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Tchad: Formation sur l’état civil et l’apatridie

Published: 28/Nov/2017
Source: UNHCR

La sous Délégation de l’UNHCR IRIBA a accueilli du 21-25/11/2017, la mission de la Direction des Affaires Politiques et de l’état civil (DAPEC) du Ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et de la Gouvernance Locale. Cette mission conduite par le Directeur […]

South Africa: Orphan’s 10-Year Battle To Get A Birth Certificate

Published: 28/Nov/2017
Source: GroundUp

By Barbara Maregele For the past ten years, Bronwyn Moss and her family have been battling to register an orphaned child with the Department of Home Affairs. Moss, from Mooinooi in North West, is in a Catch-22: she has been […]

UN Human Rights Committee: Second periodic report submitted by Angola, 2017

Published: 28/Nov/2017
Source: Government of Angola

CCPR/C/AGO/2 Second periodic report submitted by Angola under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2017 Article 16: Recognition as a person before the law 142.Under article 32 of the Constitution, all persons have the right to a personal identity. […]

Foreigners do not deserve Tanzanian identity cards

Published: 28/Nov/2017
Source: Tanzania Daily News

[Editorial] It has come to light that some local officials in Mara Region have been issuing Tanzanian citizenship identity cards to foreigners who do not deserve to have them. Regional Commissioner (RC) Adam Malima has been incensed by this illegal […]

Zambia: Government decentralises the issuance of Birth and Death certificates

Published: 24/Nov/2017
Source: Lusaka Times

GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the decentralisation program for the issuance of Birth and Death certificates in the country stating that decentralisation of this process will help government in planning based on the population Statistics. Speaking […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Burkina Faso 2017

Published: 22/Nov/2017
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

CEDAW/C/BFA/CO/7 Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Burkina Faso Extract: Nationality 30.The Committee commends the State party for its legal framework governing the acquisition of nationality and its efforts to register births. It is concerned, however, that 20 […]

Nationwide registration for ‘Ghana card’ to begin middle of 2018

Published: 19/Nov/2017
Source: Ghanaweb

The nationwide registration for the national identity card (Ghana card) is to begin latest by the middle of 2018. The acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, gave the hint to journalists after the passage […]

Zimbabwe: BVR Diaries: Issue of regularising citizenship clarified

Published: 19/Nov/2017
Source: Bulawayo24 / Zimbabwe Peace Project

by Stephen Jakes The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has received reports especially from mining towns and farming communities where people who have their origins in some countries in Southern Africa in particular Zambia and Malawi are failing to regularise their […]