By: Menna Omar – Hassan Mosad In its meeting on September 20, 2017,[1] Egypt’s Cabinet approved a bill to amend some provisions of the country’s nationality law.[2] The proposal’s aim seems to be to increase the Cabinet’s power to revoke […]
Monrovia, Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has formally launched the National Biometric Identification Registry; describing the launch as a significant accomplishment of the Government of Liberia. “This occasion marks a significant accomplishment of the Government of the Republic of Liberia,” […]
World Vision International in Ghana (WVG), in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF), has refurbished the Upper East Regional Births and Deaths Registry, with automated equipment and office furniture to attain full registration coverage of infants. Read more
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the launch of civil registration for refugees in Ethiopia. Starting today, all refugees in the country will be able to register their vital life events, including birth, death, marriage and divorce, directly with national […]
Abidjan, 26 oct (AIP) – Le Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH) a mené, d’août à octobre, une campagne sur la reconduction de la loi spéciale n°2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulières en matière d’acquisition de la nationalité […]
Abidjan, 26 oct (AIP) – Le Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH) a mené, d’août à octobre, une campagne sur la reconduction de la loi spéciale n°2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulières en matière d’acquisition de la nationalité […]
Minorities and indigenous peoples are especially vulnerable to statelessness. Through research, films, photos and case studies, this website explores how statelessness is often an outcome of discrimination and racism. Author: Bronwen Manby. Link to web resource: http://stories.minorityrights.org/statelessness/home/
The communities within Africa most at risk of statelessness are similar to those in other continents: the descendants of people who migrated to the country before independence; ethnic groups whose pre-colonial boundaries cross modern borders, including the many millions of […]
En Côte d’Ivoire, quelque 500.000 enfants fréquentant l’école primaire n’ont pas d’acte de naissance, selon l’UNICEF qui s’engage à fournir ce document administratif à 80% de ces enfants pour leur assurer une identité juridique. « Chaque enfant qui naît doit être […]
A 53-year-old man is struggling to get birth certificates for his 11 children who cannot access any official service in the country as they do not have identity particulars. Their mother who also did not have a birth certificate or […]
Back in 2013, Tanzania’s health authorities trialled a program that allowed parents to register to receive birth certificates for newborns via their mobile phones. The program, ramped up earlier this year, established a simple process whereby health workers send an SMS with a […]
Le président de la République des Comores, Azali Assoumani, vient d’être auditionné par la commission parlementaire chargée de faire toute la lumière sur le programme dit de citoyenneté économique. Un programme censé favoriser l’investissement qui a permis à un nombre […]