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Tougué : des agents locaux outillés pour un meilleur enregistrement des naissances

July 18, 2016 2:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Tougué : des agents locaux outillés pour un meilleur enregistrement des naissances

Le service régional d’appui aux collectivités et de coordination des  organisations non gouvernementales et mouvements associatifs (SERACCO) de Labé, avec l’appui de l’UNICEF a organisé un renforcement des capacités pour des agents locaux de Tougué. Objectif recherché : informer et échanger […]


Communauté Sant’ Egidio : Favoriser la modernisation de l’état civil par la formation des acteurs

July 17, 2016 3:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Communauté Sant’ Egidio : Favoriser la modernisation de l’état civil par la formation des acteurs

La communauté Sant’ Egidio à travers son programme Birth registration for all versus oblivion (BRAVO) tient un atelier de formation des acteurs de l’état civil pour l’enregistrement universel au Burkina Faso. Cet atelier qui se déroulera du 18 au 22 […]


Ziguinchor: 42 000 enfants de l’élémentaire n’ont pas de pièces d’état-civil

July 17, 2016 12:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Ziguinchor: 42 000 enfants de l’élémentaire n’ont pas de pièces d’état-civil

Les chiffres parlent d’eux-mêmes et le constat ahurissant !  La problématique de l’accès à l’Etat-civil en Casamance exige une riposte à la dimension du déficit, pour ne pas replonger la région dans une autre crise. Selon l’enquête, au-delà de la […]


‘Stateless’ man to be granted Kenyan citizenship

July 17, 2016 11:10 am Published by Comments Off on ‘Stateless’ man to be granted Kenyan citizenship

By ABIUD OCHIENG A ‘stateless’ man from Nairobi, who had for the last 12 years been seeking application as a citizen of Kenya without success, could finally be provided with the crucial documents next month. Mr Kulraj Singh Bhangra, had […]


Regional citizenship could be the solution for refugee crises in East Africa

July 16, 2016 8:38 am Published by Comments Off on Regional citizenship could be the solution for refugee crises in East Africa

LSE’s Katy Long argues that the West African model which allows refugees to become migrants is one way to end protracted refugees situations. There is a poster (see below) in my office at LSE.  A shot of subway graffiti reading […]


RDC: Loi n° 87-010 du 1er aout 1987 portant Code de la famille, modifié 2016

July 15, 2016 7:00 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC: Loi n° 87-010 du 1er aout 1987 portant Code de la famille, modifié 2016

Tel que modifié en dernier lieu par la Loi N° 16/008 du 15 juillet 2016. Télécharger (6 MB): https://www.leganet.cd/Legislation/Code%20de%20la%20famille/CDF.2017.pdf LIVRE Ier – DE LA NATIONALITE CHAP. Ier – DES DISPOSITIONS GENERALES   1 CHAP. II – DE LA NATIONALITE CONGOLAISE D’ORIGINE […]


Decision on the Report of the Activities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Doc. EX.CL/968(XXIX)

July 15, 2016 12:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Decision on the Report of the Activities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Doc. EX.CL/968(XXIX)

Paragraph 5 of the Decision: The Executive Council […] 5. WELCOMES the development by the ACHPR of the draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa, the draft […]


African Union passport needs legal framework to work – Onyeama

July 15, 2016 4:57 am Published by Comments Off on African Union passport needs legal framework to work – Onyeama

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the soon-to-be-launched AU passport may not achieve the desired result if it does not have legal framework to support it. He said this in an interview with the News agency […]


Sierra Leone News: 85 Million unregistered births in Sub-Saharan Africa

July 14, 2016 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone News: 85 Million unregistered births in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recent Global statistics shows that 230 million under the age of 5 have not been registered, and of these, 85 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa and 135 million in Asia, while 10 million are in the rest of the World. […]


SA denies deporting own citizen to Zim

July 13, 2016 6:11 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By Mashudu Netsianda THE South African government has denied that it deported Mr Daniel Desire Mncube to Zimbabwe. Mr Mncube (46) claims he was flushed out of South Africa for allegedly violating the neighbouring country’s immigration laws. He found himself […]


Malawi dual citizenship, President orders Justice Minister to draft legislation

July 12, 2016 4:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Malawi dual citizenship, President orders Justice Minister to draft legislation

By Owen Khamula President Peter Mutharika has said he has ordered his Justice minister Samuel Tembenu to draft a dual citizenship legislation to allow Malawians stuck in diaspora come back home and invest. Mutharika told the state controlled Malawi Broadcasting […]


Sierra Leone News:Parliament approves compulsory registration of citizen & non-citizen

July 12, 2016 11:10 am Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone News:Parliament approves compulsory registration of citizen & non-citizen

Members of Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed in to law the National Civil Registration Act, 2016 that called for the compulsory registration of citizens and non-citizens resident in Sierra Leone as well as provide the registrants with multipurpose E-cards. According […]