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Audiences foraines à Diourbel: plus de 2.000 actes de naissance délivrés

August 25, 2016 3:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Audiences foraines à Diourbel: plus de 2.000 actes de naissance délivrés

Le tribunal départemental de Diourbel  a reçu du monde hier matin. Les populations sont venues de tous les coins de la région pour enfin obtenir un acte de naissance. Les audiences foraines, démarrées depuis le 28 juin 2016, se poursuivent. […]


Liberia: Lawmakers to Support NBIS

August 24, 2016 10:55 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Lawmakers to Support NBIS

Members of the Senate have expressed their commitment to support the production of a National Biometric Identification System Cards (NBIS) for citizens in the country. The lawmakers, who attended a two-day legislative retreat organized by the National Identification Registry (NIR) […]


Walus likely to lose his SA citizenship

August 24, 2016 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Walus likely to lose his SA citizenship

By Louise Flanagan Johannesburg – Convicted killer Janusz Walus is on the way to losing his South African citizenship, so if he’s paroled he won’t see much of South Africa. On Tuesday, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that officials […]


Tanzania: State Considering Dual Citizenship for Diaspora

August 24, 2016 9:59 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: State Considering Dual Citizenship for Diaspora

By Lydia Shekighenda The government has started giving special consideration to Tanzanians living abroad to exploit various opportunities available in the country as it contemplates on duo citizenship. Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation’s Head of Communications, Mindi Kasiga revealed […]


Sudan: Mazin Adil Ali Deng and others v. Ministry of Interior and another

August 23, 2016 7:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan: Mazin Adil Ali Deng and others v. Ministry of Interior and another

Judgement of the Sudan Constitutional Court in which it was held that the children of a Sudanese mother and South Sudanese father who lost nationality on the secession of South Sudan had the right to Sudanese nationality. The Court judgement […]


MIDSA Conclusions and Recommendations 2016

August 18, 2016 10:51 am Published by Comments Off on MIDSA Conclusions and Recommendations 2016

Technical Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa Addressing Mixed Migration in Southern Africa: Linking Protection, Immigration, Border Management and Labour Migration Gaborone, Botswana: 16 – 18 August 2016 Conclusions and Recommendations […] Statelessness 2.1 Continue to advocate for the adoption and […]


Etat civil : Des experts américains apprécient la plateforme de test burkinabè « iCivil »

August 17, 2016 1:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Etat civil : Des experts américains apprécient la plateforme de test burkinabè « iCivil »

La célèbre revue scientifique américaine « Biometric », spécialiste des technologies d’identification biométriques, dans sa parution du 9 août 2016, loue le niveau technologique de pointe de la plateforme « iCivil ». Elle trouve que « iCivil » aidera les Etats africains et autres pays en […]


Trends in the completeness of birth registration in Nigeria: 2002–2010

August 17, 2016 12:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Trends in the completeness of birth registration in Nigeria: 2002–2010

By: Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Bolanle Olapeju, Osondu Ogbuoji, Stella Babalola Demographic Research, Vol. 35, pages 315−338 Background: Nigeria is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which identifies birth registration as a child’s right. However, it […]


RDC: un ex-ministre devenu opposant dit avoir renoncé à la nationalité belge

August 17, 2016 10:16 am Published by Comments Off on RDC: un ex-ministre devenu opposant dit avoir renoncé à la nationalité belge

La presse kinoise de mercredi fait grand cas d’un ex-ministre devenu opposant au président Joseph Kabila qui affirme avoir renoncé en juin 2007 à la nationalité belge qu’il possédait – en plus de la congolaise – depuis 2002, en violation […]