Author Archives for Djibril Balde

Namibia: Okakoko villagers receive IDs

February 2, 2017 3:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Namibia: Okakoko villagers receive IDs

Loide Jason Okakoko-A group of San community members from Okakoko village on the outskirts of Omuthiya who have been without national documents for years got their national documents on Monday from Home Affairs and Immigration. New Era visited the destitute […]


Sierra Leone News: NEC inspects registration kit

February 1, 2017 4:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone News: NEC inspects registration kit

The National Civil registration Authority (NCRA), National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the warehouse that hosts the national biometric registrations kits. The kits, according to the Director General of the […]


Déclaration des enfants à la naissance à kolda : La commune de Coumbacara montre le bon exemple

January 31, 2017 5:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Déclaration des enfants à la naissance à kolda : La commune de Coumbacara montre le bon exemple

L’objectif zéro enfant non déclaré à la naissance est en passe de devenir une réalité dans la commune de Coumbacara. La commune de Coumbacara, une collectivité locale située dans le sud du département de Kolda, veut atteindre zéro enfant non […]


End to decades of uncertainty for Makonde as they get Kenyan IDs

January 31, 2017 12:08 pm Published by Comments Off on End to decades of uncertainty for Makonde as they get Kenyan IDs

There was excitement in Makongeni Village in Msambweni, Kwale County on Monday afternoon as more than 400 members of the Makonde community prepared to receive their first Kenyan national identity cards, documents they have yearned to have for decades. The community’s […]


Zimbabwe: Children Without Birth Certificates; A Cause For concern

January 30, 2017 12:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Children Without Birth Certificates; A Cause For concern

Bulawayo – A birth certificate is an essential document that one should not struggle to obtain as it lays the foundation to the validity of the status of the individual, particularly for children as they grow up in the modern […]


Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

January 28, 2017 4:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

Investment tends to follow infrastructural facilities. People follow transportation routes, job opportunities and money. Money attracts more money and also attracts talent. But above all, an infrastructure-supported mobility regime is sustainable and irreversible, even in the face of serious security […]


South Africa: Tsonga schools continue despite problems

January 23, 2017 1:19 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Tsonga schools continue despite problems

With the first school term starting this week, it was “problems as usual” at two Kathorus schools: problem-prone Chivirikani Primary in Siluma View and Vhumbeni Primary, in Mokoena Section. These two are the only schools catering for xhi-Tsonga-speaking learners around […]


Chad helps returnees at risk of statelessness to get papers

January 20, 2017 11:09 am Published by Comments Off on Chad helps returnees at risk of statelessness to get papers

UNHCR is working with Chad and partners to ensure the children of Chadian émigrés fleeing war in neighbouring countries finally receive ID cards to start over. GORÉ, Chad – One day three years ago, during a break at the farm […]


Kenya: Governor Moses Akaranga wants registrar’s offices in villages

January 16, 2017 2:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Governor Moses Akaranga wants registrar’s offices in villages

By Eric Lungai Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga wants the office of the registrar of persons decentralised from counties to sub-counties. Akaranga said people living far from county headquarters face challenges getting birth certificates and national identity cards. “There are challenges […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Konaté Diakalidia (DG de l’ONI) « Chaque individu aura un identifiant unique »

January 12, 2017 2:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Konaté Diakalidia (DG de l’ONI) « Chaque individu aura un identifiant unique »

par Adolphe ANGOUA Dans le cadre du projet du registre national des personnes physiques (RNPP), le Directeur général de l’Office national d’identification (ONI), Konaté Diakalidia, a procédé au lancement des travaux des groupes thématiques, le mardi 10 janvier 2017, au […]


South Africa: Teen attempts suicide after failing to get birth certificate

January 12, 2017 11:22 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Teen attempts suicide after failing to get birth certificate

A 13-year-old Durban girl was rushed to hospital after she allegedly attempted to commit suicide as she cannot enrol for high school because she does not have a birth certificate. Andiswa Mkhize, who was supposed to start Grade 8, says […]