TWENTY two million Tanzanians will be registered and provided with national identity cards by December this year, officials have confirmed. Acting Director General of the National Identification Authority (NIDA), Alphonce Malibiche said the registration process was progressing well as plans […]
The former President of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been charged and detained in connection with an investigation into embezzlement during a large-scale passport fraud, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Sambi was in power from 2006 to 2011 and is […]
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has urged over 270 newly naturalised South African citizens from across the world to be upright members who contribute positively to the country’s development. Gigaba sought to impress the message on the group during a […]
By IVAN R. MUGISHA Rwanda has protested the increased cases of deportation and torture of Banyarwanda from Uganda. Kigali alleges that some Kinyarwanda speakers, former military officers, business people and students are being held incommunicado by Ugandan intelligence. The Rwandan […]
The National Population Commission, NPC, has said according to the number of birth registrations conducted nationwide in the last five years, Borno State is leading other states of the federation with 83 percent under-one registration and 20 percent under-five registration. Emmanuel […]
Désormais les burkinabè gagneront plus en temps et en argent en voulant offrir des actes de naissance à leurs enfants. Dès la naissance, à travers l’innovation ICIVIL, tout enfant est désormai prédisposé à obtenir un extrait d’acte de naissance parce […]
The Egyptian gazette published on Thursday a decree signed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who approved the amendment of some articles in the law on the entry and exit of foreigners and the naturalization law. Last July, Egypt’s parliament passed […]
By Samkelo Mtshali Johannesburg – Around 278 foreign nationals from around the world are currently receiving their South African naturalisation certificates from Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba at a naturalisation ceremony in Durban. Gigaba says that the department had decided […]
The Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will on Friday, 17 August 2018, deliver a ceremonial oration at the Naturalisation Ceremony for foreign nationals who qualify for South African citizenship. In terms of the legislation, the Minister may grant a […]
Birth registration is an important ‘event’ in the life of a child as it is a gateway to a child accessing other rights which are essential for the full and effective participation in society. UNICEF research has highlighted the following […]
The total annual births in Nigeria have been put at seven million children by a report from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). This was disclosed at the maiden commemoration of the Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day […]
On 10th August 2018, the Botswana High Court agreed to a consent order in a case challenging the refusal of the Attorney General and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs to register the birth of […]