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Cameroun – Identité: Six communes de la région de l’Extrême-Nord s’engagent à produire au moins 30.000 actes de naissance

October 13, 2017 10:52 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun – Identité: Six communes de la région de l’Extrême-Nord s’engagent à produire au moins 30.000 actes de naissance

L’activité lancée il y a trois mois vise à produire au moins 5.000 actes de naissance par commune. Accompagnée par le partenaire du Cameroun, le Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD) à travers son Programme d’appui à l’amélioration […]


More amendments needed to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012

October 12, 2017 6:14 pm Published by Comments Off on More amendments needed to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012

By Elsie Oyoo By definition, a stateless person is one who is not considered a national by any State under the operation of its law. According to a 2014 Report on “The World’s Stateless” published by the Institute on Statelessness […]


Namibia: Home affairs hunts fake document suspects

October 12, 2017 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Home affairs hunts fake document suspects

He made the remarks at the official opening of the ministry’s civil registration annual meeting in Windhoek.  The two-day event will discuss departmental challenges, and focus on ways to improve the quality of information gathering for the national population registration […]


Côte d’Ivoire/ Un projet sur la contribution à l’accès des populations aux documents d’identité bientôt lancé à Bondoukou

October 12, 2017 12:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire/ Un projet sur la contribution à l’accès des populations aux documents d’identité bientôt lancé à Bondoukou

Bondoukou, 12 oct (AIP) – L’Organisation nationale pour l’enfant, la femme et la famille (ONEF) va procéder  vendredi à Bondoukou (Nord-est, région du Gontougo), au lancement d’un projet sur la contribution à l’accès des populations aux documents d’identité. Seloj une […]


Malawi: NFYD for Universal Birth Registration in Mulanje

October 12, 2017 11:10 am Published by Comments Off on Malawi: NFYD for Universal Birth Registration in Mulanje

Mulanje — Network for Youth Development (NfYD)- a local non-governmental organization working towards a strong and vibrant youth says Universal Birth Registration (UBR) is key in ending some of the major challenges children are facing in the country. Read more


Algérie: Le 12S se fait rare

October 10, 2017 1:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Algérie: Le 12S se fait rare

Les citoyens de la commune de Boghni se sentent lésés par les services de l’état civil qui enregistrent un manque en imprimés du 12S (acte de naissance spécial). Ainsi, les nombreuses demandes effectuées par la population locale demeurent en attente. […]


Free birth certificates for kids born outside Zimbabwe

October 9, 2017 11:12 am Published by Comments Off on Free birth certificates for kids born outside Zimbabwe

Children born outside the country should not pay anything to get birth certificates, deputy Home Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the Senate. Mguni was responding to MDC Emganwini Senator Siphiwe Ncube who had said people with children born outside […]


Malawi: NRB says registration of birth is now compulsory

October 6, 2017 12:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi: NRB says registration of birth is now compulsory

National Registration Bureau (NRB) Data Supervisor, Esther Munthali has said registration of birth is now compulsory, universal and systematic. She made the remarks Thursday during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting held at the boma where she briefed members about […]


Egyptian Government Doubles Down on Threats to Silence Peaceful Dissent

October 5, 2017 7:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Egyptian Government Doubles Down on Threats to Silence Peaceful Dissent

By Neil Hicks Despite widespread criticism of its crackdown on nonviolent government critics, including human rights organizations, the Egyptian government is on the verge of passing a new law giving the state further powers to penalize individuals for their views. […]


Kenya: Woman of British descent sues state for denying her citizenship

October 5, 2017 12:29 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Woman of British descent sues state for denying her citizenship

By ANNETTE WAMBULWA A 26-year-old woman of British descent has moved to court to have the government compelled to grant her Kenyan citizenship. Virdi Gurveen says she is a Kenyan by birth, but has been denied a national identity card […]