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Namibia to introduce electronic birth notification system

Published: 27/Apr/2017
Source: APA - Windhoek (Namibia)

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration said it is working with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and the Prime Minister’s Office to introduce an electronic birth notification system in the country. In statement delivered at the just-ended […]

Namibia: Home Affairs encourages child-naming before birth

Published: 26/Apr/2017
Source: New Era (Windhoek)

Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has urged parents, particularly fathers, to name their babies before they are born to enable delivering mothers to register their children at birth. The pre-birth naming is also necessary to ensure that […]

Public Statement: Mass Registration of Malawian Citizens for National Identity Cards

Published: 25/Apr/2017
Source: National Registration Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Lilongwe

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security will be undertaking the first mass registration of Malawian citizens for issuance of National Identity Cards from June – December, 2017. All Malawian citizens must register. […]

Tanzania: Geita, Shinyanga Hit 70% Birth Registration

Published: 25/Apr/2017
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

Mwanza — Geita and Shinyanga regions registered and issued birth certificates to 479,146 children during the past one month, from March 21 to April 21, 2017. The registered children make 70 percent of the registration and certificate issuance target in the […]

South Africa: Citizenship of ‘foreign children’

Published: 20/Apr/2017
Source: Bosveld Review (South Africa)

The Department of Home Affairs said the basic principle of the South African Citizenship Act is that a child follows the citizenship or nationality of his or her parents. By Nelie Erasmus POLOKWANE – If one parent is a South African […]

Malawi National ID mass registration commences in June

Published: 20/Apr/2017
Source: Nyasa Times (Malawi)

National Registration Bureau (NRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security will from June to December 2017 be undertaking the first mass registration of Malawian citizens for issuance of national identity cards (ID). In a media statement on […]

Mauritanie: La communauté noire dénonce son exclusion

Published: 20/Apr/2017
Source: Le 360 Afrique (Maroc)

#Mauritanie : La communauté négro-mauritanienne dénonce son exclusion des hautes sphères de l’Etat et de l’économie. Les clivages sociaux s’aggravent, déclenchant les protestations de la population, d’associations, voire de députés. Figurant au rang des premières composantes ayant fréquenté l’école française […]