Adama ne connaît pas son âge. Depuis sa venue au monde, elle n’a jamais eu d’acte de naissance. Officiellement, cette fillette n’existe donc pas. « Je connais mon nom parce qu’on m’appelle Adama Seini », souffle-t-elle. A l’école Camp militaire de Mora, dans la […]
Depuis six ans les ingénieurs burkinabé Adama Sawadogo et français Francis Bourrières proposent un dispositif innovant qui permet l’enregistrement des naissances à distance : iCivil. Lorsqu’un enfant naît, la sage-femme lui remet un bracelet doté d’un code à bulles unique […]
Law activist and academician, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare aka Kwaku Azar has once again penned a position challenging the explanation given by some individuals on the position of the law on dual citizenship. The outspoken lawyer in his article explained […]
Young Liberian academic Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey has launched a book in Monrovia on Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia. Launching the book in the auditorium of the University of Liberia […]
By Kim Harrisberg JOHANNESBURG (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Plans to photograph and fingerprint every baby born in South Africa for a digital register could lead to data leaks and identity theft without robust safeguards, rights experts said on Thursday. The […]
Par Merzouk Abdelaziz Le Ministre de la Justice Belkacem Zeghmati est revenu ce vendredi 7 janvier sur les conditions d’acquisition de la nationalité algérienne. Intervenant lors d’une plénière au conseil de la nation, consacrée aux questions des sénateurs, le ministre […]
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By Abdul Rashid Thomas President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. Handing […]
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya The new law governing Rwandan nationality offers preferential treatment to people with special skills, talents and those with substantial investment that are needed in the country. Judith Uwizeye, Minister in the Office of the President, told The […]
By Amahle Pillay The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has published its new draft identity management policy for public comment. The policy aims to introduce a new ID system in the country which will act as a single source of […]
When they turn five years old, South African children should be « reregistered » with the government, with a comprehensive set of biometric data captured, the department of home affairs (DHA) has recommended. That, it says, is the way to stop foreigners […]
MP-elect for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo has fought off claims that she holds dual citizenship despite contesting and winning the parliamentary seat for the constituency. Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim has revealed that she renounced her American citizenship months to the elections. “I heard that […]