et une nouvelle stratégie de distribution de documents d’état civil seront mises en […]


Madagascar: Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil prochainement

February 14, 2020 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on Madagascar: Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil prochainement

Une réforme et une informatisation de l’état civil seront effectuées prochainement, selon une décision prise en conseil des ministres, mercredi, au Palais d’Etat d’Iavoloha. « Une nouvelle organisation et une nouvelle stratégie de distribution de documents d’état civil seront mises en […]


Zimbabwe: Govt Demands $200 Top-Up For Ordinary Passports

February 14, 2020 10:08 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Govt Demands $200 Top-Up For Ordinary Passports

By Anna Chibamu ALL citizens who paid $53 to get an ordinary passport before the fees were raised to $253, are expected to pay the difference of $200 before their travel documents are processed. This was announced Thursday by the […]


Côte d’Ivoire: droits de l’homme, la Coalition ivoirienne contre l’apatridie (CICA) forme ses membres sur la nouvelle loi sur l’Etat Civil

February 13, 2020 12:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: droits de l’homme, la Coalition ivoirienne contre l’apatridie (CICA) forme ses membres sur la nouvelle loi sur l’Etat Civil

Une session de formation sur le Plan national d’action pour l’élimination de l’apatridie en Côte d’Ivoire (PNAEA-CI) et la loi instituant une procédure spéciale de déclaration de naissance, de rétablissement d’identité et de transcription d’acte de naissance, s’est tenue le […]


Namibia: Sham marriages quandary

February 13, 2020 12:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Sham marriages quandary

by Roxane Bayer THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration is investigating 70 cases of sham marriages between Namibians and foreign nationals. During a media briefing in Windhoek yesterday, the deputy minister of home affairs and immigration, Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, revealed […]