The Government is on the spot for allegedly issuing two birth certificates to a child whose parents are fighting over custody in court. The eight-year-old was issued with a birth certificate on October 2, 2008. Another certificate was issued on […]
Au Gabon, ce jeudi 4 août, la cour d’appel doit tenir une audience pour examiner la plainte de Léon Paul Ngoulakia contre Ali Bongo. Le cousin germain du chef de l’Etat a déposé un dossier devant la cour et devant […]
Les Sénégalais les surnomment les « enfants fantômes ». Pourtant, dans le quartier de Sintian près de Kolda, en Casamance, tous les habitants les ont déjà vus. Il suffit de poser la question. Une main se tend alors en direction d’une bâtisse. Rien de […]
« Je ne serai pas surpris qu’on se mette à réfléchir à une disposition de la loi qui empercherait un Sénégalais, ayant eu une double nationalité et y ayant renoncé au profit de la nationalité sénégalaise, de se présenter à l’élection […]
The Ministry of Labour in collaboration with the Bureau of Immigration and Nationalization (BIN) and the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has begun a nationwide enforcement of the issuance of the ECOWAS Biometric Identification Cards. According to a press release issued […]
Bulawayo Central MP Dorcas Sibanda has called for the government to ensure that children have easy access to the birth certificates indicating that at the moment it appears to be a challenge for them. Speaking in parliament Sibanda said a […]
The National Registration Bureau yesterday said more than 9.2 million eligible Kenyans are yet to be registered as voters, despite having valid national ID cards. Director Reuben Kimotho attributed the high number of unregistered voters to lack of information. “The […]
Media reports suggesting that all newborns will undergo DNA testing before getting birth certificates are false and meant to tarnish the image of Government departments, Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has said. He said the recent media reports were harmful to […]
Counties in arid and semi-arid regions have been put on the spot about poor births and deaths registration. The poor recording of births and deaths in the regions has been attributed to cultural practices, vastness of the areas and high […]
Dar es Salaam — The government is putting finishing touches to an electronic population register through which full particulars of citizens would be gathered for development planning purposes. The Director General of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr Alibina Chuwa, […]
The High Court has blocked a Harare woman from registering her minor child born out of wedlock in the late father’s name without the relatives’ consent and instead allowed her to register the child in her own family name. Ms […]
The Pentecostal Minister of the Gospel represents Liberia in an international church effort to ensure that all Africans have a nationality. The 54-year-old Prelate plans to assemble leaders from the government, UNMIL and other churches next month to confront the […]