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Namibia: Home affairs hunts fake document suspects

Published: 12/Oct/2017
Source: The Namibian

He made the remarks at the official opening of the ministry’s civil registration annual meeting in Windhoek.  The two-day event will discuss departmental challenges, and focus on ways to improve the quality of information gathering for the national population registration […]

Malawi: NFYD for Universal Birth Registration in Mulanje

Published: 12/Oct/2017
Source: Malawi News Agency (Lilongwe)

Mulanje — Network for Youth Development (NfYD)- a local non-governmental organization working towards a strong and vibrant youth says Universal Birth Registration (UBR) is key in ending some of the major challenges children are facing in the country. Read more

Algérie: Le 12S se fait rare

Published: 10/Oct/2017
Source: La Dépêche de Kabylie

Les citoyens de la commune de Boghni se sentent lésés par les services de l’état civil qui enregistrent un manque en imprimés du 12S (acte de naissance spécial). Ainsi, les nombreuses demandes effectuées par la population locale demeurent en attente. […]

Free birth certificates for kids born outside Zimbabwe

Published: 9/Oct/2017
Source: Bulawayo 24

Children born outside the country should not pay anything to get birth certificates, deputy Home Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the Senate. Mguni was responding to MDC Emganwini Senator Siphiwe Ncube who had said people with children born outside […]

Malawi: NRB says registration of birth is now compulsory

Published: 6/Oct/2017
Source: Malawi News Agency

National Registration Bureau (NRB) Data Supervisor, Esther Munthali has said registration of birth is now compulsory, universal and systematic. She made the remarks Thursday during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting held at the boma where she briefed members about […]

Egyptian Government Doubles Down on Threats to Silence Peaceful Dissent

Published: 5/Oct/2017
Source: Human Rights First (New York)

By Neil Hicks Despite widespread criticism of its crackdown on nonviolent government critics, including human rights organizations, the Egyptian government is on the verge of passing a new law giving the state further powers to penalize individuals for their views. […]

Kenya: Woman of British descent sues state for denying her citizenship

Published: 5/Oct/2017
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By ANNETTE WAMBULWA A 26-year-old woman of British descent has moved to court to have the government compelled to grant her Kenyan citizenship. Virdi Gurveen says she is a Kenyan by birth, but has been denied a national identity card […]

Sierra Leone commended for refugee solutions

Published: 4/Oct/2017
Source: Awoko (Freetown)

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filipino Grandi, has commended Sierra Leone for its efforts to end statelessness, and for taking actions to integrate refugees into the country, and getting refugees to return in dignity and safety to their countries […]