Mauritania passes new Civil Status Code

2010-12-28

Mauritania on Monday (December 27th) passed a new Civil Status Code, PANA reported. In response to new challenges facing the country, such as terrorism and illegal immigration, legislators agreed to adopt new methods of identifying people. Biometrics and advanced techniques in data management will replace the identification system in place since 1996. Effective implementation of the previous code was reportedly plagued by lost records, the need for too many physical documents and unreliable data.

Source: Magharebia.com.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2010/12/28/newsbrief-02.