Not all African countries require their citizens to carry a national identity card, but the number is rapidly increasing. ECOWAS Member States have committed to introduce a common-form biometric identity card by 2017. The introduction of these new systems may be based on concerns for national security or to improve delivery of public services: but for these aims to be achieved, law and procedures must ensure that people are not arbitrarily excluded from acquiring these documents.
Every citizen should have the right to a passport, enabling international travel, which should not be removed except following due process of law (for example, from a person accused of a serious crime).
Only some African countries establish an independent judicial procedure for a person to obtain a “certificate of nationality” or alternative document that is conclusive proof that a person is a national.
L’ancien président comorien Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, critique de l’actuel chef de l’Etat Azali Assoumani, a été placé samedi soir en résidence surveillée afin de “préserver” l’ordre public, selon une décision du ministère de l’Intérieur. “Considérant ses agissements constatés ces derniers…
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by Jumoke Akiyode Lawanson The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has given up on issuing identity cards to enrolled citizens, saying it will now focus on giving National Identification Numbers (NINs) without the card in a three-year plan outlined by…
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By Christiana Nwaogu, Patience Ihejirika About 28.5 million Nigerians who registered for the national identity card are yet to get the cards from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Most of them have expressed worry that, while the development is…
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Par Fernando Thomas Un réseau de ressortissants congolais, basé à Maurice, est derrière la falsification de la carte d’identité nationale. Cela dans le but d’obtenir le passeport mauricien. Ce sont les officiers de la section Production du Passport and Immigration…