March 27, 2017 12:30 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
Tanzania is ramping up the registration and issuance of birth certificates to children under five years using mobile phones. The mobile registration is offering a lifeline to millions of babies, who often remain ‘invisible’ due to the logistical and infrastructural […]
March 17, 2017 1:19 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
By John Nditi in Morogoro ONLY people with valid birth certificates will be allowed to get married effective May 1, 2017, it was declared here yesterday. Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Harrison Mwakyembe directed the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency […]
March 8, 2017 1:12 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
A Port Elizabeth woman says the Department of Home Affairs claimed she was a foreigner because of vaccination marks on her arm and refused to issue her with an identity document. The Department has denied this.Bongiwe Jokazi, 30, of Zwide, […]
March 4, 2017 9:19 am
Published by Djibril Balde
Une délégation de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) est en visite officielle au Burkina Faso. Conduite par sa première responsable, la délégation de l’OIF et le Maire de Ouagadougou, Armand Roland Pierre Béouindé, ont visité une maternité pilote de […]
March 1, 2017 10:42 am
Published by Djibril Balde
Le Projet d’Amélioration de la Gouvernance Locale pour l’Exercice de la Maitrise d’Ouvrage Communal (PAGLEMOC) de l’Union des Communes du Togo (UCT) vient d’accoucher l’Observatoire National de l’Etat Civil (ONEC). Lire la suite
February 15, 2017 8:34 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
Despite current logistical challenges, Ghana’s newly appointed National Identification Authority (NIA) CEO told the The Ghanaian Times this week that he is working towards carrying out his mandate to coordinate and supervise the registration and issuance of national biometric identification […]
February 15, 2017 11:50 am
Published by Djibril Balde
Le terme apatride désigne une personne qu’aucun Etat ne considère comme son ressortissant. Ils sont plus d’un million à être dans ce cas en Afrique de l’Ouest et à vivre sans identité légale. Comment y mettre fin? La question a […]
February 14, 2017 11:31 am
Published by Djibril Balde
Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence Akinyi was only 11 years old when three men broke into her home in Kericho, Kenya, in December 2007, as post-election violence raged, and gang raped her and […]
February 12, 2017 3:24 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
KALUNGA MUSONDA, Kabwe THE inadequate health facilities in communities have for the past decades subjected expectant mothers to giving birth either in homes or on their way to the nearest health centres.nAdded to that, because of traditional beliefs, some expectant […]
February 8, 2017 11:50 am
Published by Djibril Balde
Luanda — The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (MJDH) will hold on 8-13 February a training on “Civil registration, under its subprogramme dubbed to be born with registration”, taking place at the National Institute of Judicial Studies (INEJ) in […]
February 6, 2017 9:34 am
Published by Djibril Balde
ICivil veut doter les nouveau-nés non-déclarés d’un bracelet ayant valeur de carte d’identité, mais l’Etat teste une autre application et la solution se fait attendre. Ils sont les oubliés de la société. Aux yeux de l’Etat, ils n’existent pas. Au Burkina […]
February 5, 2017 12:19 pm
Published by Djibril Balde
Pour certains d’entre nous, avoir un passeport va de soi parce que la nationalité nous a été attribuée à notre naissance sans problème ni procédure particulière. On ne se pose pas forcément la question de la difficulté éprouvée par certains […]
