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Cameroun: Garoua : 25.000 cartes d’identité abandonnées dans les postes d’identification

April 9, 2019 10:24 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: Garoua : 25.000 cartes d’identité abandonnées dans les postes d’identification

Félix Swaboka Des irrégularités observées lors de la campagne gratuite d’identification se révèlent au goût du jour. Lors de la campagne de délivrance gratuite de la carte nationale d’identité décidée par le chef de l’Etat en début d’année 2013 en […]


Ethiopian Businessman Awarded Honorary South Sudanese Citizenship

April 8, 2019 9:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Ethiopian Businessman Awarded Honorary South Sudanese Citizenship

Aysheshim Teka, an Ethiopian businessman based in South Sudan, has been awarded a South Sudanese honorary citizenship by the country’s president. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit bestowed the honorary citizenship on Aysheshim at a peace marathon, “The Great South […]


Liberia: NIR Begins Biometric ID Card Registration for Foreign Residents

April 8, 2019 5:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: NIR Begins Biometric ID Card Registration for Foreign Residents

By David S. Menjor NIR Executive Director J. Nagbe Tiah: “We will set up a new biometric civil registry and issue the first one million ID cards, including 50,000 ECOWAS standard cards in the country.” The National Identification Registry (NIR) […]


Kenya: Stateless Shona ask Uhuru to grant citizenship

April 8, 2019 3:13 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Stateless Shona ask Uhuru to grant citizenship

Citizenship granted to Makonde; Shona denied back rights or education, healthcare, doing business By George Mugo As Kenyans acquire  Huduma Namba, the Shona community that has lived in the country for 60 years wants the government to grant them citizenship […]


Egypt’s top court rules law on nationality unconstitutional

April 8, 2019 1:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt’s top court rules law on nationality unconstitutional

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Sunday has ruled that the second paragraph of article 6 for the law on Egyptian nationality is unconstitutional. The court said that the disputed paragraph limited acquiring Egyptian nationality to minor children of a […]


Citizenship process in Seychelles could become easier for some former islanders

April 8, 2019 8:07 am Published by Comments Off on Citizenship process in Seychelles could become easier for some former islanders

By: Daniel Laurence Victoria, Seychelles | Seychellois who renounced their nationality after marrying a foreigner from a country that does not accept dual citizenship might soon be able to reapply without undergoing a rigorous process, said a top official. The principal […]


South Africa allows undocumented migrant children to register at government schools

April 6, 2019 5:47 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa allows undocumented migrant children to register at government schools

Johannesburg, South Africa (ADV) – The South African government this week directed public schools to provisionally enroll undocumented migrant children pending them producing the required documents within the legally prescribed three months, African Daily Voice has learnt. The government directive, […]


Gambia: Deputies Call For Decentralization In Issuance of ID Cards

April 5, 2019 9:11 am Published by Comments Off on Gambia: Deputies Call For Decentralization In Issuance of ID Cards

By Awa B. Bah Deputies at the National Assembly have unanimously called for the decentralization of the issuance of the country’s National Identity Cards. Deputies made these and other remarks during the adjournment debate of the First Ordinary Session of […]


Kenya: Reflections on the NIIMS Judgement

April 4, 2019 10:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Reflections on the NIIMS Judgement

By Magdi Amin, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network This week, the High Court of Kenya suspended core aspects of the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), popularly referred to as Huduma Namba, meaning “government service number,” pending hearings and the resolution […]


Kenya: Humphrey Kariuki gets reprieve in dual citizenship row

April 3, 2019 7:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Humphrey Kariuki gets reprieve in dual citizenship row

By Maureen Kakah The High Court has temporarily suspended a section of the law which specifies punishment for failing to disclose dual citizenship. Justice James Makau issued the order in a case in which business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki who is […]


Civil society achieves change, but risks still remain in Kenya’s new biometric ID system

April 2, 2019 6:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Civil society achieves change, but risks still remain in Kenya’s new biometric ID system

Today, the Kenyan Government is starting their biometric registration exercise known as NIIMS, leading to the issuing of Huduma Namba ID numbers. Along with our colleagues and partners in the human rights community in Kenya, we are very worried about the […]