Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Driving Adoption of Digital Identity for Sustainable Development: An End-user Perspective Report

February 1, 2017 7:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Driving Adoption of Digital Identity for Sustainable Development: An End-user Perspective Report

Includes case studies on Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire: Tanzania summary: In Tanzania, formal identity products and identity-linked services have yet to become a part of day-to-day life, as low-income consumers typically rely more on informal social networks for their identification […]


Sierra Leone News: NEC inspects registration kit

February 1, 2017 4:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone News: NEC inspects registration kit

The National Civil registration Authority (NCRA), National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the warehouse that hosts the national biometric registrations kits. The kits, according to the Director General of the […]


Malawi: Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16

February 1, 2017 11:48 am Published by Comments Off on Malawi: Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16

2.7 BIRTH REGISTRATION In 2009, the Malawian Parliament passed the National Registration Act of 2009. The law states that a parent must register a child’s birth within 6 weeks. In the parents’ absence, others must take responsibility for registering the […]


Déclaration des enfants à la naissance à kolda : La commune de Coumbacara montre le bon exemple

January 31, 2017 5:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Déclaration des enfants à la naissance à kolda : La commune de Coumbacara montre le bon exemple

L’objectif zéro enfant non déclaré à la naissance est en passe de devenir une réalité dans la commune de Coumbacara. La commune de Coumbacara, une collectivité locale située dans le sud du département de Kolda, veut atteindre zéro enfant non […]


End to decades of uncertainty for Makonde as they get Kenyan IDs

January 31, 2017 12:08 pm Published by Comments Off on End to decades of uncertainty for Makonde as they get Kenyan IDs

There was excitement in Makongeni Village in Msambweni, Kwale County on Monday afternoon as more than 400 members of the Makonde community prepared to receive their first Kenyan national identity cards, documents they have yearned to have for decades. The community’s […]


Zimbabwe: Children Without Birth Certificates; A Cause For concern

January 30, 2017 12:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Children Without Birth Certificates; A Cause For concern

Bulawayo – A birth certificate is an essential document that one should not struggle to obtain as it lays the foundation to the validity of the status of the individual, particularly for children as they grow up in the modern […]


UNHCR Fact Sheet: Ghana November – December 2016

January 30, 2017 11:32 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Fact Sheet: Ghana November – December 2016

Extracts: Protection & Solutions Liberian Red Coded Mission: A Liberian Red Coded Mission composed of four officials from the Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in Ghana to vet locally integrating refugees of Liberian […]


Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

January 28, 2017 4:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

Investment tends to follow infrastructural facilities. People follow transportation routes, job opportunities and money. Money attracts more money and also attracts talent. But above all, an infrastructure-supported mobility regime is sustainable and irreversible, even in the face of serious security […]


Loi n°2016-038 modifiant et complétant certaines dispositions de l’Ordonnance n° 60-064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malagasy

January 25, 2017 10:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Loi n°2016-038 modifiant et complétant certaines dispositions de l’Ordonnance n° 60-064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malagasy

Exposé des motifs: “la présente loi a pour but d’apporter des reformes à certaines dispositions du Code de la nationalité malagasy et de corriger les dispositions tendant à faire une distinction de l’état matrimonial de la femme conduisant ainsi à […]


Ordonnance n° 60 – 064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malgache, telle que modifiée 2017

January 25, 2017 10:12 am Published by Comments Off on Ordonnance n° 60 – 064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malgache, telle que modifiée 2017

Ordonnance n° 60 – 064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malgache (J.O. n° 111 du 23.07.60, p.1305), modifiée par la loi nº 61-052 du 13 décembre 1961 (J.O. nº 201 du 23.12.61, p.2260), la loi nº […]


Angolans in race to stay in SA after end of war robs them of refugee status

January 24, 2017 8:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Angolans in race to stay in SA after end of war robs them of refugee status

By Farren Collins Four years after Angolans in South Africa were told they were no longer regarded as refugees‚ hundreds of them are still trying to find ways to stay in the country. Their hopes were boosted when the High […]


Algeria Issues List of Official Positions Banning Dual Nationality

January 24, 2017 3:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Algeria Issues List of Official Positions Banning Dual Nationality

Any Algerian vying for political, military and judicial top positions needs to be holding the Algerian nationality only and renounce dual nationality if such is the case, the Algerian Presidency announced. In total, 15 top positions are targeted by the […]