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Libya: ACA reminds of regulation prohibiting Libyan dual nationals from holding top positions

December 9, 2017 8:14 am Published by Comments Off on Libya: ACA reminds of regulation prohibiting Libyan dual nationals from holding top positions

By Sami Zaptia The Tripoli-based Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has issued a statement reminding all state bodies of the 2010 regulation (No 24) that prohibits Libyans with dual nationalities from holding any top state positions. The ACA is the state […]


Sénégal : Enregistrement à l’état-civil, 30% de la population hors registre

December 8, 2017 10:38 am Published by Comments Off on Sénégal : Enregistrement à l’état-civil, 30% de la population hors registre

30% de la population du Sénégal ne sont pas inscrits dans les registres de l’état-civil, a révélé jeudi à Saint-Louis (nord), Dr Abdoul Kader Diop, responsables régional au Haut-commissariat des Nations-Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR). Cette situation pourrait les exposer […]


Enregistrement des naissances : 347 enfants reconnus légalement grâce à CERESSE Burkina Faso

December 8, 2017 10:33 am Published by Comments Off on Enregistrement des naissances : 347 enfants reconnus légalement grâce à CERESSE Burkina Faso

« Nous avons reçu nos actes de naissance ». C’est ce qu’on pouvait lire sur l’une des banderoles tenues par les élèves bénéficiaires de l’opération d’établissement gratuit des actes de naissance. Ce projet exécuté par le Centre d’éducation et de réinsertion sociale […]


Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

December 8, 2017 9:51 am Published by Comments Off on Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

The Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration will be held from 4 to 8 December 2017 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the ECA the AfDB as well as other partners, is organizing the Fourth […]


Libya bans dual nationals from holding leadership positions

December 8, 2017 8:39 am Published by Comments Off on Libya bans dual nationals from holding leadership positions

TRIPOLI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — Libya’s Administrative Control Authority, the top administrative body of the UN-backed government, on Thursday banned dual nationals from holding any leadership positions in the country. “The Administrative Control Authority instructs all ministries, bodies and public […]


Burkina Faso: Enfants sans acte de naissance : Une éducation compromise !

December 7, 2017 2:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Burkina Faso: Enfants sans acte de naissance : Une éducation compromise !

Au Burkina Faso, des milliers d’élèves ne sont pas enregistrés dans aucun service de l’état civil. Ces derniers courent le risque de voir leur scolarité s’interrompre précocement. Dans la zone non lotie de l’arrondissement n°9 de Ouagadougou, la situation est […]


Zimbabwe: RG’s Office extends mobile registration exercise

December 7, 2017 9:50 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: RG’s Office extends mobile registration exercise

Sydney Mubaiwa in Zaka The Registrar-General’s Office will continue to issue national identity cards, birth and death certificates for free until January next year. In a telephone interview with The Herald on Tuesday, Deputy Registrar-General Mr Ben Mpala said the extension […]


Governo da Guiné-Bissau vai atribuir nacionalidade a cerca de 10.000 refugiados

December 5, 2017 7:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Governo da Guiné-Bissau vai atribuir nacionalidade a cerca de 10.000 refugiados

O Governo da Guiné-Bissau e o Alto Comissariado da ONU para os Refugiados (ACNUR) assinaram hoje um documento para a atribuição da nacionalidade guineense a cerca de 10.000 refugiados que se encontram no país. Os 10.000 refugiados estão há mais […]


A Snapshot of Civil Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa

December 5, 2017 5:52 pm Published by Comments Off on A Snapshot of Civil Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa

KEY FACTS: The births of around 95 million children under age 5 (slightly more than half) in sub-Saharan Africa have never been recorded. One in three unregistered children live in just three countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia […]


Birth registration of South Sudanese refugee children: the view from Uganda

December 4, 2017 2:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Birth registration of South Sudanese refugee children: the view from Uganda

By Yotam Gidron, International Refugee Rights Initiative In August 2014, eight months after the war in South Sudan began, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) described it as “a war on the children of […]


Malawi issues 9 million National IDs in six months

December 4, 2017 10:24 am Published by Comments Off on Malawi issues 9 million National IDs in six months

Lilongwe – Malawi has for the first time after 50 years of its independence issued biometric national identity cards (IDs) to 9 million people. The issuance of the 9 million national IDs follows the implementation of mass registration exercise completed […]