South Africa is experiencing a continuous decline in the total number of registered births, according a Recorded Live Births 2016 Report released in Pretoria on Thursday. Releasing the report, Statistics South Africa’s Statistician General Pali Lehohla said nearly 969,415 live […]
Bong Mines, Bong County – A man claiming to be a Liberian born Lebanese residing in Bong Mines Bong County says it will be an honor if he obtains a citizenship status in Liberia thereby calling for the passage of […]
Bolgatanga Sept. 27, GNA – Though the Birth Registration Certificate is a major tool for reducing poverty, fighting defilement and child marriage, many parents in Ghana particularly in the rural settings do not make it a priority for their newborn […]
By ‘Fisayo Soyombo On August 1, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced that from January 2018, no Nigerian would be able to procure or renew an international passport without providing a National Identification Number (NIN). Coincidentally, that announcement came as […]
By Mohamed Hamama Suggested amendments to the law governing Egyptian citizenship, approved by the Cabinet last Wednesday, may open the door to an unprecedented legal situation in Egypt: Egyptians without the nationality of any state and therefore without legal rights. While […]
MDC-T yesterday claimed to have exposed a Zanu PF sinister plot to register all refugees at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Manicaland as potential voters and manipulate them to vote for the ruling party in next year’s elections. BY KENNETH NYANGANI […]
Nkhotakota — National Registration Bureau (NRB) is concerned that out of 6,439 babies born in Nkhotakota from March to August,2017, only 3,749 which represents 58 percent were registered. NRB Production Manager Rodrick Langwe expressed the concern in Nkhotakota during an […]
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Ignatius Chombo has ordered the Registrar’s Office to issue national identity cards and birth certificates for free. Despite recent announcements that these were being issued for free in preparation for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) […]
Egypt’s cabinet approved on Wednesday an amendment that would allow Egyptian citizenship to be taken away from a person belonging to an entity “seeking to undermine public order of the state.” The new article to amend Law 26/1975 also stipulates that […]
This is meant to enable more people to get the documents ahead of next year’s general elections. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) commenced voter registration on Monday.Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede yesterday said every district in the country’s 10 provinces would […]
By Deogratius Kamagi Dar es Salaam — Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) national coordinator Onesmo Olengurumwa has once again been interrogated by officers from the Immigration department over his citizenship. The interrogation took place on Wednesday 20 September at […]
Décret n° 2017 0880/PRES/PM/MJDHPC/MINEFID portant adoption du plan d’actions national de lutte contre l’apatridie 2017-2024 Disponible sur Refworld https://www.refworld.org/legal/decreees/natlegbod/2017/fr/82362