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Ivory Coast To Register 3 Million Undocumented Children

Published: 9/Dec/2016
Source: NDTV (India)

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST: Ivory Coast’s government on Friday announced a programme to provide birth certificates for three million children left undocumented by years of war, poverty and migration. “The ‘One Child, One Birth Certificate’ project focusses on children — from […]

National ID to authenticate voters for 2019 elections – FG

Published: 8/Dec/2016
Source: The Nation (Nigeria)

‎ By: Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday tasked the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) ‎to leave no stone unturned to ensure that National Identification Number is used to authenticate eligible voters during elections in the nearest future. Read more

Burkinabe Startup Develops Tech To Help Register Ghost Children

Published: 8/Dec/2016
Source: Face 2 Face Africa

Burkinabe startup iCivil Africa has developed a technology that digitally registers newborns as a way to alleviate the problem of ghost children in the country. The technology leverages a birth certificate system comprised of a smartphone, a bracelet, and encoded text messages designed […]

UNICEF & UNHCR join hands to End Childhood Statelessness – Join the coalition

Published: 7/Dec/2016
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)

Petition update: UNICEF and UNHCR have launched a coalition to end childhood statelessness worldwide. You can join the coalition! The Coalition aims to develop, expand and strengthen international co-operation to raise awareness about and combat the hidden problem of childhood […]

Italy supports vital events registration in Ethiopia

Published: 7/Dec/2016
Source: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and UNICEF

The Italian Government funds UNICEF with Euro 500,000 to UNICEF to strengthen vital events registration system in Oromia and SNNP regions The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation funded UNICEF with a total contribution of €500,000 to strengthen the civil registration […]

Tunisia’s proposed ID law threatens hard-won privacy rights

Published: 7/Dec/2016
Source: The New Arab

By Wafa Ben Hassine For all of its successes – initiating a peaceful democratic transition, engaging in its collective past to create roadmaps for the future, and hosting the most active and dynamic civil society in the Arab world – […]

Uganda is worried about the number of Chinese men marrying their women

Published: 7/Dec/2016
Source: Quartz Africa

By Lily Kuo Contractors, petty traders, investors, and entrepreneurs from China have been pouring into Uganda for the past decade. China is a top investor in the east African country, accounting for as much as half of total foreign investment between 2014 […]

Nigerian Immigration Service releases journalist, Salkida’s passport

Published: 5/Dec/2016
Source: Pulse

The journalist, who is reportedly based in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) was declared wanted by the Nigeria Army authorities sometime ago. Salkida was later arrested when he came into the country from the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and allowed […]

South Africa: Civil Registration a Human Right, Says Minister

Published: 2/Dec/2016
Source: SANews.gov.za

Pretoria — Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says policies and legislation have been developed to continue to ensure an efficient civil registration. “In South Africa, the right to a name, identity, citizenship and to be registered at birth is a […]

CCPR Concluding observations: Morocco, 2016

Published: 1/Dec/2016
Source: UN Human Rights Committee

CCPR/C/MAR/CO/6 Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Morocco Asylum seekers and refugees 35. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to develop a legal framework on migration, asylum and human trafficking. It finds it regrettable that the regularization […]