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Nigeria: Borno Leads Other States In Birth Registration – NPC

Published: 17/Aug/2018
Source: Naijanews

The National Population Commission, NPC, has said according to the number of birth registrations conducted nationwide in the last five years, Borno State is leading other states of the federation with 83 percent under-one registration and 20 percent under-five registration. Emmanuel […]

Burkina Faso: enfant sans acte de naissance bientôt la fin du calvaire

Published: 17/Aug/2018
Source: Infowakat

Désormais les burkinabè gagneront plus en temps et en argent en voulant offrir des actes de naissance à leurs enfants. Dès la naissance, à travers l’innovation ICIVIL, tout enfant est  désormai prédisposé à obtenir un extrait d’acte de naissance parce […]

Egypt: Sisi Approves Law on Granting Citizenship to Foreigners

Published: 17/Aug/2018
Source: Asharq Al Awsat (London)

The Egyptian gazette published on Thursday a decree signed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who approved the amendment of some articles in the law on the entry and exit of foreigners and the naturalization law. Last July, Egypt’s parliament passed […]

South Africa: Gigaba hosts naturalisation ceremony, over 200 receive citizenship

Published: 17/Aug/2018
Source: Independent Online (South Africa)

By Samkelo Mtshali Johannesburg – Around 278 foreign nationals from around the world are currently receiving their South African naturalisation certificates from Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba at a naturalisation ceremony in Durban. Gigaba says that the department had decided […]

South Africa: Minister Gigaba to deliver oration at naturalisation ceremony

Published: 16/Aug/2018
Source: South African Department of Home Affairs

The Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will on Friday, 17 August 2018, deliver a ceremonial oration at the Naturalisation Ceremony for foreign nationals who qualify for South African citizenship. In terms of the legislation, the Minister may grant a […]

7 million births are recorded in Nigeria annually – UNICEF

Published: 15/Aug/2018
Source: NAIJ.com

The total annual births in Nigeria have been put at seven million children by a report from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). This was disclosed at the maiden commemoration of the Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day […]

Liberia: GoL Launches Civil Registration, Vital Statistics

Published: 13/Aug/2018
Source: Daily Observer

The Government of Liberia (GoL) over the weekend launched the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) for every citizen to obtain birth, death and marriage certificates. CRVS is the process government uses to record vital events as required by law. […]

Palestinians from Egypt and the Naturalization issues

Published: 13/Aug/2018
Source: Palestinian Return Centre

Laila Taha*  Introduction Palestinians started to seek refuge all over the world due to the Israeli war in 1948\1949. There were two main phases of refuge; first in 1948 (Nakba), and the other in 1967 (Naksa), when almost 15,500 refugees […]

Tanzania : RITA commemorate African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day

Published: 13/Aug/2018
Source: The Guardian (Dar es Salaam)

According to RITA’s Communications and Marketing manager, Josephat Kimaro every year, Africa commemorates the day on August 10. This will be the first time that the event will be marked in Tanzania. ‘’This day will involve different activities including birth […]