National Registration Bureau (NRB) Data Supervisor, Esther Munthali has said registration of birth is now compulsory, universal and systematic. She made the remarks Thursday during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting held at the boma where she briefed members about […]
By ANNETTE WAMBULWA A 26-year-old woman of British descent has moved to court to have the government compelled to grant her Kenyan citizenship. Virdi Gurveen says she is a Kenyan by birth, but has been denied a national identity card […]
Les huit (8) ONGssont CRADE et ENDA à Gao, ENDA et AMSS à Tombouctou, APAFE MusoDambé, BNCE,AJDM, le Collectif des Centres d’Ecoute Communautaire.En effet, les articles 7 et 8 de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant, l’article 6 de […]
Selon Sébastien Apatita qui représentait le Représentant-Résidant du HCR en Côte d’Ivoire, lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture de l’atelier de renforcement de capacités des partenaires des médias sur l’apatridie, ce lundi 2 octobre au Plateau, on dénombre au moins 10 […]
The Registrar-General’s Office has issued nearly 100 000 identity cards in four weeks, amid reports that some refugees have been caught trying to fraudulently obtain the identification documents. Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede last week said finger prints were a prerequisite […]
The Government must extend its programme to offer free birth certificates to Zimbabwean children who were born outside the country especially in South Africa, an official has said. Most children of Zimbabweans born outside the country especially South Africa have […]
Information on the Implementation of the Banjul Plan of Action, including accession of Burkina Faso to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; and Sierra Leone’s amendment of the Citizenship Act to remove gender discrimination in transmission of citizenship […]
Accra, Sept, 28, GNA — It is illegal to bury deceased persons without the registration and acquisition of Burial Permit or Death Certificate in the country. To this end, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies have been tasked to ensure that […]
South Africa is experiencing a continuous decline in the total number of registered births, according a Recorded Live Births 2016 Report released in Pretoria on Thursday. Releasing the report, Statistics South Africa’s Statistician General Pali Lehohla said nearly 969,415 live […]
Bolgatanga Sept. 27, GNA – Though the Birth Registration Certificate is a major tool for reducing poverty, fighting defilement and child marriage, many parents in Ghana particularly in the rural settings do not make it a priority for their newborn […]
Nkhotakota — National Registration Bureau (NRB) is concerned that out of 6,439 babies born in Nkhotakota from March to August,2017, only 3,749 which represents 58 percent were registered. NRB Production Manager Rodrick Langwe expressed the concern in Nkhotakota during an […]
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Ignatius Chombo has ordered the Registrar’s Office to issue national identity cards and birth certificates for free. Despite recent announcements that these were being issued for free in preparation for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) […]