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Uganda: Government to roll out dual citizenship registration in Diaspora

Published: 18/Sep/2017
Source: Independent (Kampala)

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The government through the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs will roll out the registration of Ugandans living in the diaspora for dual citizenship. This was revealed by the Rt. Hon Speaker Rebecca […]

Botswana: Teenager takes Gov’t to court over nationality

Published: 18/Sep/2017
Source: Weekend Post (Gaborone)

By: UTLWANANG GASENNELWE Government of Botswana, through Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs has refused to issue a birth certificate of a minor child (names withheld) at the request of her father. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Nationality, […]

Hundreds of millions of children ‘lack any record of their birth’

Published: 16/Sep/2017
Source: The Independent (London)

“They could end up invisible,” says Joanne Dunn, a child protection specialist with UNICEF Would a 15-year-old girl be married off by her parents in violation of the law? Would another girl, who looks even younger, get justice after an alleged […]

Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi victims urged to make use of free registration exercise

Published: 15/Sep/2017
Source: NewsDay

“Government has been forced to agree to issue national identity cards and birth certificates for free,” MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said yesterday.“However, this is for a period of 90 days.“We urge all people, especially the so-called aliens to take advantage […]

Sénégal: Louga1 500 extraits de naissance remis gratuitement à des enfants

Published: 15/Sep/2017
Source: Le Soleil

La mairie de Louga vient de remettre gratuitement environ 1500 extraits de naissance à des enfants dont 470 élèves candidats à l’entrée en sixième. La cérémonie de remise des extraits s’est déroulée à l’hôtel de ville de Louga hier. Environ […]

Cameroun: la sensibilisation sur les risques d’apatridie se poursuit

Published: 15/Sep/2017
Source: Journal du Cameroun

L’apatridie est la situation d’une personne qu’aucun Etat ne reconnaît comme étant son citoyen. Autrement dit, un apatride est une personne dépourvue de nationalité et qui, de ce fait, ne bénéficie de la protection d’aucun Etat.  Des personnes se retrouvent exposées […]

Zimbabwe: Govt waives charges on civil documents

Published: 14/Sep/2017
Source: The Chronicle (Harare)

Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau Government has waived all charges required to acquire civil documents such as identity cards or birth certificates during the 90-day registration blitz by the office of the Registrar General to allow more people to get the […]

Moins de 10 % d’enfants ont un acte de naissance dans l’Est de la RDC

Published: 12/Sep/2017
Source: VOA

L’Unicef aide depuis 2016 à obtenir des jugements supplétifs en vue de l’établissement de ce document reconnaissant l’existence juridique de chacun. Les plus concernés sont les enfants nés du viol, les orphelins de guerre et les ex-enfants soldat recrutés de […]

A birth certificate has given me my Congolese identity back !

Published: 11/Sep/2017
Source: UNICEF Congo -- Ponabana

YOUNG REPORTER – The right to an identity is vital for every child, however all too often children in the DRC do not have birth certificates. Olivier, Young Reporter, went to meet Marie, a vulnerable child living in Mbuji Mayi […]