By Alison Misselhorn South Africa’s Constitution is one of the most inclusive and progressive in the world, a hard fought achievement to be proud of. Under section 29 of our Constitution everyone has the right to a basic education. “Everyone” […]
Bouna, 27 sept (AIP)- Une clinique juridique a été ouverte dans la région du Bounkani (Nord-est de la Côte d’Ivoire), dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’apatridie à travers le projet Droit à une nationalité pour tous (DNT). Cette clinique juridique est le […]
By Frank Hersey “[The National Integrated Identity Management System] thus is an archaic design compared to modern-day systems architecture and can be rightly thought of as a horse-buggy drawn by a lame horse on a digital highway. That it would […]
In 2018, a total number of 1 009 065 births were registered with the Department of Home Affairs. These included 927 113 births which occurred and were registered in 2018 as well as 81 952 births that occurred in earlier […]
Nigerian authorities are turning to the private sector to help reach an aim of signing up 50 million people a year, the head of identity commission told Bloomberg in an interview. Despite registration efforts dating back to the 1980s, only […]
LAST week, the Bauchi State governor, Mr. Bala Mohammed, said that Fulani herdsmen from Chad, Niger and other neighbouring countries would benefit from the National Livestock Transformation Plan being championed by the Federal Government to put herdsmen and their livestock […]
Having received federal government’s nod to join the Coalition of International Identity Day, the National Identity Management Commission, last week led Nigeria to become the first country in the world to formally adopt September 16, as her National Identity Day, […]
Le Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaire des Nations unies (Unocha) a publié ce 25 septembre un aperçu de ses actions de protection au Niger. Il en ressort que quelques 1 154 personnes à risque d’apatridie ont reçu des documents d’état […]
By GEMMA RITCHIE Judgment is reserved in a groundbreaking case heard in the High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) on 18 September that highlighted the disastrous plight of children who don’t have official documentation. The application was brought by the Centre […]
by ANNETTE WAMBULWA A cybersecurity specialist from India has claimed that the Sh6 billion Huduma Namba system acquired by Kenya is archaic and will fail. Anand Venkatanarayanan who has 21 years’ experience in the field was testifying in the case […]
By Esther Mmolai Tsau — Baherero and Ovanderu who have shown interest in returning to Namibia have been advised to first acquire Namibian citizenship before renouncing their Botswana citizenship. Ms Dimpho Mathumo of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship was […]
What is NIIMS? The National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) is a system intended to create and operate a national population register as a single source of information about Kenyan citizens and foreigners resident in the country. What is the […]