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Kenya: Six-year-olds to get IDs in Huduma plan

September 20, 2020 3:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Six-year-olds to get IDs in Huduma plan

By Mary Wambui For the first time, children aged six years and above will have identity cards known as a Minor’s Huduma Card. The smart card will be printed by the government and issued starting this year as the government […]


Kenya: ‘I was paid Sh100 monthly as a househelp’: The plight of a stateless woman

September 17, 2020 1:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: ‘I was paid Sh100 monthly as a househelp’: The plight of a stateless woman

By Lucy Mkanyika Ms Makumbo has not been enjoying the rights and privileges given by the government as she is always referred to as non-Kenyan because of her lack of identification documents. Kenya Human Rights Commission said the agency is […]


Bénin: Trois cent personnes déjà enregistrées à Lokossa pour la délivrance des trois catégories de pièce ANIP

September 16, 2020 4:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Bénin: Trois cent personnes déjà enregistrées à Lokossa pour la délivrance des trois catégories de pièce ANIP

Lokossa, 16 Sept. (ABP) – L’agent instructeur de l’agence nationale d’identification des personnes (ANIP) du poste de la mairie de Lokossa, Gervais Gbéchi a, dans une interview accordée mardi à l’ABP, indiqué que trois cent (300) personnes se sont déjà […]


Kenya: Huduma Namba e-cards production to begin in December: PS Kibicho

September 16, 2020 7:49 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Huduma Namba e-cards production to begin in December: PS Kibicho

By Carolyne Tanui NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 16 – Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho now says the mass production of the third generation Huduma Namba cards will begin before the end of the year. A second mass registration for those who […]


Burkina : plus de six millions d’enrôlés sur le fichier électoral

September 15, 2020 4:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Burkina : plus de six millions d’enrôlés sur le fichier électoral

Après le dedoublonnage, il ressort que ce sont 6 492 026 Burkinabè qui ont leurs noms sur le fichier électoral et qui pourront voter aux élections du 22 novembre 2020, a annoncé le premier responsable de la Commission électorale nationale […]


Why Malawi urgently needs a data protection law

September 11, 2020 5:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Why Malawi urgently needs a data protection law

‘Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?’ by Steve Sharra This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In Malawi, authorities increasingly […]


Corruption imposes additional barrier to digital identity in South Africa

September 10, 2020 4:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Corruption imposes additional barrier to digital identity in South Africa

By Tshepo Magoma The level of corruption is the biggest stumbling block that prevents many countries in Africa to move ahead and to realise their true potential as emerging markets despite their valuable key resources. For instance, even if South […]


Loi No.2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 relative a l’identification biometrique des personnes physiques au Togo

September 10, 2020 12:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Loi No.2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 relative a l’identification biometrique des personnes physiques au Togo

Textes: Togo Loi relative a l’identification biometrique 2020 (version adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale, 3 septembre 2020) Togo identification biometrique rapport au fond Togo identification biometrique expose de motifs


Nigeria to replace National Identity Card with Digital Numbers

September 8, 2020 12:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria to replace National Identity Card with Digital Numbers

By Wale Odunsi The federal government has given an insight into the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said with the development, […]


South Africa: Lack of rights for unmarried fathers renders newborns stateless

September 7, 2020 6:34 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Lack of rights for unmarried fathers renders newborns stateless

By Nicole Breen Under current South African law – now being challenged in the Constitutional Court – a child’s birth cannot be registered if the person registering the birth is an unmarried father and is doing so without consent of […]


Côte d’Ivoire adopts Africa’s first legal process to identify and protect stateless people

September 4, 2020 4:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire adopts Africa’s first legal process to identify and protect stateless people

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Côte d’Ivoire’s adoption this week of Africa’s first Statelessness Determination Procedure. This will help protect thousands of people in the country who are without a nationality. Two regulations signed on 2 September formally establish […]


Adoption de la loi relative à l’identification biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo

September 3, 2020 12:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Adoption de la loi relative à l’identification biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo

La Représentation nationale, sous la présidence de Mme Yawa Djigbodi TSEGAN a adopté, à l’unanimité le projet de loi relatif à l’identification biométrique des personnes physiques au Togo, le 02 septembre 2020 au cours de la deuxième séance plénière de […]