Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Namibia to introduce electronic birth notification system

April 27, 2017 11:56 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia to introduce electronic birth notification system

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration said it is working with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and the Prime Minister’s Office to introduce an electronic birth notification system in the country. In statement delivered at the just-ended […]


Namibia: Home Affairs encourages child-naming before birth

April 26, 2017 11:57 am Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Home Affairs encourages child-naming before birth

Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has urged parents, particularly fathers, to name their babies before they are born to enable delivering mothers to register their children at birth. The pre-birth naming is also necessary to ensure that […]


Bénin: Assemblée nationale, la loi sur l’identification des personnes physiques votée à l’unanimité

April 25, 2017 12:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Assemblée nationale, la loi sur l’identification des personnes physiques votée à l’unanimité

Les députés ont poursuivi, à la faveur de leur séance plénière de ce lundi 24 avril, l’examen de la proposition de loi portant identification des personnes en République du Bénin démarré vendredi dernier. Ils ont passé au peigne fin les […]


Public Statement: Mass Registration of Malawian Citizens for National Identity Cards

April 25, 2017 9:22 am Published by Comments Off on Public Statement: Mass Registration of Malawian Citizens for National Identity Cards

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security will be undertaking the first mass registration of Malawian citizens for issuance of National Identity Cards from June – December, 2017. All Malawian citizens must register. […]


Tanzania: Geita, Shinyanga Hit 70% Birth Registration

April 25, 2017 9:03 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Geita, Shinyanga Hit 70% Birth Registration

Mwanza — Geita and Shinyanga regions registered and issued birth certificates to 479,146 children during the past one month, from March 21 to April 21, 2017. The registered children make 70 percent of the registration and certificate issuance target in the […]


Egypt: Court ruling obliges authorities to register children from customary marriages

April 24, 2017 5:46 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt: Court ruling obliges authorities to register children from customary marriages

An Egyptian court issued a ruling obliging authorities to register children from customary (Urfi) marriages, and issue them birth certificates the state-owned Egynews website reported on Monday. The Administrative Court ruled that employees at the Civil Status Organization, a registrar […]


Bénin: Loi sur l’identification des personnes: Guy Mitokpè plaide pour un coût raisonnable

April 24, 2017 2:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Loi sur l’identification des personnes: Guy Mitokpè plaide pour un coût raisonnable

Les députés ont entamé vendredi dernier en plénière, l’examen de la proposition de loi portant identification des personnes physiques en République du Bénin. Ils ont déjà adopté une cinquantaine d’articles répartis sur quatre titres. Les discussions en plénière ont été […]


Liberia: Présidentielle 2017, le candidat Georges Weah suspecté de double nationalité

April 20, 2017 3:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Présidentielle 2017, le candidat Georges Weah suspecté de double nationalité

A l’approche de la présidentielle d’octobre 2017 au Liberia, des voix anonymes s’élèvent à Monrovia, la capitale du pays, pour remettre en cause la nationalité libérienne du candidat George Weah, qui serait aussi un américain. En rapport avec ces suspicions, […]


South Africa: Citizenship of ‘foreign children’

April 20, 2017 10:37 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Citizenship of ‘foreign children’

The Department of Home Affairs said the basic principle of the South African Citizenship Act is that a child follows the citizenship or nationality of his or her parents. By Nelie Erasmus POLOKWANE – If one parent is a South African […]


Malawi National ID mass registration commences in June

April 20, 2017 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on Malawi National ID mass registration commences in June

National Registration Bureau (NRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security will from June to December 2017 be undertaking the first mass registration of Malawian citizens for issuance of national identity cards (ID). In a media statement on […]


Mauritanie: La communauté noire dénonce son exclusion

April 20, 2017 9:03 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanie: La communauté noire dénonce son exclusion

#Mauritanie : La communauté négro-mauritanienne dénonce son exclusion des hautes sphères de l’Etat et de l’économie. Les clivages sociaux s’aggravent, déclenchant les protestations de la population, d’associations, voire de députés. Figurant au rang des premières composantes ayant fréquenté l’école française […]