Pretoria – Some countries on the African continent don’t have national population registers, resulting in a situation where children are born, live their lives and die, without ever being recorded. It is this sort of situation that African ministers responsible […]
WHEREAS, establishing a system of registration of vital events plays a key role in planning political, social and economic developments, in providing different social and economic services to citizens and in making the justice administration expedient and effective; WHEREAS, it […]
Martin Sharpe and Salima Namusomya, “Refugee Status Determination and the Rights of Recognized Refugees under Uganda’s Refugees Act 2006”, International Journal of Refugee Law Vol. 24 No. 3 pp. 561–578 Abtract In 2006 Uganda passed new domestic legislation relating to […]
Zimbabwe’s 10-yearly national population census was launched Saturday, a few days after thousands of soldiers threatened to take over the lucrative task by force. A spokesman for the state-run Zimbabwe Statistics office told local radio that the 30,000 enumerators were […]
by Michel Cousins The first law passed by the newly-elected National . . .[restrict]Congress bars Libyan citizens who also have another nationality from holding any high office in Congress. The motion, proposed by Muhammad Tumi of the National Front Party […]
On 21 July 2012, Tanzania’s Daily News reported that Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, had announced that “all refugee camps sheltering Burundian refugees would be closed down”. There was, the paper quoted him as saying, “no strong reason for the Burundians […]
Only a handful of births are registered in the remote Kolda region of southern Senegal, but a new mobile phone application that allows parents to text the details of a newborn to obtain a birth certificate could cut down school […]
Diriger un pays sans le moindre programme et sans la moindre vision est comme conduire à l’aveuglette un troupeau de bœufs à l’abreuvoir, sans savoir de quel côté se trouve la rivière, quel chemin emprunter pour arriver plus vite et […]
Par Fleury Koursany La loi y relative a été votée par le Parlement et elle est d’application immédiate. Elle concernera les situations en cours et celles à venir L’obtention de la nationalité centrafricaine est désormais conditionnée au versement de la […]
Il faut être multimillionnaire pour être centrafricain. C’est une facilité pour une catégorie de postulants mais une véritable complication pour une certaine autre Les demandeurs de la nationalité centrafricaine doivent désormais verser 5.000.000 de FCFA à l’Etat centrafricain. Cette question […]
This modest contribution aims at providing an objective and critical analysis, exploring the root causes and dimensions of Sudan’s chronic national problems, and proposes solutions, especially in light of the repercussions and consequences of the separation of South Sudan and […]
Au Togo, l’existence de l’état civil qui permet, entre autres, l’établissement des statistiques de l’état civil, remonte à la période coloniale avec une ordonnance allemande de 1909, rendant obligatoire la déclaration des naissances et des décès. Ce service public connaîtra, […]