Information on the Implementation of the Banjul Plan of Action, including accession of Burkina Faso to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; and Sierra Leone’s amendment of the Citizenship Act to remove gender discrimination in transmission of citizenship […]
EOC Reference No. EOC/CR/010/2016 “The Compliant was lodged on the 15th day of February 2016 as a representative Complaint on behalf of half castes or colored people of Uganda. The allegation was that on various occasions half castes have been […]
Accra, Sept, 28, GNA — It is illegal to bury deceased persons without the registration and acquisition of Burial Permit or Death Certificate in the country. To this end, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies have been tasked to ensure that […]
South Africa is experiencing a continuous decline in the total number of registered births, according a Recorded Live Births 2016 Report released in Pretoria on Thursday. Releasing the report, Statistics South Africa’s Statistician General Pali Lehohla said nearly 969,415 live […]
Bong Mines, Bong County – A man claiming to be a Liberian born Lebanese residing in Bong Mines Bong County says it will be an honor if he obtains a citizenship status in Liberia thereby calling for the passage of […]
Bolgatanga Sept. 27, GNA – Though the Birth Registration Certificate is a major tool for reducing poverty, fighting defilement and child marriage, many parents in Ghana particularly in the rural settings do not make it a priority for their newborn […]
By ‘Fisayo Soyombo On August 1, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced that from January 2018, no Nigerian would be able to procure or renew an international passport without providing a National Identification Number (NIN). Coincidentally, that announcement came as […]
By Mohamed Hamama Suggested amendments to the law governing Egyptian citizenship, approved by the Cabinet last Wednesday, may open the door to an unprecedented legal situation in Egypt: Egyptians without the nationality of any state and therefore without legal rights. While […]
MDC-T yesterday claimed to have exposed a Zanu PF sinister plot to register all refugees at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Manicaland as potential voters and manipulate them to vote for the ruling party in next year’s elections. BY KENNETH NYANGANI […]
Nkhotakota — National Registration Bureau (NRB) is concerned that out of 6,439 babies born in Nkhotakota from March to August,2017, only 3,749 which represents 58 percent were registered. NRB Production Manager Rodrick Langwe expressed the concern in Nkhotakota during an […]
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Ignatius Chombo has ordered the Registrar’s Office to issue national identity cards and birth certificates for free. Despite recent announcements that these were being issued for free in preparation for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) […]
Egypt’s cabinet approved on Wednesday an amendment that would allow Egyptian citizenship to be taken away from a person belonging to an entity “seeking to undermine public order of the state.” The new article to amend Law 26/1975 also stipulates that […]