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Bénin: la demande d’acte de naissance et de CIP désormais possible en ligne

Published: 25/May/2021
Source: Benin web tv

L’Agence Nationale d’Identification des Personnes (ANIP) digitalise ses services. Dans un communiqué rendu public, ce mardi 25 mai 2021, l’ANIP annonce la possibilité de faire désormais en ligne, la demande de certains actes. Plus besoin de se rendre obligatoirement au […]

Arab League: Towards a Regional Action Plan on Belonging and Legal Identity

Published: 25/May/2021
Source: League of Arab States & UNHCR

On 25 May 2021, LAS in cooperation with UNHCR and the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council organized the regional meeting: Towards a Regional Action Plan on Belonging and Legal Identity, in the presence of representatives from the […]

Egypt: Adjudicating Patriarchy in the Nationality Law

Published: 24/May/2021
Source: American University in Cairo

LLM dissertation by Muhammed Samy Ahmed Abstract The Egyptian legal structure has long discriminated against women. Taking nationality law as an example, it is obvious that all consecutive nationality laws have ignored women’s right concerning passing on and acquiring nationality. […]

South Sudan: MP Animu’s appointment revoked over ‘nationality issues’

Published: 22/May/2021
Source: Eye Radio (Juba)

By Jale Richard President Salva Kiir has revoked the appointment of Afekuru Animu Risasi as a member of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. Kiir then appointed Hon. Joseph Lual Achuil from the SPLM party as a replacement. No reasons were […]

Enfance : enregistrement de 65.756 actes naissances à Conakry

Published: 20/May/2021
Source: UNICEF Guinée / justinmorel.info

La cérémonie de clôture du projet “Augmenter l’enregistrement des naissances des enfants de moins de cinq ans dans les Régions de Labé et de Conakry’’ a été présidée par le Général Bouréma Condé, Ministre de l’Administration du Territoire. Durant trois […]

Undocumented South African finally issued identity documents

Published: 19/May/2021
Source: SABC News

Imagine not being able to vote, get a driver’s licence or even open a bank account. Suppose you were considered not to ‘exist’ in your own country, and being a person suspended in Statelessness. It’s estimated that over 100 million […]

Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple’s children

Published: 19/May/2021
Source: Reuters

Namibia on Tuesday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to a surrogate in South Africa, one of the fathers told Reuters. Namibian Phillip […]

Uganda: Govt to change national ID cards

Published: 17/May/2021
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Franklin Draku The government has planned to phase out the current national identity cards by 2024 and replace them with electronic ones. The announcement was made during the handover of office to the new executive director of National Identification […]

Nigerian man’s illegal marriage to young SA woman revoked

Published: 14/May/2021
Source: Pretoria News (independent online)

By Zelda Venter Pretoria – A Nigerian citizen will have to return to his country of birth after South African authorities revoked his citizenship nearly a decade after it was granted. This was based on allegations that he had illegally […]