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Angola: Is Africa’s Richest Woman a Russian Citizen?

Published: 16/Jan/2020
Source: Polygraph.info

On Jan. 9, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported that Isabel dos Santos – the daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos once ranked by Forbes magazine as Africa’s richest woman – is a citizen of Russia. […]

ACERWC Report on Follow-Up Mission to Liberia

Published: 15/Jan/2020
Source: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Report of the ACERWC on the Follow-Up Mission Conducted to Monitor the Implementation of its Concluding Observations and Recommendations to the Republic of Liberia 06-08 November 2019 Extract: 7.4. Civil Rights and Freedoms i. Birth registration The Committee notes that […]

Deadline looms for biometric SIM card registration in Tanzania

Published: 8/Jan/2020
Source: Global Voices

By Amanda Lichtenstein Tanzanian citizens have until January 20, 2020, to register their SIM cards through the new biometric registration system launched by the Tanzanian Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) on May 1, 2019. The biometric SIM card registration process means […]

Tanzania: Birthrate in Refugee Camps Set for Check

Published: 8/Jan/2020
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

By Maureen Odunga and Faustine Kapama THE government has revealed that plans are in place to counter the runaway birthrate in refugee camps in Kigoma Region that result in 600 babies being born in every month. In an exclusive interview […]

Tchad: L’Anats lance l’identification biométrique

Published: 4/Jan/2020
Source: Ndjamena Hebdo

L’Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (Anats) a lancé, le 22 janvier 2020, les activités de son système intégré de gestion des populations et des titres sécurisés (Sigpts). “L’enrôlement est gratuit. Toute personne enrôlée peut, à sa demande, recevoir un acte […]

Engagé: Bulletin du HCR Cote d’Ivoire Janvier 2020

Published: 1/Jan/2020
Source: UNHCR Cote d'Ivoire

Plus de 200 enfants trouvés ou abandonnés de parents inconnus, obtiennent une nationalité. Une première historique ! Editorial: Ouvrir les portes de la vie aux enfants trouvés de parents inconnus. Mohamed Askia TOURÉ, Représentant Résident du HCR en Côte d’Ivoire. […]

Snapshot of CRVS systems of Niger

Published: 1/Jan/2020
Source: Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems, IDRC, Canada

By Mia Harbitz Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in Niger. The information is based on a questionnaire completed by the Niger Civil Registry along […]

Exploring childhood statelessness in South Africa

Published: 1/Jan/2020
Source: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

By Fatima Khan Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal Vol. 23, No. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-20497a5719 Abstract The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set a 10-year timeline in 2014 to prevent childhood statelessness and believes this is possible if the following four steps […]