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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 […]


South Africa: No birth certificate, no school

April 19, 2017 11:50 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: No birth certificate, no school

Aphiwe*, a nine-year-old learner, could not find a place in a school. Her mother, Sinothando* is a 30-year-old South African woman born in a remote Eastern Cape village. Both Sinothando’s parents died when she was a child. Her only other known […]


Kenya: Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No 11 of 2017

April 19, 2017 8:24 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No 11 of 2017

Amends the Citizenship and Immigration Act No 12 of 2011 as follows: s.11 Insert the words “and has acquired residence status” immediately after the expression “seven years” appearing in the introductory portion. s.15(2) Delete the expression “five years” and substitute […]


Angola: MAT Recommends Mass Birth Registration

April 18, 2017 11:13 am Published by Comments Off on Angola: MAT Recommends Mass Birth Registration

Luanda — The report on the electoral registration process, developed by the Ministry of Territorial Administration (MAT) from August 25, 2016 to March 31, 2017, recommends the mass registration of the civil registry and the attribution of the Identity card […]