Civil Status: How to Verify if Your Birth Certificate Is Still Valid

The civil official of Mayoyo in Bandundu, DRC, is filling out a birth certificate using a proxy provided by Franck Mabuma Oshiewa on September 17, 2015. In 2014, only 25% of children in DRC were registered at civil registry offices, despite constitutional guarantees of their rights. In Senegal, 77% of the 629 civil registry centers have modernized their processes, with over 15.3 million acts digitized, making it easier to verify and renew official documents.