December 18, 2017 10:10 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
LARGE SCALE rollout of national ID cards to Ghanaians will begin next month as government finishes the ground works for the exercise to be carried out at the regional level by the National Identification Authority, Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has […]
December 17, 2017 12:05 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
65,56% des enfants en âge d’aller à l’école ne disposent pas de pièce d’état civil pour être dans le système éducatif. A cela s’ajoutent non seulement un niveau très faible de résorption des abris provisoires et un encadrement pédagogique en […]
December 17, 2017 10:36 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Après avoir attaqué farouchement les symboles de l’Etat (Drapeau national, écoles), les jihadistes sévissant en maîtres absolus dans le Nord du Mali ont désormais, pour cible, les civils porteurs des pièces d’identité nationale du Mali. La situation sécuritaire dans le […]
December 14, 2017 2:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ilse de Lange The High Court in Pretoria has granted an order to a stateless man, allowing him to work and live in South Africa while the home affairs minister reconsiders his application for permanent residence. Acting Judge MB […]
December 14, 2017 12:32 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Nairobi’s Nubian community has won recognition of their land rights, but can other slum dwellers? Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya, home to more than 250,000 people. Yet it has only one graveyard and only one group of people […]
December 13, 2017 2:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Quelque 100.000 personnes déplacées par les violences du groupe jihadiste nigérian Boko Haram ont commencé mercredi à recevoir des papiers d’identité officiels afin de les aider à retrouver une existence normale dans le nord-est du Nigeria. Le Haut Commissariat aux […]
December 13, 2017 1:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Maiduguri – Some 100 000 Nigerians made homeless by Boko Haram received formal identification papers on Wednesday, to help boost security and restore normality in the country’s restive northeast. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC) began documenting personal […]
December 13, 2017 12:26 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Zelda Venter FREDERICK Ngubane claims to have been born in South Africa 27 years ago. However, he has no birth certificate to prove it and thus cannot get a South African ID because it is said he is not […]
December 13, 2017 10:26 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday says it has commenced national e-identity cards registration of 100,000 displaced persons in Borno. Its Country Representative, Antonio Kayangola, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the pilot phase of the National Identification […]
December 11, 2017 1:54 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Indian community has asked the government to recognize them as a Ugandan tribe. Speaking at the Diwali dinner hosted by President Museveni at State House Entebbe on Saturday, the Indians said the move would help them have a sense […]
December 10, 2017 10:47 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Prenant conscience du rôle déterminant que joue le Parlement dans l’adoption et la mise en œuvre des lois, des politiques, des plans et programmes de gestion des questions relatives à la migration, aux réfugiés et à la situation des apatrides […]
December 9, 2017 10:27 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
A HUMAN rights lobby group is assisting marginalised villagers in Matabeleland to acquire birth certificates so they can obtain identity documents (IDs) and participate in the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise. This was revealed by Abammeli Human Rights Network representative […]