BY JAMES MUONWA THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has noted that a significant number of children born to alien parents are undocumented, thereby hindering their enjoyment of fundamental rights such as education and health. Speaking at a Press briefing […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday ordered the suspension of the Nigerian Army’s operation positive identification campaign. Justice Rilwan Aikawa ordered parties to the suit to maintain status quo ante pending the determination of the suit filed by […]
The Fulani community in Ghana is unhappy over what according to it, is a deliberate policy by the National Identification Authority (NIA) to deny its members the opportunity of being registered for the Ghana Card. According to the General Secretary […]
The National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) says it registered and issued national identification numbers to about 38 million Nigerians out of an estimated 200 million. Aliyu Aziz, director-general of the commission, said this on Monday at the ‘pre-EOI submission conference’ […]
The Sudanese Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments urged the Sudanese Jews to return to Sudan and participate in the reconstruction process. Minister Nasruddin Mufreh has invited his country’s Jews abroad to return. This came in an interview published on […]
Two entrepreneurs from Germany have been awarded dual citizenship by the Republic of Ghana, GhanaWeb can report. Michaela Tomfeah and Julia Tomfeah according to a tweet by Ghana’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Gina Blay, become the first […]
Philip Mwakio Nyasa people living in Mombasa and Kilifi counties now want the national government to grant them full citizenship. Nyasa spokesman Price Uledi said despite living in Kenya for over a century, they were not fully recognised as Kenyans. […]
Highlights from Africa: Angola acceded to both the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The adoption of National Action Plans to Eradicate Statelessness in Niger, Eswatini and the […]
Zvamaida Murwira and Columbus Mabika Birth registration for children below six years will remain free of charge, as Government is committed to ensuring that all citizens across the country have access to identification documents, Registrar-General Clement Masango said yesterday. He […]
Malawi will have dual citizenship restrictions on President, the vice-president and top government officials if the recommendation by the Special Law Commission on the review of the Malawi Citizenship Act will be approved. The restriction blacket if adopted will also […]
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has identified Gukurahundi, corruption, poverty and negative attitudes from officials as some of the reasons contributing to people in Matabeleland region failing to access national documents. This emerged yesterday at […]
By Isaac Rutenberg The Hansard for the Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 makes for very interesting reading. On 7th August 2018, Parliament debated proposed amendments to the Registration of Persons Act that would create the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS, […]