September 5, 2019 5:23 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
C’est un héritage pour le moins curieux qu’ont légué les anciens maires du 5e arrondissement de Libreville à Chadi Moukarim : plus 800 actes de naissance non transcrits. «C’est-à-dire qu’ils n’avaient pas été traités», précise sur Facebook le jeune édile ayant pris ses […]
September 5, 2019 11:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Garissa residents have expressed frustrations at the difficulty in acquiring birth certificates from the local registration offices. They said it was extremely difficult to process the crucial document and claimed that who get theirs had had to part with bribes. […]
September 5, 2019 9:58 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Chris Burt The World Bank is pouring $433 million (N1.5 trillion) in support into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria’s National Identity Number (NIN) program, to enable the agency to register close to 100 million Nigerians over […]
September 5, 2019 9:02 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Victims risk being stateless since they are not recognised by the Kenyan government. by STEPHEN ASTARIKO, Correspondent, North Eastern In Summary The fingerprints of the affected Garissa residents were captured in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees database and […]
September 4, 2019 1:50 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
MAPUTO, Mozambique – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Embassy of Norway to Mozambique signed a financial agreement today for $1.7 million to fund a much needed programme of legal identity, including birth registration in Niassa Province. This […]
September 3, 2019 11:52 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
L’opération de distribution des actes de naissance réalisés dans le cadre du Recensement Administratif à Vocation d’Identification de la Population (Ravip) s’achève ce 9 septembre 2019. Le président du comité de pilotage du Ravip, Jean Aholou a fait le point […]
September 2, 2019 11:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
When Nigeria’s uncertain population figures are discussed, a startling statistic is frequently mentioned – that seven in ten of the country’s children aren’t registered. In August 2019, Nigerian newspaper New Telegraph claimed that “about 70% of the children born annually in Nigeria are not […]
September 2, 2019 7:56 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Liesl H. Muller Every year, on the margins of the SADC Heads of State meeting, the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) hosts its annual get-together to discuss progress and problems in nationality rights in the region. More importantly, we […]
August 30, 2019 6:27 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Michael Thikusho THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration wants to start offering permanent residence and citizenship to pensioners living abroad on condition that they invest in Namibia’s failing economy. This was revealed by the director of visas, permits, passports […]
August 30, 2019 5:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Amos Dayisso De tous les documents d’identités dont a besoin le citoyen pour se conformer aux procédures administratives, le certificat de nationalité est le pus précieux. Mais force est de constater que ce document important est difficilement accessible au Togo. […]
August 30, 2019 12:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Government Statelessness Focal Points of the Republic of Angola, Kingdom of eSwatini, Kingdom of Lesotho, Republic of Malawi, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Mozambique, Republic of Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Republic of Zambia and Republic of Zimbabwe met […]
August 27, 2019 4:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
HON. MAYIHLOME: I rise to present a report of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security on the Gwanda that: This House takes note of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security on the Gwanda Community […]