November 28, 2017 10:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
CCPR/C/AGO/2 Second periodic report submitted by Angola under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2017 Article 16: Recognition as a person before the law 142.Under article 32 of the Constitution, all persons have the right to a personal identity. […]
November 28, 2017 7:54 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
[Editorial] It has come to light that some local officials in Mara Region have been issuing Tanzanian citizenship identity cards to foreigners who do not deserve to have them. Regional Commissioner (RC) Adam Malima has been incensed by this illegal […]
November 24, 2017 1:00 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
La deuxième opération de régularisation des étrangers en situation irrégulière, qui se poursuit jusqu’au 31 décembre prochain, vise le traitement d’au moins 82% des dossiers présentés, et ce à l’instar de la première opération, a indiqué le président du Conseil […]
November 24, 2017 12:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the decentralisation program for the issuance of Birth and Death certificates in the country stating that decentralisation of this process will help government in planning based on the population Statistics. Speaking […]
November 23, 2017 12:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract from executive summary: Refugees, migrants and stateless people The Immigration Act has a unique role in nation-building and social cohesion. It is a key enabler of human rights and the determination of the status of foreign nationals, and the […]
November 23, 2017 8:42 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Un mois après son démarrage effectif, le Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH), qui bénéficie du soutien financier de la fondation OSIWA, a procédé au lancement de son projet « Appui à la déclaration des enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance […]
November 22, 2017 6:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Par Ilan Caro En raison d’une anomalie dans un registre d’état civil au Cameroun, la justice française a privé cette mère de famille de sa nationalité. Elle a raconté son histoire à franceinfo. Sur son compte Facebook, elle a choisi […]
November 22, 2017 12:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
CEDAW/C/BFA/CO/7 Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Burkina Faso Extract: Nationality 30.The Committee commends the State party for its legal framework governing the acquisition of nationality and its efforts to register births. It is concerned, however, that 20 […]
November 19, 2017 3:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The nationwide registration for the national identity card (Ghana card) is to begin latest by the middle of 2018. The acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, gave the hint to journalists after the passage […]
November 19, 2017 10:30 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Stephen Jakes The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has received reports especially from mining towns and farming communities where people who have their origins in some countries in Southern Africa in particular Zambia and Malawi are failing to regularise their […]
November 17, 2017 5:36 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By TOM MWIRARIA The 14th century was a golden age in the East African coast. It was also the age of discovery. The coast was one belt. It stretched from Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mombasa to Malindi. During that period, the […]
November 17, 2017 3:28 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Fruit d’une coopération entre le PNUD et le MINFOPRA, cette cérémonie de remise des actes de naissance s’est déroulée le vendredi 10 Novembre dernier à Maroua en présence des principaux bénéficiaires. Ils sont bien heureux, les nouveaux bénéficiaires d’acte de naissance, souvent considéré comme le […]