October 12, 2017 3:55 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 12, 2017 12:49 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 12, 2017 11:10 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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
October 10, 2017 1:57 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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. […]
October 9, 2017 11:12 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 6, 2017 1:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
La 68ème session du Comité exécutif de l’Unhcr qui s’est ouverte lundi 02 octobre 2017 au Palais des Nations unies à Genève en Suisse, a permis de se faire une idée sur la situation des réfugiés et des apatrides en […]
October 6, 2017 12:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 5, 2017 7:35 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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. […]
October 5, 2017 12:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
October 4, 2017 10:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filipino Grandi, has commended Sierra Leone for its efforts to end statelessness, and for taking actions to integrate refugees into the country, and getting refugees to return in dignity and safety to their countries […]
October 4, 2017 8:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By George Sadek (Oct. 4, 2017) On September 21, 2017, the Council of Ministers of Egypt (the Cabinet) approved an amendment to Law No. 26 of 1975 on Citizenship. The Council has referred the new amendment to the Council of […]
October 4, 2017 8:07 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Amendments to Egypt’s Nationality Law have left numerous citizens fearing that they will have their passports revoked and may be left stateless. There are now seven cases in which the Egyptian nationality can be revoked, according to the law, these […]