Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence Akinyi was only 11 years old when three men broke into her home in Kericho, Kenya, in December 2007, as post-election violence raged, and gang raped her and […]
KALUNGA MUSONDA, Kabwe THE inadequate health facilities in communities have for the past decades subjected expectant mothers to giving birth either in homes or on their way to the nearest health centres.nAdded to that, because of traditional beliefs, some expectant […]
Luanda — The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (MJDH) will hold on 8-13 February a training on « Civil registration, under its subprogramme dubbed to be born with registration », taking place at the National Institute of Judicial Studies (INEJ) in […]
ICivil veut doter les nouveau-nés non-déclarés d’un bracelet ayant valeur de carte d’identité, mais l’Etat teste une autre application et la solution se fait attendre. Ils sont les oubliés de la société. Aux yeux de l’Etat, ils n’existent pas. Au Burkina […]
Pour certains d’entre nous, avoir un passeport va de soi parce que la nationalité nous a été attribuée à notre naissance sans problème ni procédure particulière. On ne se pose pas forcément la question de la difficulté éprouvée par certains […]
Les Sénégalais ne dépenseront plus un franc pour avoir un extrait de naissance. Le chef de l’Etat a pris la décision de rendre gratuite la délivrance des actes d’état civil. « Le président de la République, Macky Sall, a pris, ce […]
Loide Jason Okakoko-A group of San community members from Okakoko village on the outskirts of Omuthiya who have been without national documents for years got their national documents on Monday from Home Affairs and Immigration. New Era visited the destitute […]
The National Civil registration Authority (NCRA), National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the warehouse that hosts the national biometric registrations kits. The kits, according to the Director General of the […]
L’objectif zéro enfant non déclaré à la naissance est en passe de devenir une réalité dans la commune de Coumbacara. La commune de Coumbacara, une collectivité locale située dans le sud du département de Kolda, veut atteindre zéro enfant non […]
There was excitement in Makongeni Village in Msambweni, Kwale County on Monday afternoon as more than 400 members of the Makonde community prepared to receive their first Kenyan national identity cards, documents they have yearned to have for decades. The community’s […]
Bulawayo – A birth certificate is an essential document that one should not struggle to obtain as it lays the foundation to the validity of the status of the individual, particularly for children as they grow up in the modern […]
Investment tends to follow infrastructural facilities. People follow transportation routes, job opportunities and money. Money attracts more money and also attracts talent. But above all, an infrastructure-supported mobility regime is sustainable and irreversible, even in the face of serious security […]