By Mthabisi Tshuma SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right to education, health, social […]
Ife Ogunfuwa The National Identity Management Commission says it has enrolled and issued 41 million Nigerians with National Identity Number as of today. The Director-General at the NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, in an interview with journalists, said enrolment was ongoing for […]
Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) welcomes the judgment handed on 19 May 2020 by Rugunanan J of the Makhanda High Court where it confirmed the right of unmarried fathers to register the births of their children. This appeal follows the […]
By Ray Hartle The legal ban on an unmarried father registering his child’s birth has been lifted by three judges of the high court in Makhanda, changing the status of countless “invisible” children whose births are not reflected on the […]
Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent By Tania Broughton In a victory for “invisible, undocumented children”, unwed fathers will soon be able to register the births of […]
Les députés ont adopté mercredi à l’Assemblée nationale, la Loi portant organisation de l’état civil au Tchad. La plénière, présidée par Dr. Haroun Kabadi, a eu lieu en présence notamment du ministre en charge de la sécurité, Mahamat Abali Salah. […]
(CA 319/2018) ; [2020] ZAECGHC 43 (19 May 2020) [Extract from Centre for Child Law pre-hearing summary: The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) brought the case of Naki and Others v Director General: Department of Home Affairs and Another (Case No […]
Zvamaida Murwira, Senior Reporter The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended without salary and allowances Registrar-General Clemence Masango who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer after he allegedly instructed CMED to buy a double […]
par Sonia Rolley Des organisations de la société civile, congolaises, comme internationales, montent au créneau sur la question du marché des passeports. Publicité Jusqu’à la mi-juin, la société belge SemLex devrait les produire. Le coût officiel est de 185 dollars […]
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the League for Human Rights (Belgium – Ligue des droits humains) and UNIS (Pan-African Anti-Corruption Network) filed a civil party petition on 8 May 2020 in the criminal investigation into the Semlex case […]
By Abdullah Mwinyi On November 4, 1985, at Diamond Jubilee Hall, Mwalimu Nyerere addressed Tanzanians for the last time as President of the United Republic. He had been at the helm for 24 years, first as President of Tanganyika and […]
Avoir un acte d’extrait de naissance à la mairie de Kankan, est devenu quasiment, une mission impossible. La cause, le service d’Etat civil, pour des raisons non divulguées pour l’instant, n’en procurerait plus. Actuellement, ils sont très nombreux, les citoyens […]