July 30, 2018 12:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
51 écoliers de l’école primaire publique d’Agondonzoun à Akpro-Missérété dépourvus d’actes de naissance mais inscrits dans le registre d’état civil de l’arrondissement ou de la mairie, sont désormais en possession de leurs précieux sésames. Ce n’est qu’une partie d’un total […]
July 30, 2018 11:33 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Central Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kabwe says every child should have a birth certificate so that their nationality is not questioned when they want to stand as MP or president. And Media Network on Child Rights and Development executive director […]
July 26, 2018 7:52 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Les apatrides sont toujours victimes de négligence et de manque de considération au niveau de la société. La loi régissant leur naturalisation en est la cause ». Une restitution montrant les résultats lors d’un voyage organisé par le Focus Developement […]
July 26, 2018 11:49 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
La question de la double nationalité refait surface, à moins de six mois de la tenue des scrutins attendus en décembre. Les réseaux sociaux, comme à l’accoutumée, sont entrés dans la danse en s’invitant dans cette problématique via une liste […]
July 26, 2018 11:16 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Solomon Uchenna Egbo Biafra has, say its supporters, an incontrovertible claim to self-determination. Today it sits within the south-east of modern Nigeria. Previously, it was an independent nation but was subsumed into the Nigerian state when the British amalgamated […]
July 25, 2018 12:19 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Birth registration coverage for Zambians currently stands at only 11.2 per cent, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Pamela Kabamba revealed this during a media workshop on civil registration in Chisamba yesterday where […]
July 25, 2018 11:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Quand le débat autour d’un seul personnage qui ne fait plus l’unanimité dure à jamais sans feedback, le mieux c’est de tourner la page. Malheureusement, le dossier Katumbi Chapwe sur sa nationalité «italienne» continue de défrayer la chronique, alors que […]
July 24, 2018 11:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By R. Joyclyn Wea The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has issued certificate of citizenship to at least 50 former Sierra Leonean refugees who have expressed desire to be citizens of the […]
July 24, 2018 11:08 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Press Release Yesterday the Department of Home Affairs finally registered an 18 month old baby under pressure of a Children’s Court order. Baby Senelile* was found in a field in Pretoria soon after birth. There were no clues about who […]
July 19, 2018 2:56 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Shahira Amin Egypt is always looking for ways to improve the country’s long-suffering economy, but citizens are divided over whether the latest plan is an innovative idea or an indecent proposal. Critics bemoan the legislation as “shameful” and say […]
July 19, 2018 10:56 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
KIRUMBA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — In Kirumba, a village in DRC’s northeastern Lubero territory, land ownership is the basis of all wealth. It’s also a matter of succession – a person inherits land from his or her parents. But […]
July 18, 2018 11:11 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Sustainable Mechanism for Improving Livelihoods and Household Empowerment, SMILES, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has identified over 30,000 children without birth registration and certificates in parts of Benue state This was disclosed at […]
