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One million children to be registered in Ethiopia

Published: 29/Aug/2017
Source: Nazret.com

ADDIS ABABA – Getting an identity card – a practice often taken for granted in many parts of the world – is extremely rare in in Ethiopia, where, according to UNICEF data, only 7% of children is registered on national […]

Botswana: National Registration (Amendment) Act No.11 of 2017

Published: 28/Aug/2017

Provides among other things that: Section 7 of the Act is amended in subsection (1) by inserting immediately after subsection (3), the following new subsection: “(4) The registrar may refuse to register an applicant who fails to provide the necessary […]

Dreaming of citizenship in Seychelles? Here’s how to do it

Published: 24/Aug/2017
Source: Seychelles News Agency

By: Salifa Karapetyan Given the great beauty and laid-back atmosphere of Seychelles, the thought of staying for good must cross the mind of many foreigners visiting or working in the island nation. But what does it take to become a […]

Zambians in Diaspora to get first priority on Dual Citizenship-Kampyongo

Published: 23/Aug/2017
Source: Lusaka Times

MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says Government will prioritise applications of Zambians who want to restore their lost Zambian citizenship but are in the diaspora. Mr Kampyongo said priority will be given to Zambians who renounced their citizenship in […]

Togo: Déclaration des naissances, les enfants lancent un plaidoyer dans le Bas-Mono

Published: 23/Aug/2017
Source: Le Temps (Togo)

Les enfants de la préfecture du Bas-Mono réunis dans un Conseil Consultatif des Enfants, ont présenté aux autorités locales, un plaidoyer sur l’enregistrement des naissances. Les destinataires du plaidoyer sont constitués des chefs traditionnels et services déconcentrés, OSC interpelés pour […]

Lutte contre l’apatridie : Le mali valide un Plan National d’Action

Published: 22/Aug/2017
Source: L'Essor

Plus de 10 millions de personnes sont affectées par l’apatridie dans le monde et environ un million dans la sous-région ouest-africaine. Privées de nationalité, ces personnes n’ont souvent pas le droit d’aller à l’école, de consulter un médecin, d’occuper un […]

Tanzania to Grant Citizenship to Burundians

Published: 22/Aug/2017
Source: The East African (Nairobi)

By Beatrice Materu Tanzania has said it will offer citizenship to more Burundi refugees who have been in the country for more than 45 years. Tanzania has already naturalised more than 162,000 Burundian refugees who fled their country in 1972. […]

Lutte contre l’apatridie au Mali : Le Mali, un exemple

Published: 22/Aug/2017
Source: UNHCR / MaliActu

Le Ministère de la Justice, Carde des Sceaux en collaboration avec le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Refugiés a organisé vendredi dernier à l’Hôtel El Farouk de Bamako, une cérémonie de validation du plan d’action national de lutte […]

How to get birth certificate Nigeria

Published: 21/Aug/2017
Source: Legit.ng

A birth certificate is an official document given to every person born in Nigeria. It is given by the National Population Commission (NPC), which is responsible for registering every person born in Nigeria. The NPC has different registration centers in […]