July 11, 2017 11:33 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Sudanese Supreme Court decided on Thursday that Sudanese nationality, which was withdrawn after the secession of South Sudan, must be restored to South Sudanese citizen Adel Burai Ramadan. The court ordered the Ministry of Interior to expedite the process […]
July 11, 2017 8:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Nkwanta Cluster Manager of World Vision Ghana, Mrs Salomey Yeboah, has appealed to parents to register their children for birth certificates since it is their rights and its denial a criminal act. She said the issuance of birth certificates was […]
July 10, 2017 6:18 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
In an historic decision, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has granted rights equivalent to permanent residency to the majority of applications that were submitted on ‘special grounds’ by a group of Angolan former refugees. These applications were the applicants’ […]
July 10, 2017 11:42 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Breytenbachs highly recommends that children born outside South Africa to South African parents, be registered as South African citizens at the nearest SA Embassy / SA High Commission to where the parents reside. The application is done using a foreign […]
July 10, 2017 10:55 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
THE registration of births and deaths across the country can substitute for census with the construction of more registration centres, the chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Eze Duruiheoma on Thursday disclosed. He said the about 4,000 birth registration centres in […]
July 10, 2017 8:10 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Penelope Paliani Kamanga The move to give Malawians identity cards has entered its second month with only 200,000 people registered out of the ambitious move to register 9 million by the end of this year. Malawi, which is the […]
July 9, 2017 10:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Du 28 juin au 30 juin 2017 l’Etat du Cameroun a convié les camerounais de l’étranger au Forum de la diaspora baptisé «Fodias 2017». Durant ces assises qui ont eu lieu à Yaoundé dans la Région du Centre, le Quotidien […]
July 8, 2017 6:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Jan Cronje, News24 Correspondent Cape Town – Over 1 000 former Angolan refugees were this week granted the right by the Department of Home Affairs to live and work in South Africa for a period of four years. The former […]
July 8, 2017 8:46 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights joyfully welcomes the passage of Sierra Leone’s amended Citizenship Act, which now guarantees women and men the equal right to confer nationality on children. With this critical reform, only 25 countries remain worldwide […]
July 7, 2017 11:21 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Jusqu’à l’adoption mercredi de la nouvelle loi sur la nationalité, les femmes de Sierra Leone ne pouvaient transmettre leur nationalité à leurs enfants nés à l’étranger, provoquant des problèmes dans la communauté des expatriés, notamment pour les enfants apatrides. Lire […]
July 7, 2017 11:15 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Flagging off the ceremony yesterday, Governor Mohammed Abubakar directed all primary healthcare facilities and government hospitals in the state to establish desk officer dedicated to registration of birth. He explained that all relevant state government agencies and departments are to […]
July 7, 2017 11:04 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Anietie Akpan Calabar — About 97 Nigerians are feared killed as Cameroon Gendermes allegedly attacked residents of Bakassi over failure to pay a N100,000 boat levy.It was learnt that the attackers sacked mainly Nigerians from Akwa Ibom, Cross River […]